rEFIt

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{{Infobox software

| name = rEFIt

| title = rEFIt

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| screenshot = REFIt screenshot.png

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| author =

| developer = Christoph Pfisterer

| released = 0.1 / {{Start date and age|2006|03|2|df=yes/no}}

| discontinued = 2010-03-12

| latest release version = 0.14

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2010|03|7|df=yes/no}}

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| programming language = C

| operating system = Linux, Windows (for burning a bootable CD),[http://refit.sourceforge.net/doc/c1s5_burning.html rEFIt - Documentation - Burning a Bootable CD] {{nowrap|Mac OS X}} (for primary use)[http://refit.sourceforge.net/doc/c1s1_install.html rEFIt - Documentation - Installing rEFIt][http://refit.sourceforge.net/doc/c2s1_activate.html rEFIt - Documentation - Getting into the rEFIt menu][http://refit.sourceforge.net/doc/c2s2_startos.html rEFIt - Documentation - Starting an Operating System][http://refit.sourceforge.net/doc/c2s3_shell.html rEFIt - Documentation - Using the EFI Shell]

| genre = Boot menu

| license = GPL-2.0-or-later,
BSD-3-Clause, additional components released under various licenses

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| website = {{URL|https://refit.sourceforge.net}}

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rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based machines like the Intel Macs. It can be used to boot multiple operating systems, including triple-boot setups with software such as Apple's Boot Camp Assistant. It also provides a way to enter and explore the EFI pre-boot environment.[http://refit.sourceforge.net/ rEFIt - An EFI Boot Menu and Toolkit] The name "rEFIt" is likely a play on the terms "refit" and "EFI".

Development on "rEFIt" was abandoned by Christoph Pfisterer in 2010. However, in 2012 the developer Roderick W. Smith forked it as a new project called rEFInd.[http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/ The rEFInd Boot Manager]