USBWriter Alternatives
USBWriter is described as 'is tiny Windows tool that lets you write an image file directly to an USB drive'. There are more than 25 alternatives to USBWriter for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, PortableApps.com and Wine. The best alternative is Rufus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like USBWriter are balenaEtcher (Free, Open Source), UNetbootin (Free, Open Source), Ventoy (Free, Open Source) and YUMI (Free, Open Source).
- Easily format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc. View 58 alternatives to Rufus
- 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
- 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
- Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files. View 34 alternatives to Ventoy
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- 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
- 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The program seems to be no longer updated.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
- 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
- Optical drives are rapidly disappearing from our computers of all kinds, and consequently installing operating systems from USB flash disks is becoming increasingly popular. View 35 alternatives to ROSA Image Writer