UNetbootin Alternatives
UNetbootin makes it super easy to create live USB drives for Linux distributions. It even lets you download various distributions right from within the app. Some users have unfortunately reported issues running it on modern systems so alternatives are helpful to have.
Some alternatives focus on copying rather than creating ISOs. You can easily filter those out of the list with the burn-iso feature. Creating a live USB drive is typically a one-time affair so installing an app to use it just once isn't really optimal. You can filter the list for portable apps that don't need installation.
These apps are overwhelmingly free, most being open-source. They're all desktop apps for Mac, Windows and Linux.
- Easily format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc. View 58 alternatives to Rufus
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
Rufus vs UNetbootin
Easy to use. I used it with tails 2.10 when unetbootin wouldn't work.it's also a USB formatter - 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 UNetbootin
Doing a Arch bootable key was a nightmare on a Mac with UNetbootin, no way to make it working. With Etcher one try and it was perfectly ok :)cemagr Actually seems to work under OS X unlike Unetbootin nowVery simple and effective, creates a bootable USB key almost in a single click (very unusual considering everyone is struggling with UNetbootin since many years!)I have a 64GB USB key, and UNetbootin kept insisting on creating an odd FAT32 partition that always failed to boot properly. Also, Windows and Mac had trouble identifying and/or reading it. Etcher worked the first time. No confusing setup options, just select the .iso and burn. Simple like it should be!onesnapp Works on more operating systems. Better language support. Truly open source and free.bl4ckf4ll Very simple, great interface, Awesome! :)ATShields934 Etcher combines the universality of UNetbootin with the functionality of Rufus and adds an incredible and simple interface. - 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 UNetbootin
RogueScholar YUMI is the only app I've found that makes reliable USB installers for UEFI systems (GPT partition table, FAT32 partitions) and its multiboot features with persistence for the Ubuntu family of distributions is extremely useful. - Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files. View 34 alternatives to Ventoy
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- Command-line utility for Unix and Unix-like operating systems to convert and copy a file. View 23 alternatives to ddNo screenshots yet
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
dd vs UNetbootin
It's easier than GUI if you won't deal with UEFI stuffNot a full-featured GUI-application like the rest, but way more flexible, versatile and reliable for more tech-savvy users.There's more to creating a bootable USB drive than moving blocks of bits.PERCE_NEIGE For the user who said that it's not for burning ISO, it's wrong.its not a burning iso software.. - 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- WinSetupFromUSB 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... View 40 alternatives to WinSetupFromUSB