List of tools to create Live USB systems
This is a list of utilities for creating 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.
Name | Developer | Licensing | Maintained? | Runs on (OS) | Target OS |
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balenaEtcher | Balena | Apache License 2.0 | Yes | Linux, macOS, Windows | Linux |
DasBoot | SubRosaSoft | Freeware | No | macOS | macOS |
Fedora Media Writer | The Fedora Project | GNU GPL v2 | Yes | Linux, macOS, Windows | Linux |
GNOME Disks | Gnome disks contributors | GPL-2.0-or-later | Yes | GNU/Linux | Virtually anything |
GNU dd | Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, and Stuart Kemp[1] | Free software | Yes | Unix-like | Virtually anything |
LinuxLive USB Creator (LiLi) | Thibaut Lauzière | GNU GPL v3 | No | Windows | Linux |
remastersys | Tony Brijeski | GNU GPL v2 | No[2] | Debian, Linux Mint, Ubuntu | Debian, Linux Mint, Ubuntu & their derivatives |
Rufus | Pete Batard | GNU GPL v3 | Yes | Windows | DOS, Linux, Windows |
SliTaz TazUSB | SliTaz | GNU GPL v3 | Yes | SliTaz GNU/Linux | SliTaz GNU/Linux |
Ubuntu Live USB creator | Canonical Ltd | GNU GPL v3 | Yes | Ubuntu, Windows | Ubuntu |
UNetbootin | Geza Kovacs | GNU GPL v2+[3] | Yes | Linux, macOS, Windows | Arch Linux, CentOS, Fedora, Gentoo, Linux Mint, MEPIS, Mandriva, openSUSE, Slackware, Ubuntu; FreeBSD, NetBSD; FreeDOS |
Universal USB Installer (UUI) | Pendrivelinux | GNU GPL | Yes | Windows | many |
Ventoy | longpanda | GNU GPL v3+[4] | Yes | Linux, Windows | Linux, Windows, FreeBSD |
Windows To Go | Microsoft | Proprietary | No | Windows | Windows 8 or later, Enterprise edition |
See also[]
- List of Linux distributions that run from RAM
- Multiboot Specification
- System installer
References[]
- ^ "dd man page, Author".
- ^ "remastersys web page".
- ^ "UNetbootin - Homepage and Downloads". unetbootin.github.io.
- ^ "Ventoy". www.ventoy.net.
Categories:
- Lists of software
- Live USB