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Bios projects on GitHub
Boot and firmware tooling related to BIOS, USB boot media, and low-level startup.
As of , the most-starred Bios projects on GitHub are rufus (38.2K stars), cosmopolitan (21.4K stars) and ReBarUEFI (2.6K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 5 Bios repositories with 64.2K stars combined. The fastest-growing on November 3 was nv-uefi-unlocker, with +196 stars in a day.
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nv-uefi-unlocker
physicsdolphin/nv-uefi-unlocker · ★ 1.7KA pre-boot UEFI tool that lifts the Tensor compute limit on NVIDIA RTX 20, 30 and 40 cards. It boots from a USB stick, unlocks the card, then continues into Windows, Linux or another system, without flashing the VBIOS.
rufus
pbatard/rufus · ★ 38.2KRufus is a free utility for Windows that formats and creates bootable USB flash drives, used to make installers for Windows, Linux, FreeDOS and other bootable ISOs.
+4ReBarUEFI
xCuri0/ReBarUEFI · ★ 2.6KReBarUEFI is a UEFI DXE driver that enables Resizable BAR on systems whose firmware doesn't support it officially — a free performance boost, mostly noticeable in games.
+3deck-as-controller
jmedina21/deck-as-controller · ★ 240Deck as Controller is a Decky Loader plugin that turns your Steam Deck into a wireless or wired game controller for a Mac, iPad, or PC, showing up as a PS5, Xbox, or Steam Controller without installing anything on the other device.
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5 projects · by stars
- 38.2K
#1 · pbatard/rufusrufus
Rufus is a free utility for Windows that formats and creates bootable USB flash drives, used to make installers for Windows, Linux, FreeDOS and other bootable ISOs.
- 21.4K
#2 · jart/cosmopolitancosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan Libc makes C/C++ a build-once run-anywhere language: you compile once and the same native binary runs on Linux, Mac, Windows, the BSDs and even BIOS - like Java, but with no interpreter or virtual machine.
- 2.6K
#3 · xCuri0/ReBarUEFIReBarUEFI
ReBarUEFI is a UEFI DXE driver that enables Resizable BAR on systems whose firmware doesn't support it officially — a free performance boost, mostly noticeable in games.
- 4
nv-uefi-unlocker
1.7Kphysicsdolphin/nv-uefi-unlocker · RustA pre-boot UEFI tool that lifts the Tensor compute limit on NVIDIA RTX 20, 30 and 40 cards. It boots from a USB stick, unlocks the card, then continues into Windows, Linux or another system, without flashing the VBIOS.
- 5

deck-as-controller
240jmedina21/deck-as-controller · PythonDeck as Controller is a Decky Loader plugin that turns your Steam Deck into a wireless or wired game controller for a Mac, iPad, or PC, showing up as a PS5, Xbox, or Steam Controller without installing anything on the other device.
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