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A minimalist Debian-based live ISO for UEFI firmware tools, disk partitioning, and Secure Boot-compatible Linux deployment.

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(Notice: UEFIParted used to be only for me, and this is it's first ever public release. Expect issues.)

UEFIParted is a minimalist, Debian-based live environment designed to simplify disk partitioning, UEFI firmware management, and Secure Boot-compatible OS deployment. Built with a fast XFCE4 desktop, UEFIParted provides a user-friendly interface with powerful tools for system recovery, disk prep, and bootloader configuration.


🧰 Features

  • ✅ Debian-based Live ISO
  • ✅ Fully UEFI + Secure Boot Compatible
  • ✅ XFCE4 Desktop
  • ✅ Graphical partition editors (GParted)
  • ✅ Preinstalled UEFI tools: efibootmgr, fwupd, mokutil(Unconfirmed, I will need to check later.)
  • ✅ Encrypted persistence support (overlayfs, casper-rw)
  • ✅ Modular toolsets for recovery, forensics, and installation
  • ✅ USB bootable

📦 Default Toolkit

  • GParted, parted, lsblk, blkid, mkfs, etc.
  • efibootmgr, mokutil, fwupd
  • plymouth, grub-efi, shim (optional)
  • xfce4-terminal, Thunar, mousepad

🧪 Use Cases

  • Preparing disks for Linux installation with GPT
  • Troubleshooting UEFI firmware boot entries
  • Secure disk layout management with encryption
  • OS deployment in educational or enterprise settings

🛠️ Build From Source

You can fully rebuild or customize UEFIParted using the provided Bash scripts:

./extract-iso.sh        # Extract ISO and squashfs
./enter-chroot.sh       # Mount + chroot into squashfs-root
./cleanup.sh            # Clean up and unmount
./sign-efi.sh           # Sign EFI binaries for Secure Boot
./compile.sh            # Rebuild squashfs + ISO

💬 License

UEFIParted is open source and MIT-licensed. Feel free to fork, customize, or contribute.

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