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The best alternative to Rufus is Ventoy, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Rufus and 17 are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to Rufus are UNetbootin, WoeUSB, macUSB and EtchDroid.

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  1. Ventoy icon

    Ventoy

     416 likes

    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.

    58 Ventoy alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Ventoy vs Rufus Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    Barrett
    5

    I have over 20 ISOs on one flash drive because of this utility. It's my favorite software for multiboot USBs. Keep in mind, however, that it doesn't work on any Mac hardware.

    Guest
    Positive
    3

    It allows simple drag & drop of ISO files to a USB drive and then offers a Grub-style menu to select which ISO to boot from, as opposed to having to outright "burn" the ISO to a drive.

    Not 100% compatible, but 99.999%.

    Matheus Bastos
    Positive
    2

    Create a separate partition for booting and a special one for placing OS ".iso" files easily.

    3 of 8 comments
    • Ventoy is Free and Open SourceRufus is also Free and Open Source
  2. UNetbootin icon

    UNetbootin

     765 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.

    58 UNetbootin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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    Discontinued

    Last commit to the repository was on Jun 28, 2023, and latest version is from Feb 4, 2021.

    UNetbootin vs Rufus Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    Kandi
    18

    Easy to use. Supports a huge variety of platforms

    Top Negative Comment
    Guest
    13

    does not do UEFI mode does not recognize external hdd/ sdd does not do windows bootable drives and have issues even with some linux distros does not do multiple booting images on single drive

    Guest
    Negative
    1

    UNetbootin is for Linux Distributions. Rufus is for creating bootable USBs in general, independant from the target OS.

    3 of 13 comments
    • UNetbootin is Free and Open SourceRufus is also Free and Open Source
  4. WoeUSB icon

    WoeUSB

     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.

    37 WoeUSB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    WoeUSB vs Rufus Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    Shampuan
    2

    It is the best of windows iso writer on linux.

    cvanelli
    Negative
    -3

    Does not have a GUI like Rufus

    Guest
    Positive
    2

    Perfect! It is the only one on linux that make bootable usb for windows iso files. Simple and easy to use.

    3 of 6 comments
    • WoeUSB is Free and Open SourceRufus is also Free and Open Source
  5. macUSB icon

    macUSB

     13 likes

    macUSB is a free and open-source macOS app for creating bootable USB media for macOS, Linux, and Windows. It is designed as an all-in-one tool that guides the user through the entire process step by step, while supporting both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

    54 macUSB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    macUSB start screen with the app’s main tagline, The all-in-one bootable USB creator for Mac
     
  7. EtchDroid icon

    EtchDroid

     14 likes

    Small Program for Android, which burns isos.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    EtchDroid screenshot 1
     
  13. Caligula icon

    Caligula

     2 likes

    A user-friendly, lightweight TUI wrapper for the dd command written in Rust that performs easy disk imaging and ISO burning with only a single command with graphs and rich confirmation dialogs.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Homebrew
    Screenshot of the Caligula TUI verifying a disk
     
  14. Lufus icon

    Lufus

     1 like

    A rufus clone designed to work with linux, burn ISO Windows/Linux images to external flash drives like USB devices or TF cards.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Python
    Lufus screenshot 1
     
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