Open Source Linux Bootable USB Tools
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View 284 business solutionsBrowse free open source Bootable USB tools and projects for Linux below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Bootable USB tools by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.
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Ventoy
A New Bootable USB Solution
Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files. With Ventoy, you don't need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files to the USB drive and boot them directly. You can copy many files at a time and Ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them. You can also browse ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files in local disks and boot them. x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI and MIPS64EL UEFI are supported in the same way. Most types of OS supported (Windows/WinPE/Linux/ChromeOS/Unix/VMware/Xen...) 1100+ ISO files are tested, 90%+ distros in distrowatch.com supported. -
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WoeUSB
A Microsoft Windows® USB installation media preparer for GNU+Linux
A Microsoft Windows® USB installation media preparer for GNU+Linux. -
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balenaEtcher
A safe way to flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives
Etcher is a powerful OS image flasher. It protects a user from accidentally overwriting hard-drives by making drive selection obvious; and with validated flashing there is no more writing images to corrupted drives. It is also called balenaEtcher since it is developed by balena. In addition, balenaEtcher can flash directly Raspberry Pi devices that support usbboot. Use for .iso and .img files, as well as zipped folders to create live SD cards and USB flash drives. Written with Electron for cross platform use (windows, macOS, and Linux). -
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USB_FORMAT
Make Bootable USB Drive with MBR and 2 Partitions
USB Format Tool - Make Bootable USB Drive with MBR and 2 Partitions. USB Multi-Boot of Linux ISO + Windows 10 VHD + Win10XPE in BIOS Or UEFI Secure mode. -
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UEFI_MULTI
UEFI_MULTI - Make Multi-Boot USB-Drive
UEFI_MULTI - Make Multi-Boot USB-Drive. USB Multi-Boot of Linux ISO + Windows 10 VHD + Win10XPE in BIOS Or UEFI Secure mode. Make Bootable USB Drive with MBR and 2 Partitions. UEFI Secure boot support requires Format Drive using Grub2 as EFI Manager. Copy and Rename your Linux ISO files to folder images on FAT32 USB Boot drive U-BOOT. -
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FormatUsb
The FormatUsb tool is a reliable way to format USB flash drives
The FormatUsb tool is a reliable way to format USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks,SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card and SDXC Memory Card SD/SDHC/SDXC Cards. -
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UNetbootin
Bootable live USB creator for Ubuntu, Fedora, and Linux distributions
UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. You can either let UNetbootin download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file. -
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MultiOS-USB
Boot operating systems directly from ISO files
USB disk with multiple ISO files. Easy to use: install, copy ISO files and boot from USB. Display a list of currently supported operating systems. -
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AIO Boot
AIO Boot is a tool that can help you create a bootable USB with Grub2,
AIO Boot is a tool that can help you create a bootable USB with Grub2, Grub4dos, Syslinux, Clover and rEFInd. AIO Boot can boot Windows and most Linux distributions and boot via LAN using Tiny PXE Server. AIO Boot is constructed from a variety of sources, certainly still a lot of flaws, eager for sympathy. I would love to hear from you so that I can improve this tool better. -
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Portable VirtualBox for LiLi
Portable VirtualBox for LiLi
Specific version for Portable-VirtualBox for LinuxLive USB Creator. Additionnal features are : - Hybrid mode (can run portable AND regular virtualbox) - Automaticly virtualizes the USB device it is run from -
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Super UEFIinSecureBoot Disk
Super UEFIinSecureBoot Disk: Boot any OS or .efi file
Super UEFIinSecureBoot Disk is a proof-of-concept (not actively maintained or enhanced) bootable image with GRUB2 bootloader designed to be used as a base for recovery USB flash drives. Key feature: disk is fully functional with UEFI Secure Boot mode activated. It can launch any operating system or .efi file, even with untrusted, invalid or missing signature. -
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Network Security Toolkit (NST)
A network security analysis and monitoring toolkit Linux distribution.
Network Security Toolkit (NST) is a bootable ISO image (Live USB Flash Drive) based on Fedora 42 providing easy access to best-of-breed Open Source Network Security Applications and should run on most x86_64 systems. The main intent of developing this toolkit was to provide the security professional and network administrator with a comprehensive set of Open Source Network Security Tools. The majority of tools published in the article: Top 125 Security Tools by INSECURE.ORG are available in the toolkit. An advanced Web User Interface (WUI) is provided for system/network administration, navigation, automation, network monitoring, host geolocation, network analysis and configuration of many network and security applications found within the NST distribution. In the virtual world, NST can be used as a network security analysis, validation and monitoring tool on enterprise virtual servers hosting virtual machines. -
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MultiBootUSB
Create multiboot live Linux on a USB disk
MultiBootUSB is a cross platform* software/utility to create multi boot live Linux on a removable USB disk. It is similar to UNetbootin but many distros can be installed, provided you have enough space on the disk. MultiBootUSB also provides an option to uninstall distro(s) at any time, if you wish. -
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bootiso
A bash program to securely create a bootable USB device
Create a USB bootable device from an image file easily and securely. Because of its reliance on GNU and POSIX tools, bootiso primarly targets GNU/Linux systems. -
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multibootusb
Create multi boot live Linux on a USB disk...
Multi Boot USB / MultiBoot USB / MultiBootUSB is a software / installer which allows user to install multiple Live Linux Distros in to a single USB drive / Pendrive / Flash drive and able to boot from it. USB can be tested without reboot using inbuilt QEMU. -
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Skywave Linux
Global Software Defined Radio at Your Fingertips
Updated 2026/01/24: Turn your PC into the ultimate shortwave radio. Skywave Linux is an X86, 64 bit live environment configured for accessing internet accessible software defined radio receivers. With this operating system, you may tune in popular stations or amateur radio, aeronautical, maritime, or other signals received at remote internet servers around the world. For a live map of the best KiwiSDR and WebSDR servers and a nice "click to tune" interface, Use the installed SDR-Map utility to find radio servers and listen from interesting places. Also, I have set up a self-updating SDR Map at https://rx.skywavelinux.com. An internet radio streamer application is also included for popular studio streams. Bring it up with keys [Super] + [S]. SDR software is configured to operate with popular plug-in devices, such as the RTL-SDR dongles, Airspy, and, HackRF radios. Skywave Linux is built on Debian Sid. It is primarily a live environment, but can be fully installed. -
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SARDU MultiBoot Creator
Build a multiboot USB/DVD with Windows, Linux & rescue ISOs, UEFI/BIOS
SARDU is a powerful multiboot USB creator that allows you to build custom bootable USB drives or DVDs. It supports a wide range of bootable ISO files, including various versions of Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux distributions, and rescue tools. With support for both UEFI and BIOS systems, it allows easy and flexible boot management, making it ideal for system administrators, technicians, and users who need to carry multiple operating systems and utilities on a single device. SARDU Pro also includes advanced features like creating bootable partitions, adding antivirus tools, and integrating custom ISOs. Whether you're setting up system recovery tools, installing multiple OS versions, or creating a portable technician toolkit, SARDU Pro is the ultimate solution for efficient multiboot USB creation. -
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ISO2USB utility creates bootable USB drive from CentOS/RedHat 5.x/6.x installation disk or corresponding ISO image. Created USB drive may be used to perform installation on machines that lacks optical drive.
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MicroFormat
A Windows Format Tool for USB and Physical volumes
A simple Windows tool that can format USB or physical volumes to either NTFS or FAT32. It supports custom Volume names and quick formatting. Done out of boredom and curiosity for practicing purposes. The program will refuse to format the Windows partition. Because the Windows partition is not always C, the check is not hard-coded. Rather, I perform a comparison between the currently selected volume to format and the known System volume. If they match, I trip a flag. -
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nwg-iso
Arch Linux ISO with nwg-shell for sway and Hyprland
The nwg-iso project provides an ISO image built with archiso, with additions to ensure a simple way to install Arch Linux, sway & Hyprland Wayland compositors and the nwg-shell toolbox. The live environment comes with Hyprland and sway session, so that you can test compositors and the shell before installation. It also contains the 'installer' command, which is a simplified version of the interactive installation with the archinstall script. Some must have stuff has already been pre-selected. User name and password: 'nwg'. To install, please find the "Installer" item in the top panel menu, or type `installer` in the terminal window. https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-iso/blob/master/README.md -
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ddgtk
A GUI frontend for dd to create bootable ISO images for Linux
A GUI frontend for dd to create bootable ISO images for Linux. -
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windows-bootable-usb-creator for Linux
Script to create bootable Windows Setup USB drives
Command-line script to create bootable Windows Setup USB drives with, to install Windows. You'll need a Windows ISO and a USB drive. See the README for more information. Similar to Rufus. Technically, the script works the same as Rufus (a tool for Windows). We even use the official UEFI NTFS driver developed by Pete Batard, the Rufus developer. This script allows you to create a bootable Windows Setup USB drive based on a Windows installation ISO, even if the ISO contains an "install.wim" file larger than 4 GB (something which is not possible on FAT32). This is a POSIX-compatible Unix shell script and is intended to be used on a Linux system. -
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Iso2Usb
A cross platform application to create bootable media from ISO images
You can create linux distribution, Windows bootable devices with target system as UFEI or BIOS. The project is highly inspired by Rufus which is written in C++. The windows version is written in C# and Linux with JavaFx. My main reason to create this project is to learn these languages and to practically understand how they work, such type of project inspired me a lot. Iso2Usb is bit faster than Rufus, I guess with only 8 seconds difference (tested with Elementary OS Juno). -
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MODOS - Linux for USB
(Former: G0ll0'Z SmollOS)
MODOS is a small Debian-based operating system featuring the Cinnamon desktop environment, designed to run directly from a USB drive. Using the Live CD, you can explore the system without installing it, though by default, changes are lost after shutdown or reboot. To enable persistent storage, use tools like Rufus. Key Features: Latest download version: v0.9 (based on Debian 13) Latest runnning version: v0 of MODOS Debian (Beta/final test for MODOS Stable - read newest blog entry) Cinnamon desktop environment for a modern and user-friendly interface Includes integrated #DODOS Tools Minimal storage requirement: 3 GB on your USB drive User Accounts: Root user: root (password: root) Sudo user: user (password: user) Note: MODOS is built on Linux-Live, so without persistence, all changes are temporary. For a fully persistent setup, creating the USB via Rufus is recommended. -
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deepin live image
this project contains deepin disk preinstalled image copy
latest Deepin beige iso is based on deepin 23 beta 3(updated on 2024/03/24) with linux kernel 6.6.7 . This iso doesn't include installer. Working on this. Created using penguine's egg snapshot. deepin os preinstalled img.gz (based on debian) snapshot for live usb testing. old versions snapshot were created using refracta tools.. i removed them from sourceforge. **>> latest deepin 23 img.gz is img raw image of 15 gb preinstalled disk. Why disk image instead of iso? **> to minimize install errors and to test directly. **> easy for me to just copy my disk. **> can be flash in usb, so portable full linux system with presistent. use balena etcher or dd with gzip or gunzip. read more here https://sourceforge.net/projects/deepin-beta-live-build/files/deepin-23-preinstalled/ deepin os is most beautiful operating system. you can download official deepin iso from https://www.deepin.org .
