Visor Boot Manager
- Android app
- Not listed
- Free plan
- Yes
- Runs on
- Linux, Windows
Summary
Visor Boot Manager is a minimal graphical UEFI boot manager for starting Linux EFI-stub kernels, Unified Kernel Images, and other EFI executables such as Windows. With no configuration, it can find Windows, UKIs, kernels, and BLS/OSTree deployments, and derive a root command line automatically. Its menu supports themes, icons, animations, wallpaper accent colors, mouse, and touch input. It can boot Btrfs, Snapper, Timeshift, and plain snapshots, and browse OSTree deployments with automatic rollback. Visor also supports encrypted boot artifacts and a single-password LUKS handoff. Secure Boot verification works through shim, while the installer supports sbctl signing. The bootloader is a single approximately 340 KB EFI binary without external dependencies or a scripting language. It builds for x86_64 and AArch64 and can be built with listed tools or installed from the Arch User Repository. The project uses the BSD 2-Clause license. It requires UEFI hardware and does not support legacy BIOS.
Who it is for
Visor may suit users who want a customizable UEFI menu for Linux and Windows EFI programs, including snapshot or OSTree boot options. It is not suitable for legacy BIOS hardware.
What is good
- Detects several boot types without configuration
- Supports snapshots and OSTree deployment browsing
- Offers mouse and touch menu input
- Supports encrypted boot artifacts and Secure Boot verification
- Builds for x86_64 and AArch64
What to know first
- Requires UEFI hardware
- Does not support legacy BIOS
Verdict
Visor combines automatic boot detection with menu customization and snapshot support in a compact EFI binary. Its UEFI-only requirement is the key compatibility constraint.
Visor Boot Manager plans and pricing
All plansCompared on boot manager software
- Free plan
- Yesgithub.com
- Operating systems
- multiplatformgithub.com
- UEFI support
- Yesgithub.com
- BIOS support
- Nogithub.com
- Multiboot support
- Yesgithub.com
- Boot-entry editing
- Yesgithub.com
- Boot repair
- Yesgithub.com
- Boot-menu customization
- Yesgithub.com
Facts
- Purpose
- Visor is a minimal, fast graphical UEFI boot manager written in C.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Boot support
- It boots Linux EFI-stub kernels and Unified Kernel Images and chainloads other EFI executables, including Windows.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Footprint
- The bootloader is a single approximately 340 KB EFI binary with no external dependencies or scripting language.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Automatic detection
- With no configuration, Visor detects Windows, UKIs, kernels, and BLS/OSTree deployments and derives a root command line automatically.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Interface
- The menu supports icons, animations, wallpaper accent colors, themes, mouse input, and touch input.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Snapshots
- Visor supports Btrfs, Snapper, Timeshift, and plain snapshot booting.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- OSTree
- Visor provides OSTree deployment browsing with automatic rollback.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Hotplug
- The boot menu supports live USB hotplug with animated entry insertion and removal.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- Visor supports encrypted boot artifacts and a single-password LUKS handoff.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Secure Boot
- Secure Boot verification works through shim, and the installer supports sbctl signing.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Installation
- Visor can be built with gnu-efi, GCC, binutils, make, and git, or installed from the Arch User Repository.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Architectures
- The project builds for x86_64 and AArch64 from one source tree.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- License
- Visor is released under the BSD 2-Clause license.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Limitation
- Visor requires UEFI hardware and does not support legacy BIOS.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- Configuration, themes, encryption, LUKS, Secure Boot, snapshots, OSTree, filesystem drivers, CLI usage, architecture, and troubleshooting are documented in the project wiki.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
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Sources
- github.com/IO-ZetZor/Visor-BootManager· checked 1 Oct 2026