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u-root/u-root

GoBSD-3-Clauseactivebeginner-friendly
88Health

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.

Stars3.0k
Forks445
Open Issues177
Contributors445
Last Push1d ago

Health Breakdown

Activity
25
Community
25
Maintenance
13
Popularity
25
#busybox#coreboot#embedded#hacktoberfest#initramfs#kernel#linux#linuxboot#ramfs#system#tinycore
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Should you contribute to u-root/u-root?

u-root/u-root has a FoundDev health score of 88/100, which puts it in the active-and-maintained tier. The maintainer team is shipping recently, issues are being closed, and a PR you open this week has a realistic chance of being reviewed.

Last push was 1 days ago — that signals an actively maintained project. New issues are likely to get a maintainer response within days. The project is written primarily in Go, so prior Go experience will shorten ramp-up.

Licensed under BSD-3-Clause, a standard OSI-approved license — safe to contribute to under normal employer IP policies.

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u-root88

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.

activebeginner-friendly
3.0k445 contributors177 issues
1d ago

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