List of tools to create bootable USB
This is a list of utilities for creating a live USB. Only those listed on Wikipedia are included.
Overview
- "Multiboot" means that the tool allows multiple systems on the USB stick, as well as a bootloader on the USB flash drive to choose which system to load at boot time. Multiboot is environmental technology since it requires only a single storage device to boot multiple files.
- "Persistence" is the ability, for a Linux Live distribution, to save the changes in the live USB across reboots.
| Name | Developer | Licensing | Maintained? | Multiboot | Persistence support for Linux distributions | Runs on | Target OS |
| balenaEtcher | Balena | Linux, macOS, Windows | Anything | ||||
| DasBoot | SubRosaSoft | macOS | macOS | ||||
| dd | Various developers | Unix-like | Anything | ||||
| Fedora Media Writer | The Fedora Project | Linux, macOS, Windows | Fedora | ||||
| GNOME Disks | Gnome disks contributors | Linux | Anything | ||||
| LinuxLive USB Creator | Thibaut Lauzière | Windows | Linux | ||||
| remastersys | Tony Brijeski | Debian, Linux Mint, Ubuntu | Debian and derivatives | ||||
| Rufus | Pete Batard | Windows | Anything | ||||
| SliTaz TazUSB | SliTaz | SliTaz GNU/Linux | SliTaz GNU/Linux | ||||
| Ubuntu Live USB creator | Canonical Ltd | Ubuntu, Windows | Ubuntu | ||||
| UNetbootin | Geza Kovacs | Linux, macOS, Windows | Anything | ||||
| Universal USB Installer | Pendrivelinux | Windows | Linux | ||||
| Ventoy | longpanda | Linux, Windows | Anything | ||||
| Windows To Go | Microsoft | Windows | Windows | ||||
| YUMI | Pendrivelinux | Windows | Linux |