// downloads

Grab a build.

Every release ships as a Docker image, static Linux binaries pulled live from the latest GitHub release, and a 2 GiB flashable USB appliance image (Alpine + bootimus, boots straight in). Tools are mirrored separately so the admin UI can pull them without leaning on upstream rate limits.

latest · stable v0.1.70 released 22 May 2026manifest.json ↗ via github releases ↗

# release artifacts

container · docker
Docker image (multi-arch)
amd64 + arm64 · pull garybowers/bootimus:latest
get ↓
binary · linux/amd64 31.6 MiB
Linux · amd64
bootimus-linux-amd64
sha256 bd6bb20064a9…da60428b
get ↓
binary · linux/arm64 30.1 MiB
Linux · arm64
bootimus-linux-arm64
sha256 9ae32dc6caa0…0640bc92
get ↓
binary · windows/amd64 32.1 MiB
Windows · amd64
bootimus-windows-amd64.exe
sha256 4e52d515f9f0…9c3dacd7
get ↓
appliance · usb ~2 GiB
USB Appliance (Alpine + bootimus)
bootimus-appliance-latest.img.xz
Flash with dd or balenaEtcher. Boots straight into bootimus.
get ↓
other 30.2 MiB
bootimus-windows-arm64.exe
get ↓
pts/0
verify v0.1.70
# Fetch + verify (latest release tag)
$ TAG=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/garybowers/bootimus/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name)
$ echo $TAG
v0.1.70

$ curl -LO https://github.com/garybowers/bootimus/releases/download/$TAG/bootimus-linux-amd64
$ curl -LO https://github.com/garybowers/bootimus/releases/download/$TAG/SHA256SUMS
$ sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS --ignore-missing
bootimus-linux-amd64: OK

# Or pull the container
$ docker pull garybowers/bootimus:0.1.70
$ docker pull garybowers/bootimus:latest

# mirrored tools

These are netboot-ready images the admin UI can download on demand and expose as PXE menu entries. Mirrored on dl.bootimus.com so you don't depend on upstream availability when kicking off a rescue job. Upstream URLs remain the source of truth — override any mirror URL from the Tools page.

GParted Live

1.6.0-3

Partition editor. Resize, move, copy, create, delete partitions on a running system.

499 MiB
mirror ↓ upstream ↗

Clonezilla Live

3.2.0-5

Disk cloning and imaging. Bare-metal backup and restore over the network.

395 MiB
mirror ↓ upstream ↗

SystemRescue

11.00

Full rescue toolkit. File recovery, disk repair, network diagnostics, partition tools.

853 MiB
mirror ↓ upstream ↗

ShredOS

2024.12

Secure disk wiping. nwipe-based. DoD 5220.22-M, Gutmann, custom passes.

28 MiB
mirror ↓ upstream ↗

netboot.xyz

rolling

Chainloads into hundreds of OS installers, live distros, and utilities.

1 MiB
mirror ↓ upstream ↗

# consume the manifest

The admin UI reads /api/manifest.json to check for updates and show available tools. Stable schema — fields won't be renamed without a major bump. Source-of-truth for binaries is the GitHub Releases API; this endpoint just normalises and merges in the static bits (Docker tag, appliance image, mirrored tools).

pts/0
api · manifest.json
$ curl -s https://bootimus.com/api/manifest.json | jq '.release.version, (.release.artifacts | length)'
"0.1.70"
6

$ curl -s https://bootimus.com/api/manifest.json | jq -r '.tools[] | [.name, .version, .mirror] | @tsv'
GParted Live	1.6.0-3	https://dl.bootimus.com/tools/gparted/gparted-live-1.6.0-3-amd64.iso
Clonezilla Live	3.2.0-5	https://dl.bootimus.com/tools/clonezilla/clonezilla-live-3.2.0-5-amd64.iso
Memtest86+	7.00	https://dl.bootimus.com/tools/memtest/memtest86plus-7.00.iso
SystemRescue	11.00	https://dl.bootimus.com/tools/systemrescue/systemrescue-11.00-amd64.iso
ShredOS	2024.12	https://dl.bootimus.com/tools/shredos/shredos-2024.12.iso
netboot.xyz	rolling	https://dl.bootimus.com/tools/netbootxyz/netboot.xyz.efi