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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 18 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
     422 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.

    60 Ventoy alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. UNetbootin icon
     766 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.

    60 UNetbootin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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  3. WoeUSB icon
     30 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

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  4. macUSB icon
     14 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
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  5. Use 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.

    28 Raspberry Pi Imager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi OS
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  6. USBImager icon
     25 likes

    USBImager is a really really simple GUI application that writes compressed disk images to USB drives and creates backups.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
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  7. Lufus icon
     3 likes

    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
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  8. Caligula icon
     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.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Homebrew
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