
Ventoy is an open-source tool for creating bootable USB drives with various image files, including ISO, WIM, IMG, VHD(x), and EFI. It eliminates the need for repeated disk formatting: Copy the desired image files to the USB drive and boot directly from it.
Ventoy offers a versatile solution for creating multi-boot drives. Copy multiple image files onto the drive, and Ventoy provides a boot menu for easy selection. It is compatible with various UEFI and BIOS systems, including x86, ARM64, and MIPS, and works with operating systems such as Windows, Linux, macOS, and additional platforms.
Ventoy Features:
- 100% open source
- Very simple to use
- Fast (limited only by the speed of copying the iso file)
- Can be installed in USB /Local Disk/ SSD/ NVMe /SD Card
- Directly boot from ISO/ WIM/ IMG/ VHD(x)/ EFI files, no extraction needed
- There is no need for continuous disk space for ISO, WIM, IMG, VHD(x), or EFI files.
- Supports Both MBR and GPT partition style
- x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI, MIPS64EL UEFI supported
- Supports IA32/x86_64 UEFI Secure Boot
- Persistence supported
- Supports Windows auto installation
- RHEL7/8/CentOS7/8/SUSE/Ubuntu Server … auto installation supported
- FAT32/exFAT/NTFS/UDF/XFS/Ext2(3)(4) supported for main partition
- Supports ISO files larger than 4GB
- Native boot menu style for Legacy and UEFI
- Most types of OS supported, 760+ iso files tested
- Linux vDisk (vhd/vdi/raw…) boot solution
- Not only boot but also the complete installation process
- Menu dynamically switchable between ListView and TreeView mode
- “Ventoy Compatible” concept
- Plugin Framework
- Injection of files into the runtime environment
- Boot configuration file dynamically replacement
- Highly customizable theme and menu style
- USB drive write-protected support
- Normal use of the USB drive remains unaffected
- Data nondestructive during version upgrade
- No need to update Ventoy when a new distro is released
Ventoy utilizes several open-source projects and includes code I developed. All code I wrote is licensed under the GPLv3+ License. Some open-source projects have been modified, while others are used directly as libraries or binaries. The modified code adheres to the original project’s license. Ventoy itself is an open-source project.
What’s New in Ventoy 1.1.02 :
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Tested OS Series
- Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11,
- Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022, WinPE
- Linux
- Unix
DragonFly FreeBSD pfSense GhostBSD FreeNAS TrueNAS XigmaNAS FuryBSD OPNsense HardenedBSD MidnightBSD ClonOS EmergencyBootKit
- ChromeOS
FydeOS, CloudReady
- Other
VMware ESXi, Citrix XenServer, Xen XCP-ng