USBWriter Alternatives

USBWriter is described as 'is tiny Windows tool that lets you write an image file directly to an USB drive. It requires no installation and depends on no bloated framework, it's just a little program that you may put on your desktop' and is a bootable usb creator in the cd/dvd tools category. There are more than 25 alternatives to USBWriter for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, PortableApps.com and Wine apps. The best USBWriter alternative is Rufus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like USBWriter are Ventoy, balenaEtcher, UNetbootin and YUMI.

USBWriter alternatives are mainly Bootable USB Creators but may also be Linux Distros or Partition Managers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of USBWriter.

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USBWriter

Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator

USBWriter is tiny Windows tool that lets you write an image file directly to an USB drive. It requires no installation and...

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Rufus
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Windows
PortableApps.com
62 Rufus alternatives
Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.
- - Rufus is the most popular Windows alternative to USBWriter.
- - Rufus is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to USBWriter.
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Rufus Features
1. LightweightRufus consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. PortableRufus can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Burn iso
Windows To Go
UEFI Support
Write ISO to SD card
Create bootable Image
Create BIOS bootable drive
Create UEFI bootable drive
GNU/linux-libre
USB to FAT
USB to NTFS
Ventoy
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Windows
Linux
44 Ventoy alternatives
Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files. With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk again and again, you just need to copy the iso file to the USB drive and boot it.
- - Ventoy is the most popular Linux alternative to USBWriter.
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Ventoy Features
1. PortableVentoy can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. LightweightVentoy consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Multi boot
Multiboot USB
Create Multiboot USB
UEFI Support
Persistent Storage
Multi-windows
VHD Boot
balenaEtcher
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
Windows
Linux
51 balenaEtcher alternatives
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.
- - balenaEtcher is the most popular Mac alternative to USBWriter.
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balenaEtcher Features
1. PortablebalenaEtcher can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. LightweightbalenaEtcher consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
User friendly
Graphical User Interface
Write ISO to SD card
Burn iso
Create bootable Image
Validated Burning
Material design
Electron based
Persistent Storage
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
UNetbootin
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Linux Distro
Mac
Windows
Linux
PortableApps.com
53 UNetbootin alternatives
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...
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UNetbootin Features
1. PortableUNetbootin can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Ad-freeUNetbootin doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. Privacy focusedUNetbootin is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
4. LightweightUNetbootin consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Persistent Linux
Automatic downloading
Download ISO Images
Windows To Go
Burn iso
Portable Linux
YUMI
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Windows
PortableApps.com
Wine
WineBottler
45 YUMI alternatives
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.
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YUMI Features
1. LightweightYUMI consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. PortableYUMI can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Create Multiboot USB
Multiboot USB
Can install to internal hard drives/ssds
Persistent Storage
UEFI Support
Multi boot
Multi-windows
Universal USB Installer
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Linux Distro
Windows
42 Universal USB Installer alternatives
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. The Universal USB Installer is easy to use. Simply choose a Live Linux Distribution, the ISO file, your Flash Drive and, Click...
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Universal USB Installer Features
1. PortableUniversal USB Installer can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
No need to format
Portable Linux
Persistent Linux
Multiple languages
LinuxLive USB Creator
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Linux Distro
Windows
44 LinuxLive USB Creator alternatives
LiLi USB Creator is a free software for Windows that allows you to create a bootable Live USB key with a Linux on it.
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LinuxLive USB Creator Features
Create UEFI bootable drive
Portable Linux
USB to FAT
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).
MultiBootUSB
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Windows
Linux
41 MultiBootUSB alternatives
MultiBootUSB is a software to create multi boot live Linux on a removable media i.e USB disk. It is similar to UNetbootin but many distros can be installed, provided you have enough space on the disk.
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MultiBootUSB Features
1. Command line interfaceMultiBootUSB either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Multiboot USB
Multi OS
Create Multiboot USB
Install Syslinux
Boot HDD Partition
Discontinued
The project seems no longer developed and the official website is no longer available. Last version, 9.2.0, released in April 2018, can be still downloaded from GitHub.
WinSetupFromUSB
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Free • Proprietary
Bootable USB Creator
Windows
45 WinSetupFromUSB alternatives
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 as many Windows, Linux, DOS based and other utilities. Since version 1.
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WinSetupFromUSB Features
1. PortableWinSetupFromUSB can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Multiboot USB
UEFI Support
Code Quality
Install Syslinux
Preinstalled Environment builder
Easy2Boot
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Free • Proprietary
Bootable USB Creator
Windows
Linux
47 Easy2Boot alternatives
Flexible and configurable USB drive multiboot solution which also supports UEFI booting.
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Easy2Boot Features
1. PortableEasy2Boot can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Multiboot USB
Highly costomizable
UEFI Support
USB to NTFS
USB to FAT
Multi boot
WinToFlash
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Freemium • Proprietary
Bootable USB Creator
Windows
40 WinToFlash alternatives
WinToFlash starts a wizard that will help to make USB bootable and pull over the contents of a windows installation CD or DVD and prep the USB drive to become a replacement for the optical drive. It can also do this with your LiveCD or DOS.
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WinToFlash Features
1. PortableWinToFlash can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Preinstalled Environment builder
USB to FAT
USB to NTFS
Multiple languages
Create bootable CD
Convert installation CD/DVD to USB
Multiboot USB
UEFI Support
Bundleware
Installer bundled with adware: https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/efc98043b5e2d3f36e4cfce1074e66dfc7859345195ad3cbf51605df6c7b1e53/analysis/1424526399/
RMPrepUSB
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Free • Proprietary
Bootable USB Creator
Windows
19 RMPrepUSB alternatives
RMPrepUSB allows the Windows user to easily and quickly 'roll their own' multiboot USB drive.
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RMPrepUSB Features
1. PortableRMPrepUSB can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
USB to NTFS
Multiboot USB
Preinstalled Environment builder
Install Syslinux
USB to FAT
Hardware Monitoring
Mutli-image handling