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OpenWrt
Analyzed about 3 years ago
OpenWrt is a Linux distribution mainly for embedded devices.
Instead of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you to customize
Licenses:
gpl
Rockbox
Analyzed 5 days ago
Rockbox is an open source replacement firmware for portable music players. It runs on a wide range of different models.
CyanogenMod
Analyzed about 3 years ago
CyanogenMod is a replacement firmware of over 60 smart phones and tablet computers, based on the Android mobile operating system. It offers features and options not found in the official firmware distributed by vendors of these devices.
This project is discontinued, the community created a successor project called LineageOS.
Licenses:
apache_2, gpl
coreboot
Analyzed 5 days ago
coreboot (formerly known as LinuxBIOS) is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) you can find in most of today's computers. It performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes a so-called payload, for example a Linux kernel, FILO, GRUB2
flashrom
Analyzed 5 days ago
flashrom is a utility for identifying, reading, writing, verifying and erasing flash chips. It's often used to flash BIOS/EFI/coreboot/firmware images.
CHDK
Analyzed about 3 years ago
The CHDK add-on implements new features like RAW, battery indicator, live histogram (RGB/luminance), zebra mode (blinking areas of over-/underexposure), DOF calculator, scripts (intervalometer, exposure/focus/... bracketing etc.), Tv, Av & ISO overrides, text reader, file browser, calendar
FreeRTOS Real Time Kernel
Analyzed about 2 hours ago
Mini RTOS kernel for small embedded systems. Preconfigured demo programs are included for lots of microcontroller architectures - ARM7, ARM CORTEX M3, PIC32, PPC405, 8051, AVR (MegaAVR), x86, PIC18, PIC24, dsPIC, HCS12, H8S, RDC, ColdFire, Fujitsu, etc.
Licenses:
Commercial, GPL-2-0-w...
libopencm3
L
Analyzed about 1 year ago
A free/libre/open-source firmware library for Cortex-M3 microcontrollers.
Licenses:
lgpv3_or_...
OpenBIOS
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Analyzed 3 days ago
Open Source Open Firmware implementation.
The OpenBIOS project provides you with most free and open source Open Firmware implementations available. Here you find several implementations of IEEE 1275-1994 (Referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
Among its features, Open Firmware
FreeWRT
Claimed by The MirOS Project Analyzed about 3 years ago
FreeWRT is a meta GNU/Linux distribution for embedded systems. In this context "meta" means, you can build the complete distribution from source. FreeWRT is meant to be an appliance development kit (ADK) especially designed for embedded system developers and advanced users.
Mostly written in language not available
Licenses:
gpl