rEFInd with minimalist theme showing boot selection of Windows 10 and Ubuntu
Developer(s)
Roderick W. Smith
Initial release
14 March 2012 (2012-03-14)
Stable release
0.14.4.2[1]
/ 6 March 2023; 14 months ago (6 March 2023)
Repository
sf.net/p/refind/code/
Written in
C
Operating system
Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, TrueOS
Platform
IA-32, x86-64, AArch64
Size
~ 4 MiB
Available in
English
Type
UEFI boot manager
License
GPL-3.0-or-later, BSD-3-Clause (original program), additional components released under various licenses
Website
www.rodsbooks.com/refind
rEFInd is a boot manager for UEFI and EFI-based machines.[2][3] It can be used to boot multiple operating systems that are installed on a single non-volatile device. It also provides a way to launch UEFI applications.[4][5]
It was forked from discontinued rEFIt in 2012, with 0.2.0 as its first release.[6][7]
rEFind supports IA-32, x86-64, and AArch64 architecture.
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