Linux bootloaders love stuffing logic into configs that are basically full-blown programs.
That’s great if you enjoy debugging boot failures caused by a stray space, but a nightmare if you’re injecting your own hypervisor or maintaining systems you don’t fully control.
Edera needed something machine-readable, predictable, and maintainable… so they built it.
Sprout treats boot data like, well, data. It loads configurations from TOML, keeps unsafe Rust usage minimal, and works across x86_64 and ARM64 systems.
Why Sprout’s Worth Paying Attention To :
- Config you can read - You can define entries, actions, and drivers in plain TOML.
- Linux and Windows boot support that doesn’t fight you - EFI stub, chainloading, and initrds are handled cleanly.
Autoconfiguration that actually helps - It can generate entries from your EFI environment or BLS-compatible filesystems.
Sprout’s still young, but it’s already positioning itself as the “bootloader that won’t gaslight you.” Developers deserve that.
It’s available on GitHub at https://github.com/edera-dev/sprout.
