Slim Bootloader

Welcome to the Slim Bootloader project!

Slim Bootloader is an open-source boot firmware solution, built from the ground up to be secure, lightweight, and highly optimized while leveraging robust tools and libraries from the [EDK II](https://www.tianocore.org/edk2/) framework.

What is a Bootloader?

Just like a typical [BIOS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS), Slim Bootloader is the piece of software responsible for initializing the core hardware components of the system when it is powered on, followed by the loading and launching of the desired operating system.

Slim Bootloader offers the flexibility for OEMs, device manufacturers, and hobbyists to isolate, configure, and optimize for the the specific requirements of the system thereby achieving unparalleled boot performance and minimizing firmware footprint.

Supported Platforms

Please visit [Supported Hardware](https://slimbootloader.github.io/supported-hardware/index.html) page for a list of platforms supported by Slim Bootloader.

Platform CI Build Status

Toolchain	DEBUGx86	RELEASEx86	DEBUGx64	RELEASEx64
QEMU_Win_VS2019
QEMU_Lin_GCC5
APL_Win_VS2019
APL_Lin_GCC5
CFL_Win_VS2019
CFL_Lin_GCC5
CMLV_Win_VS2019
CMLV_Lin_GCC5
CML_Win_VS2019
CML_Lin_GCC5
EHL_Win_VS2019
EHL_Lin_GCC5
TGL_Win_VS2019
TGL_Lin_GCC5

Getting Started

Documentation for compiling, using, and extending Slim Bootloader can be found [here](https://slimbootloader.github.io/).

Mailing List

You can subscribe to our mailing list for questions or share your learnings: https://groups.io/g/slimbootloader

Topic Archive: https://groups.io/g/slimbootloader/topics

License

Slim Bootloader is released under the terms of the BSD-2-Clause Plus Patent License. Please see the LICENSE file for the full terms of the license.

Slim Bootloader may include other Open Source Software licensed pursuant to license agreement(s) identified in the applicable source code file(s) and/or file header(s).