Rufus Alternatives for Windows
There are many alternatives to Rufus for Windows if you are looking to replace it. The most popular Windows alternative is 
UNetbootin, 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 available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Rufus are 
balenaEtcher (Free, Open Source), 
YUMI (Free, Open Source), 
Ventoy (Free, Open Source) and 
MultiBootUSB (Free, Open Source).
- Cross-platform tool to create bootable USB drive or create Live USB drives with built-in downloader for Linux ISO images and rescue disks. View 46 alternatives to UNetbootin
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- PortableApps.com
UNetbootin vs Rufus
Kandi Easy to use. Supports a huge variety of platformsFast, easy to use and in a few clicks you're good to godoes not do UEFI mode does not recognize external hdd/ sdd does not do windows bootable drives and have issues even with some linux distros does not do multiple booting images on single driveUNetbootin is for Linux Distributions. Rufus is for creating bootable USBs in general, independant from the target OS.Does use current versions of "syslinux" and therefore does not create bootable media for a lot firmware ISO files, etc..Easy to use GUI that is compatible with lot's of ISO's. UNetbootin is my 3rd favorite bootable USB creator next to YUMI for Windows and Rufus.Rufus made for me working bootable pendrive with windows 8.1, from iso which I had, and it worked. I tried this same with UNetbootin, and it didn't work. - balenaEtcher is a free and open-source image burner with support for Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux. It makes USB and SD card image burning as simple and fast as possible. View 44 alternatives to balenaEtcher
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
balenaEtcher vs Rufus
etcher is better than most image burners i have used.espectalll It's simple, it's easy, it's slick, and it's multiplatform, May not be for everyone, but surely is for most people.Cannot select between gpt and mbr partition stylesFor installing Linux Distros, it just worksCan make bootable usb for linux not windows.Cam Make Bootable Linux And Other22Ezra22 Fairly fast and works great for flashing Raspberry Pi. It supports validation to make sure the image was successfully flashed. - YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer), is the successor to our MultibootISOs. It can be used to create a Multiboot Bootable USB Flash Drive containing multiple operating systems, antivirus utilities, disc cloning, diagnostic tools, and more. View 37 alternatives to YUMI
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
- Wine
- WineBottler
YUMI vs Rufus
DiGiTaL_CORE YUMI now has (albeit alpha) support for UEFI. I have yet to need anything while making multiboot USBs. I love the fact I can make a single partition bootable without having to reformat my entire EHD.Multiboot abilities that are useful in making a useful debugging bootable usbHas moltiboot option, persistent file with ubuntu, windows to go with other distros in the same USB - Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files. View 34 alternatives to Ventoy
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
Ventoy vs Rufus
Hau_Kai It offers the option to multiboot, whilst retaining other files. Add multiple ISOs, remove or update them, all the while other files are unchanged so you can use your fastest and largest USB pendrives, without affecting their use for other tasks.ATShields934 Allows you to easily create a multiboot drive by simply formatting a flash drive with the software and adding the .iso files. Incredibly simple to use, but a major breakthrough in simple boot drive making.Mat3o It creates separete partitions for booting, so you can use your USB drive as regular pendrive. Ventoy's boot menu list all iso which you place on the drive, it's the most flexible solution I've used.Multiple ISO image files on one drive - Cross-platform utility for creating live Linux distro multi-boot USBs nondestructively. View 34 alternatives to MultiBootUSB
Discontinued
Last release is from April 2018.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
MultiBootUSB vs Rufus
NickFreeman support for multiple live linux distros - Universal 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. View 33 alternatives to Universal USB Installer
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
Universal USB Installer vs Rufus
checholin Very simple and easy to use. Supports Persistent Linux.It is complete, with all you need, to put an OS in yur USB - Flexible and configurable USB drive multiboot solution which also supports UEFI booting. View 14 alternatives to Easy2Boot
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
- Linux
- LiLi USB Creator is a free software for Windows that allows you to create a bootable Live USB key with a Linux on it. View 36 alternatives to LinuxLive USB Creator
Discontinued
The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 2.9.4, released in September 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website. The project has officially been abandonned on December, 22nd 2020 (announcement on their blog).
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- CD image files are easily created with UltraISO. Duplicate discs to a CD image, create bootable CDs and audio CD images - and UltraISO also handles DVD image files. View 70 alternatives to UltraISO
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
UltraISO vs Rufus
doesn't create bootable usb - A utility that can write a raw backup image of your hard drive to a removable device or vice versa. View 31 alternatives to Win32 Disk Imager