UNetbootin
Cross-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
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- PortableApps.com
Last commit to the repository was on Jun 28, 2023, and latest version is from Feb 4, 2021.
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Lightweight
Features
- Create bootable USB
- Persistent Linux
- Automatic downloading
- Download ISO Images
- Portable
- Windows To Go
- Burn iso
- Ad-free
- Portable Linux
UNetbootin News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
POX added UNetbootin as alternative to macUSB- Michael679089 replied to a comment / review on UNetbootin
FalcoPerigrinus added UNetbootin as alternative to Ventoy
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What is UNetbootin?
UNetbootin (Universal Netboot Installer) is a cross-platform utility that can load Linux and other distributions to a partition or USB drive. It loads distributions either by downloading listed Linux and BSD like distributions, a variety of system utilities and rescue disks ISO file, or by using an ISO file you've already downloaded.
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Developed by
Geza Kovacs Licensing
Open Source and Free product.Written in
Rating
Average rating of 3.5Alternatives
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Comments and Reviews
Because it has the option to download ISO's for the program it self.
UNetbootin was fine at one point but it rarely works anymore. I'd recommend using
balenaEtcher or 
Rufus for booting Linux distributions or using 
Boot Camp on 
macOS in order to boot Windows.
BalenaEtcher is now failing in Debian 13 now because of this: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/4536
the last update for this software was from 2021, two years ago (as i write now). for ubuntu users (22.4 or later), you can't add its ppa directly from your terminal because unetbootin doesn't support your current version
This used to be quite handy, but it is only really useful on system with a legacy BIOS or CSM. If you need something that works on UEFI / Secure Boot, you'll need to look elsewhere. The bug asking for UEFI support was filed back in 2015, so it seems unlikely this will ever be fixed.
Interesting options, but most of the downloads fail, and when Arch Linux installed, it didn't boot properly. UNetbootin downloads the setup to a local temp file on harddrive, extracts it, and automatically installs it to the USB. It is all very automated.
I'm using UNetbootin for a decade and it is very useful to improve my workflow.
I'm always having problems with UNetbootin. I do recommend MultiBootUSB or Rufus.