Ventoy
Ventoy is a free, open-source data recovery and backup tool for Windows and Linux. Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files. It has 80,412 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license.
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About Ventoy
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, just copy the image files to the USB drive and boot them. You can copy many image 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 disk and boot them. x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI and MIPS64EL UEFI are supported in the same way. Both MBR and GPT partition style are supported in the same way.
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Is Ventoy free and open source?
Yes. Ventoy's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Ventoy?
Download the installer for Windows and Linux from its GitHub Releases page (latest: v1.1.18) or the project website.
Is Ventoy still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 22, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.