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.

Use YubiKey to unlock a LUKS partition

effortlessly boot, configure, update and monitor your raspberry pi ☁️

Load root file system to ram during boot.

dracut initramfs module to start dropbear sshd during boot to unlock the root filesystem with the (cryptsetup) LUKS passphrase remotely

mounts an overlay file system over root

Provide SSH access to initramfs early user space on Fedora and other systems that use Dracut

Provisioning tool for systemd in initramfs (systemd-tool)

ZFS Bootloader for root-on-ZFS systems with support for snapshots and native full disk encryption

Tiny initramfs written in POSIX shell

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Tools to let a u-root instance boot signed live distro images over the web

dracut initramfs module to start sshd on early boot to enter encryption passphrase from across the internets

GaryOS is an entire GNU/Linux system in a single bootable file

A tool to get root privileges on GNU/Linux, injecting malware early in the boot chain. It also works on systems with root encrypted partition. Useful to grab LUKS passwords.

TMP/LUKS enabled linux initramfs

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LUKS Remote Key Unlock (luksrku) is a client/server utility that allows to remotely unlock LUKS (root) filesystems using TLS

Do you remember "Wubi Ubuntu Installer"? This project is both a replacement and an improvement of Wubi. You will be able to install your Debian (or derived) distribution on a PC without repartitioning it, simply by using a secondary/external boot device (like a USB drive).

[WIP] initramfs tool for KISS (help wanted!)

Remotely unlock LUKS-encrypted disks

Fully functional rescue initramfs for Debian based OS

Compact BusyBox-based initramfs with integrated local/remote recovery mode.

Minimal PID 1 for initramfs

Framework to generate an initramfs to deploy new base images to our labs.

[VERY WIP] Look, I added systemd to your initramfs! It’s so much better now!

Open LUKS Disk with key from USB Media. Original Source: https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/System_verschl%C3%BCsseln/Entschl%C3%BCsseln_mit_einem_USB-Schl%C3%BCssel/

Generate a simple initramfs to boot servers with the rootfs in mdadm software raid

Toolchain for creating custom initial RAM filesystems

Custom Initramfs (ramdisk) for Smaug / Pixel C / dragon