unetbootin/unetbootin
UNetbootin installs Linux/BSD distributions to a partition or USB drive observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
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: n/a
- age_days: 6274
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 756
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2458 stars · 323 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
UNetbootin is a cross-platform GUI application that creates bootable Live USB drives for Linux and BSD distributions. It can automatically download a supported distribution's ISO or use a user-supplied ISO file, and can also install to a hard disk partition.
Use cases
- create a bootable ubuntu usb drive
- write a linux iso to a usb stick without burning a cd
- install a linux distribution from windows
- make a bootable rescue disk usb
- try linux from a live usb without installing
- boot a bsd installer from usb on a mac
When to choose
- you need a simple GUI to write a Linux/BSD ISO to a USB drive
- you want the tool to auto-download a supported distribution for you
- you need cross-platform support on Windows, macOS, or Linux
- you want to install system rescue utilities like SystemRescueCD or NTPasswd
When to avoid
- you need to write Windows ISOs, which it does not support
- you want an actively developed tool with frequent updates
- you need modern features like persistent storage setup or UEFI-focused workflows better served by tools like Rufus or Ventoy
- you require a command-line-only workflow
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
developer-tools file-system developer-tools operating-systems cross-platform windows cpp bootable-usb live-usb iso-writing system-utilities linux-distributions linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/unetbootin/unetbootin · fetched 2026-08-28 · 95fa5be6156e
- homepage: http://unetbootin.github.io/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · b95aa249fc73
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| unetbootin/unetbootin | main | 23 |
For agents
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