(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.
WinToUSB Alternatives
WinToUSB is described as 'Free software that allows you to install and run Windows operating system on a USB hard drive or USB flash drive, using an ISO image or CD/DVD drive as the source of installation. WinToUSB also support creating bootable WinPE USB drive, it can help you to transfer' and is a bootable usb creator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to WinToUSB for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and Flatpak apps. The best WinToUSB alternative is Ventoy, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WinToUSB are balenaEtcher, UNetbootin, YUMI exFAT and Universal USB Installer.
Alternatives list
46 Deepin Boot Maker alternativesDeepin 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.
34 BartPE alternativesBarts PE Builder helps you build a BartPE (Bart Preinstalled Environment) bootable Windows CD-Rom or DVD from the original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation/setup CD, very suitable for PC maintenance tasks.
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51 Bootqt alternativesBootqt 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.
46 ROSA Image Writer alternativesOptical 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...
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FlashBoot is a tool to create an installable clone of Windows 7/8.x/10 (including all your apps and data) on the USB thumbdrive/HDD and instantly transfer your entire OS to another computer, even with dissimilar hardware:
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- GNOME MultiWriter can be used to write an ISO file to multiple USB devices at once. Supported drive sizes are between 1Gb and 32Gb.
Mac Linux USB Loader is an application that allows you to create bootable USB drives containing a Linux distribution that can boot natively on Apple's Macintosh computers using their EFI system, regardless of whether or not the selected distribution has UEFI support.
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Mac Linux USB Loader is the most popular commercial alternative to WinToUSB.
- Mac Linux USB Loader is Paid and Proprietary
Piw is a software to create bootable media i.e USB disk. It is similar to UNetbootin or Rufus.
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