Open Source MultiSystem Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to MultiSystem for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best open source Linux alternative is Ventoy. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to MultiSystem and 15 are open source and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Linux alternatives to MultiSystem are balenaEtcher, UNetbootin, MultiBootUSB and WoeUSB.

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  1. Ventoy icon
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    Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files. With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk again and again, you just need to copy the iso file to the USB drive and boot it.

    56 Ventoy alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. balenaEtcher icon
     663 likes

    A free, open-source tool for burning images to USB and SD cards. Compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux. Features validated burning, avoiding accidental wipes, offers a sleek interface, is lightweight and portable, making it ideal for users at any skill level.

    58 balenaEtcher alternatives

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    • Mac
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  3. UNetbootin icon
     764 likes

    Cross-platform tool for making bootable USB and Live USB drives, featuring a built-in downloader for Linux ISO images and rescue disks, supporting BSD and various utilities. No installation required, it runs directly and offers compatibility and community support for many distributions.

    57 UNetbootin alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
     
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  4. WoeUSB icon
     29 likes

    WoeUSB is a simple tool that enable you to create your own usb stick windows installer from an iso image or a real DVD. It is a fork of Congelli501 s WinUSB.

    34 WoeUSB alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  5. netboot.xyz icon
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    netboot.xyz is a way to select various operating system installers or utilities from one place within the BIOS without the need of having to go retrieve the media to run the tool.

    3 netboot.xyz alternatives

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  6. A tool to create a bootable live USB drive with an edition of Fedora. Not only can Fedora Media Writer write an image to your flash drive, it can also download it for you. It offers official editions (Server, Workstation), Fedora spins (KDE Plasma Desktop, Xfce Desktop, Cinnamon...

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  7. mkusb icon
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    (Straight up rufus for Linux users ) The mkusb tool was developed to make it simpler and safer to create boot drives with the method to flash or clone an iso image or a compressed image file. It is using dd under the hood.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
     
  8. Deepin Boot Maker is a boot maker developed by Deepin Technology Team. It is simple in interface and easy to operate. It helps users to easily make deepin boot disk.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. mintstick icon
     8 likes

    Linux Mint's USB Image Writer (mintstick) is an easy to use and dependable means of creating bootable USBs.

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    • Linux
    • Linux Mint
     
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