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GNU GRUB
Boot loader package
Also known as GRUB · GNU GRand Unified Bootloader · Grand Unified Bootloader · GRUB2
- Developer
- Founded
- 1995
1
Sources- 1.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#HistoryRetrieved 2016-09-29
- 1995
- Latest version
- 2.14
1
Sources- 1.“GRUB 2.14 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2026-01/msg00029.htmlRetrieved 2026-01-15
- , 2.00
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Sources- 1.“GRUB 2.00 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2012-06/msg00093.html
- , 2.02
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Sources- 1.“GRUB 2.02 release”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2017-04/msg00077.htmlRetrieved 2018-05-11
- +8 more
- 2.14
- Written in
- License
- GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
2
Sources- 1.Stated in Free Software DirectoryRetrieved 2021-08-02
- 2.gnu.org/software/grub/
- GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
- Operating system
- Website
Overview
All data
161 statements · 54% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Implementation of
- Multiboot Specification
1
Sources- 1.“GNU GRUB Manual 2.02”gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/grub.html#OverviewRetrieved 2018-11-23
- Multiboot Specification
- Has use
- bootloader reason for preferred rank: most precise value
1
- booting
- bootloader reason for preferred rank: most precise value
- Copyright status
- copyrighted(since 1999)
1
Sources- 1.“GNU GRUB - Development”gnu.org/software/grub/grub-development.htmlRetrieved 2026-01-04
- copyrighted(since 1999)
- Copyright holder
- Free Software Foundation
1
Sources- 1.“GNU GRUB - Development”gnu.org/software/grub/grub-development.htmlRetrieved 2026-01-04
- Free Software Foundation
- Maintained by
- Yoshinori K. Okuji(since 1999)
- Daniel Kiper(2016–2026)
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Sources- 1.“Daniel is stepping down as a GRUB maintainer”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2026-02/msg00021.htmlRetrieved 2026-05-04
- 2.“Twenty-one new GNU releases in July 2016”fsf.org/blogs/community/twenty-one-new-gnu-releases-in-the-last-month-july-2016Retrieved 2026-05-04
- Uses
- Linux Unified Key Setup
1
Sources- 1.“16.3.19 cryptomount”gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/html_node/cryptomount.html
- Linux Unified Key Setup
On other databases
23 identifiers linking GNU GRUB across the web's reference databases
- AlternativeTo IDgrub
- Arch Linux packagegrub
- ArchWiki articleGRUB
- AUR packagegrub-git
- Debian source packagegrub
- Debian stable packagegrub-legacy
- Debian Wiki articleeo/GRUB
- Fedora packagegrub2
- Free Software Directory entryGrub
- Freebase ID/m/01q7st
- FreeBSD portsysutils/grub2-pcbsd
- Gentoo packagesys-boot/grub
- Gentoo Wiki articleGRUB
- GitLab.com topic IDgrub-common
- GNU Savannah project IDgrub
- Guix Variable Namegrub-coreboot
- NetBSD package IDsysutils/grub
- Nixpkgs IDgrub2
- OSDev article ID2803
- Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID240
- Repology project namegrub
- Subredditgrub
- Ubuntu packagegrub-pc