mkusb is described as '(Straight up rufus for Linux users ) The mkusb tool was developed to make it simpler and safer to create boot drives with the method to flash or clone an iso image or a compressed image file. It is using dd under the hood' and is a bootable usb creator in the cd/dvd tools category. There are more than 50 alternatives to mkusb for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and Flatpak apps. The best mkusb alternative is Rufus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like mkusb are Ventoy, balenaEtcher, UNetbootin and YUMI exFAT.
USBImager is a really really simple GUI application that writes compressed disk images to USB drives and creates backups.
Flexible and configurable USB drive multiboot solution which also supports UEFI booting.
WinSetupFromUSB is a Windows program, which prepares multiboot USB flash or fixed disk to install any Windows versions since 2000/XP, boot various Linux and *BSD flavors, as well as many Windows, Linux, DOS based and other utilities. Since version 1.
Use Raspberry Pi Imager for an easy way to install Raspberry Pi OS and other operating systems to an SD card ready to use with your Raspberry Pi.
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Prepare bootable USB drives for Windows on macOS with support for UEFI and Legacy BIOS modes. Patches Windows 11 to bypass TPM and Secure Boot requirements, requires just an image file and USB. Offers a quick, user-friendly process for PCs and Intel Macs.
Restore/Backup Utility, initially intended for Raspberry Pi users, but very suitable for all SD cards and external disks. More compression formats, no more sudo passwords, enable SSH, Auto Eject, restore to multiple disks, size check, shrink, etc.
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WoeUSB is a simple tool that enable you to create your own usb stick windows installer from an iso image or a real DVD. It is a fork of Congelli501 s WinUSB.
Write an ISO or other image to multiple USB devices all at once. Easily preparing a bunch of flash drives of your favorite OS with just a couple of clicks.
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A minimal image flasher for macOS (and soon Linux). Think Balena Etcher, but without the telemetry, the bloat, or the bundled Chromium. It wraps the reliable dd(1) shell tool directly under the hood.
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A tool to create a bootable live USB drive with an edition of Fedora. Not only can Fedora Media Writer write an image to your flash drive, it can also download it for you. It offers official editions (Server, Workstation), Fedora spins (KDE Plasma Desktop, Xfce Desktop, Cinnamon...
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WinToUSB is a free software that allows you to install and run Windows operating system on a USB hard drive or USB flash drive, using an ISO image or CD/DVD drive as the source of installation. WinToUSB also support creating bootable WinPE USB drive, it can help you to transfer...
