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 for Windows
There are many alternatives to Rufus for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative 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 loads of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows 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 ISO Creators you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Mac, Windows, Android, Windows + Free, Mac + Create bootable USB and Ubuntu + Create bootable USB. 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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- Discontinued
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- Mac
- Windows
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- PortableApps.com
59 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)
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- 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...
46 MultiBootUSB alternativesMultiBootUSB is a software to create multi boot live Linux on a removable media i.e USB disk. It is similar to UNetbootin but many distros can be installed, provided you have enough space on the disk.
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53 Easy2Boot alternativesFlexible and configurable USB drive multiboot solution which also supports UEFI booting.
53 UltraISO alternativesDirectly edit and extract ISO or DVD image files, manage directories and boot info, create images from hard drive or physical media, convert between formats, optimize file structure, integrate with shell, and handle virtual drives and bootable media.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
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- Discontinued
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- Windows
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
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- Discontinued
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- Windows
49 Deepin Boot Maker alternativesDeepin Boot Maker is a boot maker developed by Deepin Technology Team. It is simple in interface and easy to operate. It helps users to easily make deepin boot disk.
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
18 iVentoy alternativesWith iVentoy you can boot and install OS on multiple machines at the same time through the network. iVentoy is extremely easy to use, without complicated configuration, just put the ISO file in the specified location and select PXE boot in the client machine.
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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.