oreboot
A Rust-based downstream fork of coreboot, designed as a modern firmware implementation for booting LinuxBoot payloads.
What is oreboot?
oreboot is a firmware project forked from coreboot, rewritten primarily in Rust to provide a memory-safe foundation for system initialization. It focuses on booting LinuxBoot payloads across multiple architectures like ARM and RISC-V, leveraging Rust's safety features for embedded development.
Firmware developers and embedded systems engineers working on secure, modern firmware for ARM, RISC-V, or other architectures, particularly those integrating LinuxBoot payloads.
Developers choose oreboot for its memory-safe Rust implementation, which eliminates C-related vulnerabilities, and its vendor-agnostic design that encourages SoC vendors to provide Rust-based hardware abstraction layers for seamless integration.
Overview
oreboot is a fork of coreboot, with C removed, written in Rust.
Use Cases
Best For
- Building memory-safe firmware for ARM or RISC-V systems using Rust.
- Developing firmware specifically designed to boot LinuxBoot payloads.
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