u-root

A fully Go userland with Linux bootloaders! u-root can create a one-binary root file system (initramfs) containing a busybox-like set of tools written in Go.

Features

Go versions of many standard Linux tools, such as ls, cp, or shutdown
Documentation available
A way to compile many Go programs into a single binary with busybox mode
A way to create initramfs (an archive of files) to use with Linux kernels, embeddable into firmware
Go bootloaders that use kexec to boot Linux or multiboot kernels such as ESXi, Xen, or tboot
Make sure your Go version is >= 1.21
Examples available

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License

BSD License

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Operating Systems

Linux, Mac, Windows

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Registered

2024-06-21

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