Rufus Alternatives for Ubuntu

Rufus is not available for Ubuntu but there are a few alternatives with similar functionality. The best Ubuntu alternative is Startup Disk Creator, 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 two of them are available for Ubuntu. 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 Other popular filters include Windows + Free and Windows + Free + Create bootable USB and Mac + Create bootable USB. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to 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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  1. Startup Disk Creator icon

    Startup Disk Creator

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    Startup Disk Creator (usb-creator) is an official tool to create Live USBs of Ubuntu from the Live CD or from an ISO image. The tool is included by default in all releases after Ubuntu 8.04.

    9 Startup Disk Creator alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Ubuntu
    Startup Disk Creator screenshot 1

    Startup Disk Creator VS Rufus

     
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    Pardus Image Writer

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    Piw is a software to create bootable media i.e USB disk. It is similar to UNetbootin or Rufus.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • TR flagTürkiye

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Pardus
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    Discontinued

    The last release (0.1.9) is from December 2018.

    Pardus Image Writer VS Rufus

     
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