ventoy/Ventoy
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A new bootable USB solution. observed · 2026-10-02
Health v2 · maintenance only
94/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 8
- age_days: 2415
- days_rel: 88
- days_push: 20
- n_releases_24m: 18
Adoption not part of the score
79662 stars · 4958 forks observed · 2026-10-02
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Ventoy is an open-source tool for creating bootable USB drives that can hold many ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI image files at once. Users simply copy image files to the USB drive and Ventoy presents a boot menu to select and boot them, without reformatting.
Use cases
- create a bootable usb drive from an iso
- boot multiple linux distros from one usb stick
- make a multiboot usb with windows and linux installers
- test iso files without burning dvds
- set up a rescue usb with clonezilla and memtest86
- boot iso files with secure boot enabled
- create a persistent linux usb drive
- run unattended windows or linux auto-installs from usb
When to choose
- you need to boot many different ISO images from a single USB drive
- you want to avoid reformatting the USB drive for each new image
- you need broad firmware support including Legacy BIOS, UEFI, and ARM64
- you want persistence or unattended installation support for bootable media
When to avoid
- you need to write a single image byte-for-byte (e.g., dd-style flashing) for maximum compatibility
- you only ever boot one specific OS and prefer a simple single-image flasher
- the target ISO is among the small percentage of distros Ventoy does not support
Facets
application · maturity stable
developer-tools file-system security developer-tools operating-systems self-hosted windows cross-platform cli bootable-usb multiboot uefi legacy-bios iso-booting secure-boot persistence auto-install linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy · fetched 2026-10-02 · 8dcf74fa493f
- homepage: https://www.ventoy.net · fetched 2026-09-07 · 4141f858bbb8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ventoy/Ventoy | main | 94 |
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