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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Rufus Alternatives Filtered by 'Portable'
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 many of them are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to Rufus are UNetbootin, balenaEtcher, YUMI exFAT and Universal USB Installer.
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Rufus alternatives are mainly Bootable USB Creators, but if you're looking for Disk Imaging Tools or Linux Distros you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Windows, Mac, Windows + Free, Mac + Create bootable USB, Ubuntu + Create bootable USB and Android + Disc Burner. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Rufus.
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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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Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- PortableApps.com
62 balenaEtcher alternativesA 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.
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50 YUMI exFAT alternativesThe YUMI exFAT (Your Universal Multiboot Installer) media creation tool can be used to automatically create an exFAT bootable USB flash drive containing multiple operating systems, antivirus utilities, disc cloning, diagnostic tools, and more.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
- Wine
- WineBottler
48 Universal USB Installer alternativesUniversal USB Installer is a Live Linux USB Creator that allows you to choose from a selection of Linux Distributions to put on your USB Flash Drive. The Universal USB Installer is easy to use. Simply choose a Live Linux Distribution, the ISO file, your Flash Drive and, Click...
53 Easy2Boot alternativesFlexible and configurable USB drive multiboot solution which also supports UEFI booting.
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
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
52 WinSetupFromUSB alternativesWinSetupFromUSB is a Windows program, which prepares multiboot USB flash or fixed disk to install any Windows versions since 2000/XP, boot various Linux and *BSD flavors, as well as many Windows, Linux, DOS based and other utilities. Since version 1.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
24 RMPrepUSB alternativesRMPrepUSB allows the Windows user to easily and quickly 'roll their own' multiboot USB drive.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
49 Win32 Disk Imager alternativesA utility that can write a raw backup image of your hard drive to a removable device or vice versa.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
46 SUSE Studio ImageWriter alternativesUtility for writing raw disk images & hybrid isos to USB keys.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
42 SARDU alternativesSARDU (short for Shardana Antivirus Rescue Disk Utility) creates a multiboot all-in-one USB drive, CD or DVD for free (personal and non commercial use). Hard disks, external hard disks and all removable media are supported.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
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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.