base on Modern, advanced, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager. # Limine <p align="center"> <img src="https://github.com/limine-bootloader/limine/blob/trunk/logo.png?raw=true" alt="Limine's logo"/> </p> ### What is Limine? Limine (pronounced as demonstrated [here](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20limine)) is a modern, advanced, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager, also used as the reference implementation for the [Limine boot protocol](PROTOCOL.md). ### Community, Support, and Donations #### Donate If you want to support the work I ([@mintsuki](https://github.com/mintsuki)) do on Limine, feel free to donate to me on Liberapay: <p><a href="https://liberapay.com/mintsuki/donate"><img alt="Donate using Liberapay" src="https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg"></a></p> Donations welcome, but absolutely not mandatory! #### Community We have a Matrix room at `#limine:matrix.org` (preferred), and a [Discord server](https://discord.gg/QEeZMz4) if you need support, info, or you just want to hang out with us. ### Limine's boot menu  [Photo by Gundula Vogel](https://www.pexels.com/photo/ginger-cat-sitting-on-grass-25189639/) ### Supported architectures * IA-32 (32-bit x86) * x86-64 * aarch64 (arm64) * riscv64 * loongarch64 ### Supported boot protocols * Linux * [Limine](PROTOCOL.md) * Multiboot 1 * Multiboot 2 * Chainloading ### Supported partitioning schemes * MBR * GPT * Unpartitioned media ### Supported filesystems * FAT12/16/32 * ISO9660 (CDs/DVDs) * ext2/3/4 (NOTE: This is experimental and not supported. Maintainers wanted!) If your filesystem isn't listed here, please read [the philosophy](PHILOSOPHY.md) first, especially before opening issues or pull requests related to this. ### Minimum system requirements For 32-bit x86 systems, support is only ensured starting with those with Pentium Pro (i686) class CPUs. All x86-64, aarch64, riscv64 and loongarch64 (UEFI) systems are supported. ## Packaging status All Limine releases since 7.x use [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) for their naming. [](https://repology.org/project/limine/versions) ## Binary releases For convenience, for point releases, binaries are distributed. These binaries are shipped in the `-binary` branches and tags of this repository (see [branches](https://github.com/limine-bootloader/limine/branches/all) and [tags](https://github.com/limine-bootloader/limine/tags)). For example, to clone the latest binary release of the `8.x` branch, one can do: ```bash git clone https://github.com/limine-bootloader/limine.git --branch=v8.x-binary --depth=1 ``` or, to clone a specific binary point release (for example `8.6.0`): ```bash git clone https://github.com/limine-bootloader/limine.git --branch=v8.6.0-binary --depth=1 ``` In order to rebuild host utilities like `limine`, simply run `make` in the binary release directory. Host utility binaries are provided for Windows. ## Building the bootloader *The following steps are not necessary if cloning a binary release. If so, skip to* *"Installing Limine binaries".* ### Prerequisites In order to build Limine, the following programs have to be installed: common UNIX tools (also known as `coreutils`), `GNU make`, `grep`, `sed`, `find`, `awk`, `gzip`, `nasm`, `mtools` (optional, necessary to build `limine-uefi-cd.bin`). Furthermore, `gcc` or `llvm/clang` must also be installed, alongside the respective binutils. ### Configure If using a release tarball (recommended, see https://github.com/limine-bootloader/limine/releases), run `./configure` directly. If checking out from the repository, run `./bootstrap` first in order to download the necessary dependencies and generate the configure script (`GNU autoconf` required). `./configure` takes arguments and environment variables; for more information on these, run `./configure --help`. **`./configure` by default does not build any Limine port. Make sure to read the** **output of `./configure --help` and enable any or all ports!** Limine supports both in-tree and out-of-tree builds. Simply run the `configure` script from the directory you wish to execute the build in. The following `make` commands are supposed to be run inside the build directory. ### Building Limine To build Limine, run: ```bash make # (or gmake where applicable) ``` ## Installing Limine This step will install Limine files to `share`, `include`, and `bin` directories in the specified prefix (default is `/usr/local`, see `./configure --help`, or the `PREFIX` variable if installing from a binary release). To install Limine, run: ```bash make install # (or gmake where applicable) ``` ## Usage See [USAGE.md](USAGE.md). ## Acknowledgments Limine uses a stripped-down version of [tinf](https://github.com/jibsen/tinf) for GZIP decompression in early x86 BIOS stages. Limine uses [stb_image](https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/master/stb_image.h) for wallpaper image loading. Limine uses [libfdt](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dtc/dtc.git) for manipulating FDTs. ", Assign "at most 3 tags" to the expected json: {"id":"6969","tags":[]} "only from the tags list I provide: [{"id":77,"name":"3d"},{"id":89,"name":"agent"},{"id":17,"name":"ai"},{"id":54,"name":"algorithm"},{"id":24,"name":"api"},{"id":44,"name":"authentication"},{"id":3,"name":"aws"},{"id":27,"name":"backend"},{"id":60,"name":"benchmark"},{"id":72,"name":"best-practices"},{"id":39,"name":"bitcoin"},{"id":37,"name":"blockchain"},{"id":1,"name":"blog"},{"id":45,"name":"bundler"},{"id":58,"name":"cache"},{"id":21,"name":"chat"},{"id":49,"name":"cicd"},{"id":4,"name":"cli"},{"id":64,"name":"cloud-native"},{"id":48,"name":"cms"},{"id":61,"name":"compiler"},{"id":68,"name":"containerization"},{"id":92,"name":"crm"},{"id":34,"name":"data"},{"id":47,"name":"database"},{"id":8,"name":"declarative-gui "},{"id":9,"name":"deploy-tool"},{"id":53,"name":"desktop-app"},{"id":6,"name":"dev-exp-lib"},{"id":59,"name":"dev-tool"},{"id":13,"name":"ecommerce"},{"id":26,"name":"editor"},{"id":66,"name":"emulator"},{"id":62,"name":"filesystem"},{"id":80,"name":"finance"},{"id":15,"name":"firmware"},{"id":73,"name":"for-fun"},{"id":2,"name":"framework"},{"id":11,"name":"frontend"},{"id":22,"name":"game"},{"id":81,"name":"game-engine "},{"id":23,"name":"graphql"},{"id":84,"name":"gui"},{"id":91,"name":"http"},{"id":5,"name":"http-client"},{"id":51,"name":"iac"},{"id":30,"name":"ide"},{"id":78,"name":"iot"},{"id":40,"name":"json"},{"id":83,"name":"julian"},{"id":38,"name":"k8s"},{"id":31,"name":"language"},{"id":10,"name":"learning-resource"},{"id":33,"name":"lib"},{"id":41,"name":"linter"},{"id":28,"name":"lms"},{"id":16,"name":"logging"},{"id":76,"name":"low-code"},{"id":90,"name":"message-queue"},{"id":42,"name":"mobile-app"},{"id":18,"name":"monitoring"},{"id":36,"name":"networking"},{"id":7,"name":"node-version"},{"id":55,"name":"nosql"},{"id":57,"name":"observability"},{"id":46,"name":"orm"},{"id":52,"name":"os"},{"id":14,"name":"parser"},{"id":74,"name":"react"},{"id":82,"name":"real-time"},{"id":56,"name":"robot"},{"id":65,"name":"runtime"},{"id":32,"name":"sdk"},{"id":71,"name":"search"},{"id":63,"name":"secrets"},{"id":25,"name":"security"},{"id":85,"name":"server"},{"id":86,"name":"serverless"},{"id":70,"name":"storage"},{"id":75,"name":"system-design"},{"id":79,"name":"terminal"},{"id":29,"name":"testing"},{"id":12,"name":"ui"},{"id":50,"name":"ux"},{"id":88,"name":"video"},{"id":20,"name":"web-app"},{"id":35,"name":"web-server"},{"id":43,"name":"webassembly"},{"id":69,"name":"workflow"},{"id":87,"name":"yaml"}]" returns me the "expected json"