Top 12 Assembly Bootloader Projects

Invaders

0 509 1.8 Assembly

Invaders game in 512 bytes (boot sector)
Cyjon

0 410 6.6 Assembly

A simple, clean code, multi-tasking kernel written in pure Assembly language for 64-bit processors from the AMD64 family.
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Pillman

0 316 1.8 Assembly

Pillman boot sector game, a yellow thing eats pills and is chased by monsters.
sboot_stm32

0 296 0.0 Assembly

Secure USB DFU1.1 bootloader for STM32
BootProg

0 88 0.0 Assembly

FAT12/16/32 Bootsector for .COMs/.EXEs
bfloader

0 49 2.7 Assembly

🧠 Brainfuck IDE and interpreter in 512 bytes. (boot sector)
optromloader

0 47 0.0 Assembly

IBM PC/Clone 8086+ floppy-loading of option roms.
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x86-bootloader

0 24 0.0 Assembly

A BIOS bootloader for bare-metal x86 programs, written in 8086 assembly
mandelbrot

0 15 2.8 Assembly

Mandelbrot set drawers for vintage hardware (by encse)
x86-bootloader

0 5 3.2 Assembly

💻 A very simple x86 bootloader (by filippofinke)
drawlogo86

0 3 0.0 Assembly

A small program which lives in boot sector of your storage and shows a small image when you boot it
BTAG

0 1 0.0 Assembly

The Better Than Awful GRUB bootloader

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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A piece of advice
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Pi number calculator in 146 bytes of 8088 machine code
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An HelloWorld x86-Bootloader
1 project | /r/CKsTechNews | 16 Jan 2022
Someone could run this for me?
1 project | /r/c64 | 18 Feb 2021
Cyjon v0.1407
1 project | /r/osdev | 10 Feb 2021
Show HN: Mandelbrot Set in a Bootloader
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Feb 2021
Just got my bootloader and real mode kernel working on 80s hardware!
1 project | /r/osdev | 14 Jan 2021
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Index

What are some of the best open-source Bootloader projects in Assembly? This list will help you:

	Project	Stars
1	Invaders	509
2	Cyjon	410
3	Pillman	316
4	sboot_stm32	296
5	BootProg	88
6	bfloader	49
7	optromloader	47
8	x86-bootloader	24
9	mandelbrot	15
10	x86-bootloader	5
11	drawlogo86	3
12	BTAG	1