pbatard/rufus
The Reliable USB Formatting Utility observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
92/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 78
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 63
- age_days: 5401
- days_rel: 64
- days_push: 9
- n_releases_24m: 10
Adoption not part of the score
37436 stars · 3148 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Rufus is a free, portable Windows utility for formatting USB drives and creating bootable media from ISO or disk images. It supports BIOS and UEFI booting, Windows To Go, persistent Linux partitions, and checksum verification of images.
Use cases
- create a bootable windows 11 usb installer
- make a bootable linux usb drive from an iso
- create a windows to go portable workspace on a usb stick
- bypass tpm and secure boot requirements for windows 11 installation
- create a persistent linux usb with saved data
- verify iso checksum before writing to usb
- check a usb flash drive for fake capacity or bad blocks
When to choose
- you need to write a bootable ISO or disk image to a USB drive on Windows
- you want UEFI or BIOS bootable media, including NTFS-based UEFI boot
- you need Windows To Go or persistent Linux partitions
- you want a portable, no-install tool with checksum verification
When to avoid
- you need to create bootable media on Linux or macOS
- you need multi-boot USB drives with many ISOs
- you want to clone entire disks rather than create bootable installers
Facets
application · maturity stable
gui file-system security developer-tools developer-tools operating-systems windows cross-platform windows bootable-usb iso-to-usb uefi windows-to-go portable usb-formatting boot-media desktop
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7006dbe21109
- homepage: https://rufus.ie · fetched 2026-08-29 · c8076183890e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| pbatard/rufus | main | 92 |
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