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{{Infobox software

| name = systemd-boot

| title = systemd-boot

| screenshot = Arch Linux UEFI loader screenshot.png

| logo = <!-- [[File: ]] -->

| developer = [[Kay Sievers]], [[Harald Hoyer]], Karel Zak

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| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]

| screenshot = Arch Linux UEFI loader screenshot.png

*| [repo = {{URL|https://github.com/systemd/systemd/tree/master/src/boot source code in systemd]}}

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| genre = [[Boot loader]] for [[UEFI]] systems

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| license = [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.1-or-later]]

| author =

| website = {{URL|http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/systemd-boot/}}

| developer = [[Kay Sievers]], [[Harald Hoyer]], Karel Zak

| released = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->

| discontinued = Yes

| latest release version = 48

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2015|01|30}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gummiboot/commit/?id=2540801adc69277dca9ac19fb9443e368ffbfc31|title=gummiboot - Simple EFI boot loader|work=freedesktop.org}}</ref>

| latest preview version =

| latest preview date = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->

| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]

| genre = UEFI [[boot loader]]

| license = [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.1-or-later]]

| website = {{URL|http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/systemd-boot/}}

}}

'''systemd-boot''', formerly known as '''gummiboot''', is ana [[Open-sourcefree and 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 was version 48. It was created when gummiboot was merged into [[systemd]] asand renamed itsto '''"systemd-boot'''" componentin andMay maintained as such2015.<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&nbsp;v220 | date = 2015-05-21 | accessdate = 20152021-0809-1727 | 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 was intended to be a minimal alternative to [[GNU GRUB]] that "just works":, it automatically detected bootable images (including [[Linux kernel]] images, [[operating system]]s, and other boot loaders), did not require a configuration file, provided a basic menu-based interface, and could also integrate with systemd to provide performance data.<ref>https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_INTERFACE/</ref>

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]] did not use gummiboot for booting UEFI systems; instead, it used efilinux to [[chainload]] GRUB.<ref name="theh-gummi" /><ref name="lwn-efilinux" />

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== See also ==

{{Portal|Linux|Free and open-source software}}

* [[Comparison of boot loaders]]

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* {{Official website|http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/systemd-boot/}}

* [https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-boot.html systemd-boot(7)] - [[Manual page]]

* [https://github.com/systemd/systemd/tree/master/src/boot source code in systemd]

[[Category:Free boot loaders]]

[[Category:Free software programmed in C]]

[[Category:Linux kernel-related software]]

[[Category:Linux-only free software]]

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