UNetbootin Alternatives

UNetbootin is described as 'Cross-platform utility to create bootable USB drives or Live USBs, with a built-in downloader for Linux ISO images and rescue disks' and is a leading bootable usb creator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to UNetbootin for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and Flatpak apps. The best UNetbootin alternative is Rufus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like UNetbootin are balenaEtcher, Ventoy, YUMI exFAT and Universal USB Installer.

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UNetbootin alternatives are mainly Bootable USB Creators, but if you're looking for Disk Imaging Tools or Linux Distros you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Mac, Mac + Create bootable USB and Create bootable USB. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to UNetbootin.
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  4. Image Writer icon

    Image Writer

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    An application to write .raw .iso or .img files to USB disks. Easy to use. No install is needed. Raspberry Pi sd cards or Hackintosh USBs can be made with this.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. ROSA Image Writer icon

    ROSA Image Writer

     13 likes

    Optical drives are rapidly disappearing from our computers of all kinds, and consequently installing operating systems from USB flash disks is becoming increasingly popular. ISO images of the ROSA Linux distribution were originally intended for burning to DVD disks, but they can...

    46 ROSA Image Writer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. WinUSB Maker Tool icon

    WinUSB Maker Tool

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    This is a small utility tool that will help you format and create bootable flash drives for Windows 7/8. It can be useful if you want to create installation media from bootable ISOs and if you want to install Windows7/8 on a system that doesn't have a CD-ROM device installed.

    23 WinUSB Maker Tool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    WinUSB Maker Tool screenshot 1
     
  7. MeowUSB icon

    MeowUSB

     7 likes

    Create Windows USB on a Mac MeowUSB simplifies the process of creating a bootable Windows USB on your Mac.

    8 MeowUSB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. QemuBootTester icon

    QemuBootTester

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    Utility QemuBootTester, at the base QEMU, from Ameda Buddha, with support for x86 / x64 UEFI mode. All possibilities, in general, are visible on the screen.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    QemuBootTester screenshot 1
     
  11. Caligula icon

    Caligula

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    A user-friendly, lightweight TUI wrapper for the dd command written in Rust that performs easy disk imaging and ISO burning with only a single command with graphs and rich confirmation dialogs.

    48 Caligula alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Homebrew
    Screenshot of the Caligula TUI verifying a disk
     
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