SARDU Alternatives

SARDU is described as '(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' and is a bootable usb creator in the cd/dvd tools category. There are more than 25 alternatives to SARDU for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and PortableApps.com apps. The best SARDU alternative is Rufus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SARDU are Ventoy, balenaEtcher, UNetbootin and YUMI exFAT.

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SARDU alternatives are mainly Bootable USB Creators but may also be Linux Distros or Disk Imaging Tools.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of SARDU.
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SARDU (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.

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SARDU alternatives page was last updated Sep 11, 2024
  1. Fedora Media Writer icon
     3 likes

    A tool to create a bootable live USB drive with an edition of Fedora. Not only can Fedora Media Writer write an image to your flash drive, it can also download it for you. It offers official editions (Server, Workstation), Fedora spins (KDE Plasma Desktop, Xfce Desktop, Cinnamon...

    47 Fedora Media Writer alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Fedora Media Writer iconSARDU Icon

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  2. KDE ISO Image Writer icon
     7 likes

    Write an ISO Image to a USB Disk.

    51 KDE ISO Image Writer alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • KDE
    Discontinued

    The latest version (1.0.0) is from May 2023.

    KDE ISO Image Writer iconSARDU Icon

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  3. Easy2Boot icon
     37 likes

    Flexible and configurable USB drive multiboot solution which also supports UEFI booting.

    49 Easy2Boot alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Easy2Boot Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Multiboot USB
    3.  UEFI Support
    4.  USB to NTFS
    5.  USB to FAT
    6.  Multi boot
    Easy2Boot iconSARDU Icon

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  4. Impression (GTK) icon
     4 likes

    Flash disk images onto your drives with ease. Select an image, insert your drive, and you're good to go!

    50 Impression (GTK) alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Rust
    Impression (GTK) iconSARDU Icon

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  5. Popsicle icon
     3 likes

    Write an ISO or other image to multiple USB devices all at once. Easily preparing a bunch of flash drives of your favorite OS with just a couple of clicks.

    50 Popsicle alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Rust
    Popsicle iconSARDU Icon

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  6. mintstick icon
     7 likes

    Linux Mint's USB Image Writer (mintstick) is an easy to use and dependable means of creating bootable USBs.

    50 mintstick alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mint

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  Writes images to SD/USB
    mintstick iconSARDU Icon

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  7. ISO to USB icon
     8 likes

    ISO to USB is a free and small software that can burn the ISO image file directly to the USB drives, these USB drives include USB flash drives, memory sticks and other USB storage devices, it also supports to create a bootable USB disk with Windows operating systems.

    45 ISO to USB alternatives
    ISO to USB screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ISO to USB Features

    1.  USB to FAT
    2.  UEFI Support
    3.  USB to NTFS
    Discontinued

    The latest version (1.6) is from March 2020.

    ISO to USB iconSARDU Icon

    ISO to USB VS SARDU

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  8. mkusb icon
     3 likes

    (Straight up rufus for Linux users ) The mkusb tool was developed to make it simpler and safer to create boot drives with the method to flash or clone an iso image or a compressed image file. It is using dd under the hood.

    50 mkusb alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    mkusb Features

    1.  Multiboot USB
    Discontinued

    Last release and commit in February 2022

    mkusb iconSARDU Icon

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  9. Deepin Boot Maker icon
     14 likes

    Deepin 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.

    45 Deepin Boot Maker alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Deepin Boot Maker Features

    1.  Support for Windows Hello
    2.  Multiple languages
    Deepin Boot Maker iconSARDU Icon

    Deepin Boot Maker VS SARDU

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  10. SUSE Studio ImageWriter icon
     19 likes

    Utility for writing raw disk images & hybrid isos to USB keys.

    43 SUSE Studio ImageWriter alternatives
    SUSE Studio ImageWriter screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    SUSE Studio ImageWriter Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Small-footprint
    Discontinued

    The last update is from Sept 2020.

    SUSE Studio ImageWriter iconSARDU Icon

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  11. ROSA Image Writer icon
     13 likes

    Optical drives are rapidly disappearing from our computers of all kinds, and consequently installing operating systems from USB flash disks is becoming increasingly popular. ISO images of the ROSA Linux distribution were originally intended for burning to DVD disks, but they can...

    45 ROSA Image Writer alternatives
    ROSA Image Writer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    ROSA Image Writer Features

    1.  Create bootable Image
    Discontinued

    Last update was in 2016.

    ROSA Image Writer iconSARDU Icon

    ROSA Image Writer VS SARDU

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  12. Bootqt icon
     1 like

    Bootqt is a simple app for making a bootable USB drive from an ISO or IMG file. It is written in Python and uses Qt technologies to provide an easy to use graphical user interface.

    50 Bootqt alternatives
    Bootqt screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Bootqt iconSARDU Icon

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