Open-source firmware

Open-source firmware is firmware that is published under an open-source license. It can be contrasted with proprietary firmware, which is published under a proprietary license or EULA.{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Elliot |date=2022-05-14 |title=Who Is Thinking About Open Source Firmware? |url=https://hackaday.com/2022/05/14/who-is-thinking-about-open-source-firmware/ |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=Hackaday |language=en-US}}{{Cite book |last=Banik |first=Subrata |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1347731078 |title=System firmware: an essential guide to open source and embedded solutions |date=2022 |others=Vincent Zimmer |isbn=978-1-4842-7939-7 |location= |oclc=1347731078}}{{Cite news |last=Ridley |first=Jacob |date=2022-04-13 |title=There's huge potential for this 'unbrickable' open source BIOS now it's running on modern Intel PCs |language=en |work=PC Gamer |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/coreboot-on-intel-motherboard/ |access-date=2022-10-22}}

Examples

OpenWrt
DD-WRT
coreboot
SeaBIOS
LinuxBoot
Libreboot
Marlin (firmware), Arduino-based firmware for 3D printers{{Cite web |title=How to Set Up & Edit Marlin Firmware |author=Andreas Giencke |work=All3DP |date=25 September 2022 |access-date=19 June 2023 |url= https://all3dp.com/2/marlin-firmware-how-to-edit-marlin-firmware/ }}
PinePhone LTE modem{{Cite web |last=By |date=2022-07-12 |title=Open Firmware For PinePhone LTE Modem – What’s Up With That? |url=https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/open-firmware-for-pinephone-lte-modem-whats-up-with-that/ |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=Hackaday |language=en-US}}
Rockbox, a replacement firmware for various digital audio players{{Cite web |title=Linux Journal 2008 04 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive |author=Shawn Powers |work=Internet Archive |date=April 2008 |access-date=19 June 2023 |url= https://archive.org/details/Linux-Journal-2008-04/page/n43/mode/2up?q=%22open-source+firmware%22 }}
QMK
U-Boot

Open-source firmware

Examples

See also

References

Further reading