Ventoy is an open-source tool to create a bootable USB drive for ISO/ WIM/ IMG/ VHD(x)/ EFI files. Using this application, you don’t need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the ISO/ WIM/ IMG/ VHD(x)/ EFI files to the USB drive and boot them directly.
You can copy many files at a time and Ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them. The app supports x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI, and MIPS64EL UEFI in the same way. Also, it supports the most type of OS (Windows/ WinPE /Linux/ ChromeOS/ Unix/ VMware/Xen…)
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
- No need to be continuous in disk for ISO/ WIM/ IMG/ VHD(x)/ 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
- USB normal use unaffected
- Data nondestructive during version upgrade
- No need to update Ventoy when a new distro is released
Ventoy is composed of many open-source projects and some code developed by myself. All the code developed by myself follows the GPLv3+ License. For these open-source projects, some I modify their source code, and some I directly use their libraries or binaries. All the modified code follow the same license as the project itself.
What’s New in Ventoy 1.0.97 :
- Add support for FreeBSD 14.0.
- Fix the Proxmox 8.1 boot issue.
- Fix the VTOY_LINUX_REMOUNT option doesn’t work with the latest Linux kernel version.
- Fix the VentoyPlugson issue that the default_file value is wrong for more than 10 theme files.
- vtoyboot-1.0.31 release.
Screenshots
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
Size: 15.9 MB
