https://github.com/zbm-dev/zfsbootmenu

ZFS Bootloader for root-on-ZFS systems with support for snapshots and native full disk encryption
https://github.com/zbm-dev/zfsbootmenu

boot-environment boot-menu bootloader dracut hacktoberfest initcpio initramfs linux mkinitcpio openzfs snapshots void-linux zfs zfs-filesystem zfsonlinux zpool

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ZFS Bootloader for root-on-ZFS systems with support for snapshots and native full disk encryption

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/zbm-dev/zfsbootmenu
• Owner: zbm-dev
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-06-11T01:57:50.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-03-25T16:13:17.000Z (about 1 month ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-25T17:25:51.223Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: boot-environment, boot-menu, bootloader, dracut, hacktoberfest, initcpio, initramfs, linux, mkinitcpio, openzfs, snapshots, void-linux, zfs, zfs-filesystem, zfsonlinux, zpool
• Language: Shell
• Homepage: https://zfsbootmenu.org
• Size: 3.75 MB
• Stars: 927
• Watchers: 17
• Forks: 76
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
[![ZFSBootMenu Logo](media/logos/Logo_TextOnly_Color.svg)](https://zfsbootmenu.org)

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ZFSBootMenu is a Linux bootloader that attempts to provide an experience similar to FreeBSD's bootloader. By taking advantage of ZFS features, it allows a user to have multiple "boot environments" (with different distributions, for example), manipulate snapshots before booting, and, for the adventurous user, even bootstrap a system installation via `zfs recv`.

In essence, ZFSBootMenu is a small, self-contained Linux system that knows how to find other Linux kernels and initramfs images within ZFS filesystems. When a suitable kernel and initramfs are identified (either through an automatic process or direct user selection), ZFSBootMenu launches that kernel using the `kexec` command.

![screenshot](/media/v2.3.0-multi-be.png)

### For more details, see:

- [Documentation](https://docs.zfsbootmenu.org)

- [Boot Environments and You: A Primer](https://docs.zfsbootmenu.org/en/latest/general/bootenvs-and-you.html)

### Join us on IRC

Come chat about ZFSBootMenu in [#zfsbootmenu on libera.chat](https://web.libera.chat/#zfsbootmenu)