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.
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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 16 are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to Rufus are UNetbootin, WoeUSB, LinuxLive USB Creator and EtchDroid.
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58 Ventoy alternatives
60 UNetbootin alternativesCross-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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Discontinued
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- PortableApps.com
34 WoeUSB alternativesWoeUSB 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.
46 LinuxLive USB Creator alternativesLiLi USB Creator is a free software for Windows that allows you to create a bootable Live USB key with a Linux on it.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Discontinued
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- Windows
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55 macUSB alternativesThe easiest way to create legacy macOS bootable drives on modern Macs. Revive old Intel Macs using your Apple Silicon machine — no terminal knowledge required.
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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- Linux
- KDE Plasma
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Windows
25 Raspberry Pi Imager alternativesUse Raspberry Pi Imager for an easy way to install Raspberry Pi OS and other operating systems to an SD card ready to use with your Raspberry Pi.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Raspberry Pi OS
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54 mintstick alternativesLinux Mint's USB Image Writer (mintstick) is an easy to use and dependable means of creating bootable USBs.
23 USBImager alternativesUSBImager is a really really simple GUI application that writes compressed disk images to USB drives and creates backups.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
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- Discontinued
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Raspberry Pi
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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
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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- Mac
- Linux
- Arch Linux
- Nix Package Manager
- Homebrew
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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.