UNetbootin Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to UNetbootin for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is balenaEtcher, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to UNetbootin and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to UNetbootin are Ventoy, dd, MultiBootUSB and Easy2Boot.

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

    A free, open-source tool for burning images to USB and SD cards. Compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux. Features validated burning, avoiding accidental wipes, offers a sleek interface, is lightweight and portable, making it ideal for users at any skill level.

    63 balenaEtcher alternatives

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  2. Ventoy icon
     420 likes

    Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files. With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk again and again, you just need to copy the iso file to the USB drive and boot it.

    58 Ventoy alternatives

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  3. dd icon
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    dd, that stands for ‘data duplicator’, is a command-line utility for Unix mainly used for copying and converting data.

    42 dd alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • BSD
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  4. MultiBootUSB icon
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    MultiBootUSB is a software to create multi boot live Linux on a removable media i.e USB disk. It is similar to UNetbootin but many distros can be installed, provided you have enough space on the disk.

    47 MultiBootUSB alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. iVentoy icon
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    With iVentoy you can boot and install OS on multiple machines at the same time through the network. iVentoy is extremely easy to use, without complicated configuration, just put the ISO file in the specified location and select PXE boot in the client machine.

    17 iVentoy alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  6. SARDU icon
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    SARDU (short for Shardana Antivirus Rescue Disk Utility) creates a multiboot all-in-one USB drive, CD or DVD for free (personal and non commercial use). Hard disks, external hard disks and all removable media are supported.

    41 SARDU alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  7. 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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    • Flathub
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  8. Popsicle icon
     5 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  9. 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.

    27 Raspberry Pi Imager alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Raspberry Pi OS
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  10. mkusb icon
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    (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.

    54 mkusb alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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