Rufus Alternatives for Debian

Rufus is not available for Debian but there is one alternative with similar functionality. The best Debian alternative is Pardus Image Writer, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't work for you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Rufus, but unfortunately only one of them is available for Debian. If you can't find an alternative you can try to remove all filters.

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Rufus alternatives are mainly Bootable USB Creators but may also be Disk Imaging Tools or Disc Burners.  Other popular filters includes Windows + Free and Windows + Free + Create bootable USB. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Rufus.
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Formats USB drives to various file systems and creates bootable USBs from ISOs. Supports MS-DOS/FreeDOS bootable sticks and offers BIOS or UEFI options.

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Rufus alternatives page was last updated Feb 13, 2025
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    Piw is a software to create bootable media i.e USB disk. It is similar to UNetbootin or Rufus.

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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Pardus
    Discontinued

    The last release (0.1.9) is from December 2018.

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