Canoeboot

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Canoeboot

https://canoeboot.org/
Canoeboot is a 100% Free/Libre BIOS/UEFI boot firmware distribution based on coreboot with GNU boot loader GRUB, SeaBIOS and U-Boot, for booting GNU/Linux/BSD. It provides coreboot de-blobbing, in adherence to the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines.

Canoeboot is a fully Free Software coreboot distribution (coreboot distro), in the same way that Parabola is a GNU/Linux distribution. Canoeboot provides free (libre) boot firmware based on coreboot, replacing proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware on specific Intel/AMD x86 and ARM based motherboards, including laptop and desktop computers. It initialises the hardware (e.g. memory controller, CPU, peripherals) and starts a bootloader for your operating system. GNU/Linux and BSD are well-supported. Help is available via #canoeboot on Libera IRC.

Canoeboot provides GNU boot loader “GRUB” and SeaBIOS payloads on x86/x86_64 Intel/AMD motherboards, and a U-Boot UEFI payload for coreboot on ARM64(Aarch64) motherboards. An x86/x86_64 U-Boot UEFI payload is also available on some boards. The x86, x86_64 and arm64 U-Boot payloads provide a lightweight UEFI boot implementation. Canoeboot’s design incorporates all of these payloads in a single image, and you choose one at boot time.

Canoeboot is a special fork of Libreboot, maintained in parallel to it by the same developer (Leah Rowe), who maintains both projects. Canoeboot removes all binary blobs from coreboot, in adherence to the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG). Canoeboot is provided for Free Software purists, who only want Free Software, regardless of technical details. Canoeboot even removes CPU microcode updates, as dictated by GNU policy.

We believe the freedom to study, share, modify and use software, without any restriction, is one of the fundamental human rights that everyone must have. In this context, software freedom matters. Your freedom matters. Education matters. Right to repair matters; Canoeboot lets you continue to use your hardware, with continued firmware updates. All of this is why Canoeboot exists.

Download

https://mirrors.mit.edu/libreboot/canoeboot/20250107/

version 20250107
released on 7 January 2025

VCS Checkout

git clone https://codeberg.org/canoeboot/cbmk

Categories

• Runs-on:GNU/Linux
• Security:encryption

Licensing

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License

GPL-3.0-or-later

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libreleah, craigt

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7 January 2025

Notes

https://git.sr.ht/~canoeboot/cbmk/tree/master/item/COPYING

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Software prerequisites

Kind	Description
Required to build	cbmk

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