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'''systemd-boot''' is an [[Open-source software|open-source]] [[boot manager]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/gummiboot.html| title = Managing EFI Boot Loaders for Linux: Using gummiboot| author = Rod Smith| date = 2013-04-27}}</ref> Its final independent release is version 48. It has since been merged into [[systemd]] as its '''systemd-boot''' component and maintained as such.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Systemd-220| title = Systemd 220 Has Finally Been Released | date = 2015-05-21 | accessdate = 2015-08-17 | author = Michael Larabel | publisher = [[Phoronix]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-May/032147.html | title = <nowiki>[systemd-devel] [ANNOUNCE]</nowiki> systemd v220 | date = 2015-05-21 | accessdate = 2015-08-17 | author = Lennart Poettering | website = lists.freedesktop.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Gummiboot-Is-Dead | title = Gummiboot is Dead | date = 2015-07-07 | accessdate = 2015-08-17 | author = Michael Larabel | publisher = [[Phoronix]]}}</ref>
Designed for systems using the [[Unified Extensible Firmware Interface]] (UEFI) and developed by the [[Red Hat]] employees [[Kay Sievers]] and [[Harald Hoyer]], gummiboot is intended to be a minimal alternative to [[GNU GRUB]] that "just works": it automatically detects bootable images (including [[Linux kernel]] images, [[operating system]]s, and other boot loaders), does not require a configuration file, provides a basic menu-based interface, and can also integrate with systemd to provide performance data.
As a [[word play]], the name "gummiboot" means "[[inflatable boat]]" in [[German language|German]], the native language of its initial developers.<ref name="theh-gummi" /> Despite being developed by two of its employees, Red Hat's [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora Project]] does not use gummiboot for booting UEFI systems; instead, it will use efilinux to [[chainload]] GRUB.<ref name="theh-gummi" /><ref name="lwn-efilinux" />
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