# u-root

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/linuxboot/u-root/  
**Provider:** LinuxBoot — https://apis.io/providers/linuxboot/  
**Documentation:** https://u-root.org/

u-root is one of 2 APIs that [LinuxBoot](https://apis.io/providers/linuxboot/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Initramfs, Go, and Userspace. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

u-root is a Go-based universal root filesystem and ramfs builder used by LinuxBoot to assemble a minimal initramfs containing the userspace tools needed for booting.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://u-root.org/
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/u-root/u-root

## Other LinuxBoot APIs (1)

- [LinuxBoot Build System](https://apis.io/apis/linuxboot/linuxboot-build-system/)

## Tags

Initramfs, Go, Userspace

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/linuxboot/u-root/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/linuxboot/.