USBImager Alternatives

USBImager is described as 'Really really simple GUI application that writes compressed disk images to USB drives and creates backups' and is a bootable usb creator in the backup & sync category. There are more than 25 alternatives to USBImager for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Flathub and Flatpak apps. The best USBImager alternative is Rufus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like USBImager are Ventoy, balenaEtcher, dd and macUSB.

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  1. Bootqt icon
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    Bootqt is a simple app for making a bootable USB drive from an ISO or IMG file. It is written in Python and uses Qt technologies to provide an easy to use graphical user interface.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  2. IWantLinux icon
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    IWantLinux is a simple, beginner-friendly tool for Windows that helps you get started with Linux. Choose a distro from a curated list, and IWantLinux will download it and write it to a USB drive — ready to boot.

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    • Windows
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  3. ImageUSB icon
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    ImageUSB is a free tool for writing an image to multiple USB Flash Drives (or reading image from an UFD).

    ImageUSB is designed for use with OSForensics.

    13 ImageUSB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. 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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. Flash disk images onto your drives with ease. Select an image, insert your drive, and you're good to go!

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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  6. TINU icon
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    The open tool to create bootable macOS installers.

    Cost / License

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. 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...

    47 ROSA Image Writer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Piw is a software to create bootable media i.e USB disk. It is similar to UNetbootin or Rufus.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Pardus
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