Best Open Source Linux Boot Software 2026

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Browse free open source Boot software and projects for Linux below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Boot software by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.

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Super Grub2 Disk

Boots into many systems and GRUB2 ones!

Super GRUB2 Disk helps you to boot into most any Operating System (OS) even if you cannot boot into it by normal means.

8 Reviews

Downloads: 1,545 This Week

Last Update: 2024-07-30
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Clover EFI bootloader

Boot macOS, Windows, and Linux on Mac or PC with UEFI or BIOS firmware

Project has moved to https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader.

Downloads: 1,355 This Week

Last Update: 2026-03-22
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AiR-Boot

AiR-Boot is a x86 boot-loader that resides completely in track 0 of the harddrive. It‘s also independent of any OS, features a BIOS-like built-in setup, is localized to German, Dutch, French, Italian, Russian (including Cyrillic) and Swedish.

6 Reviews

Downloads: 7 This Week

Last Update: 2015-11-14
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Unetbootinbitti

Tool for creating live usb-drives and downloading distros

Tool for creating live usb-drives and downloading distros. This is an upgraded version of Unetbootin focusing on Bittix linux 9 and above and Linux Mint and Linux Mint debian. Has Distrowatch.com link etc.

Downloads: 27 This Week

Last Update: 2016-11-28
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Floppy Disk Operating System

The FDOS Operaing System is 100% written in Assembler (NASM). It supports FAT 12, TSR and a small Multi Kernel System. The source is very good documentated (only in English). A German, russian and English Documentation (about 40 pages) are included.

Downloads: 16 This Week

Last Update: 2016-01-26
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Covert Linux

Covert Linux is technology of instalation for Linux without repartition the disk and running from native system, e.g. you can install Linux from ,say, Windows by grabbing some SETUP.EXE, launching it and then clicking on desktop icon.

Downloads: 0 This Week

Last Update: 2016-10-11
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Emergency CD for Linux

Emergency Linux CD

Downloads: 0 This Week

Last Update: 2013-02-22
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Tiny windows 2000 terminal

"Tiny windows 2000 terminal" is a simplest way to deploy diskless terminals for windows 2000 terminal server. Like LTSP or other, but don't need additional Linux server because no X windows, no NFS and no swap needed for terminals. Work at i486 with 8

Downloads: 0 This Week

Last Update: 2013-04-11
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