GRUB
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boot loader package
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Within Vinony's link graph, GRUB is referenced by 347 other articles, and connects out to master boot record, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface and American Megatrends.
It sits within the topics 1995 software, Free boot loaders and Free software primarily written in assembly language.
Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Original author
- Erich Boleyn
- Developer
- GNU Project
- Initial release
- 1995 ; 31 years ago ( 1995 )
- Stable release
- 2.14 / 14 January 2026
- Written in
- Assembly , C
- Operating system
- Linux , GNU/Hurd , macOS , BSD , ( Solaris / illumos (x86 port)), and Windows (through chainloading)
- Platform
- IA-32 , x86-64 , IA-64 , ARM , PowerPC , Power ISA , s390x , MIPS , RISC-V , LoongArch and SPARC
- Available in
- English and others
- Type
- Bootloader
- License
- 2007: GPL-3.0-or-later , 1999: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Website
- www .gnu .org /software /grub /
- Repository
- gitlab .freedesktop .org /gnu-grub /grub
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- free software
- Part of
- GNU Project
- Named after
- grand unified theory
- Movement
- free software movement
- Platform
- PowerPC
- Official website
- www.gnu.org/software/grub
- Image
- Debian Unstable GRUB2 (2015).png
- Has use
- bootloader
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- Commons category
- GNU GRUB
- copyright license
- GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
- software version identifier
- 2.14
- source code repository URL
- gitlab.freedesktop.org/gnu-grub/grub
- programmed in
- assembly language
- issue tracker URL
- savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=grub
- IRC channel URL
- irc://irc.gnu.org/grub
- inception
- 1995-00-00
- implementation of
- Multiboot Specification
- operating system
- Unix-like operating system
- mailing list archive URL
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-grub
- user manual URL
- www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub
- copyright holder
- الجميع
Sources (13)
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Connections
master boot record
Entity
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
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American Megatrends
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Volume boot record
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byte
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GNU General Public License
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openSUSE
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x86-64
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bootloader
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Syllable Desktop
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GNU IceCat
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list of GNU packages
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Windows startup process
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English language
Concept
Linux
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operating system
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Ubuntu
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Microsoft Windows
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C
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Richard Stallman
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