:: limine
Mintsuki
Modern, secure, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager.
recent commits
| 2026-06-07 21:41 | docs: Split up C style from generic style in CONTRIBUTING.md | Mintsuki |
| 2026-06-07 21:35 | docs: Expand C style rules in CONTRIBUTING.md | Mintsuki |
| 2026-06-07 21:11 | docs: Fix the obviously wrong "we use gnu99" claim (we use gnu11) | Mintsuki |
| 2026-06-07 20:56 | compress/gzip: Honour the fread return value in gzip_check | Mintsuki |
| 2026-06-07 20:52 | lib/getchar: Handle Ctrl+letter sent as a bare control code | Mintsuki |
| 2026-06-07 20:15 | lib/elf: Validate both machine and class for RISC-V/LoongArch ELFs | Mintsuki |
| 2026-06-07 20:02 | docs: Clarify that commit message bodies are exceptional | Mintsuki |
| 2026-06-07 19:59 | lib/rand: Mix hardware entropy into the seed with XOR | Mintsuki |
| 2026-06-07 19:51 | lib/time: Return 0 when the BIOS RTC is not running | Mintsuki |
| 2026-06-07 19:37 | docs: Document the commit message line-width convention | Mintsuki |
branches
| trunk (2026-06-07 21:46) | v12.x (2026-06-07 21:46) | v11.x-binary (2026-04-20 16:16) | v11.x (2026-04-20 16:12) | v10.x-binary (2026-03-11 23:32) | v10.x (2026-03-11 23:23) | v9.x-binary (2025-09-13 21:02) | v9.x (2025-09-13 20:54) | v8.x (2025-02-15 19:58) | v8.x-binary (2025-01-10 13:57) | v6.x-branch-binary (2024-08-02 04:39) | v7.x-binary (2024-08-02 04:39) | v6.x-branch (2024-08-02 04:33) | v7.x (2024-08-02 04:33) | trunk-old (2024-01-13 19:04) | v6.x-branch-binary-pre-7.0 (2024-01-07 01:27) |
tags
| v12.3.2 (2026-05-28 02:56) | v12.3.1 (2026-05-24 16:15) | v12.3.0 (2026-05-18 15:08) | v12.2.0 (2026-05-07 20:32) | v12.1.0 (2026-04-30 23:54) | v12.0.2 (2026-04-25 22:26) | v12.0.1 (2026-04-25 20:51) | v12.0.0 (2026-04-25 20:01) | v11.4.1-binary (2026-04-20 16:16) | v11.4.1 (2026-04-20 16:13) | v11.4.0-binary (2026-04-18 23:02) | v11.4.0 (2026-04-18 23:00) | v11.3.1-binary (2026-04-09 11:57) | v11.3.1 (2026-04-09 11:43) | v11.2.1-binary (2026-04-04 15:09) | v11.2.1 (2026-04-04 15:06) |
Limine 
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<p align="center"> <img src="https://github.com/Limine-Bootloader/Limine/blob/trunk/logo.png?raw=true" alt="Limine's logo"/> </p>
What is Limine? ⎇
Limine (pronounced as demonstrated here) is a modern, secure, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager, also used as the reference implementation for the Limine boot protocol.
Community, Support, and Donations ⎇
Donate ⎇
If you want to support the work I (@mintsuki) do on Limine, feel free to donate to me on Liberapay: <p><a href="https://liberapay.com/mintsuki/donate"><img alt="Donate using Liberapay" src="https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg"></a></p>
Donations welcome, but absolutely not mandatory!
Community ⎇
We have a Matrix room at #limine:matrix.org if you need support, info, or you just want to hang out with us.
Limine's boot menu ⎇
Supported architectures ⎇
- IA-32 (32-bit x86)
- x86-64
- aarch64 (arm64)
- riscv64
- loongarch64
Supported boot protocols ⎇
- Linux
- Limine
- Multiboot 1
- Multiboot 2
- Chainloading
Supported partitioning schemes ⎇
- MBR
- GPT
- Unpartitioned media
Supported filesystems ⎇
- FAT12/16/32
- ISO9660 (CDs/DVDs)
If your filesystem isn't listed here, please read the FAQ first, especially before opening issues or pull requests related to this.
Minimum system requirements ⎇
For 32-bit x86 systems, support is only ensured starting with those with Pentium Pro (i686) class CPUs.
All x86-64, aarch64, riscv64 and loongarch64 (UEFI) systems are supported.
Packaging status ⎇
All Limine releases since 7.x use Semantic Versioning for their naming.
Binary releases ⎇
For convenience, for point releases, binaries are distributed. These binaries are shipped as assets as part of the Limine GitHub releases (see the limine-binary-* files).
The limine host tool is shipped in highly portable source form as part of the binary release package. For most/all UNIX-like OSes, in order to rebuild it, simply run make in the unpacked binary release directory. Alternatively, it can be built stand-alone using any C99 compatible compiler.
limine host tool binaries for x86 Windows are provided as part of the binary release package.
Build and Install Instructions ⎇
The following steps are not necessary if using a binary release.
See INSTALL.md.
Usage ⎇
See USAGE.md.
3rd Party Software Acknowledgments ⎇
See 3RDPARTY.md.
