USBWriter Alternatives

USBWriter is described as 'Is tiny Windows tool that lets you write an image file directly to an USB drive. It requires no installation and depends on no bloated framework, it's just a little program that you may put on your desktop' and is a bootable usb creator in the cd/dvd tools category. There are more than 25 alternatives to USBWriter for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and PortableApps.com apps. The best USBWriter alternative is Rufus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like USBWriter are Ventoy, balenaEtcher, UNetbootin and YUMI exFAT.

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  1. dd-Etcher icon

    dd-Etcher

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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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  2. mkusb icon

    mkusb

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. Deepin Boot Maker icon

    Deepin Boot Maker

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    Deepin Boot Maker is a boot maker developed by Deepin Technology Team. It is simple in interface and easy to operate. It helps users to easily make deepin boot disk.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Bootqt icon

    Bootqt

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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.

    54 Bootqt alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  9. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. FlashBoot icon

    FlashBoot

     6 likes

    FlashBoot is a tool to create an installable clone of Windows 7/8.x/10 (including all your apps and data) on the USB thumbdrive/HDD and instantly transfer your entire OS to another computer, even with dissimilar hardware:

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. GNOME MultiWriter icon

    GNOME MultiWriter

     3 likes
    • GNOME MultiWriter can be used to write an ISO file to multiple USB devices at once. Supported drive sizes are between 1Gb and 32Gb.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  13. Pardus Image Writer icon

    Pardus Image Writer

     3 likes

    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
    Pardus Image Writer screenshot 1
     
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