# Ventoy (open-source data recovery and backup tool)

> 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 79,776 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license.

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.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy |
| Platforms | Linux, Windows, BSD |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 79,776 |
| License | GPL-3.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | C |
| Website | https://www.ventoy.net |
| Official | yes (published by the project behind the app) |
| Category | Data recovery & backup |
| Latest release | v1.1.17 (Jul 24, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 8, 2026 |

## Install

Download a build for your system from the project's releases (https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/releases) or website, or build it from source by following the README.

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