# ventoy/Ventoy

A new bootable USB solution.

Repository: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ventoy
Homepage: https://www.ventoy.net
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: bootable-usb, multiboot, uefi, legacy, iso-files, usb, secure-boot, windows, linux, unix, chromeos, persistence, unattended, auto-install, bsd, arm64, x86, x86-64
Last push: 2026-08-06T04:51:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 94, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2367, "days_push": 27, "days_rel": 40, "gap_med": 8, "n_releases_24m": 18}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 78953, forks 4906 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:21.719607+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools, file-system, security
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems, self-hosted
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: bootable-usb, multiboot, uefi, legacy-bios, iso-booting, secure-boot, persistence, auto-install, linux

## Member repositories
- ventoy/Ventoy (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:21.719607+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:14:11.164686+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:21.719607+00:00, sha 8dcf74fa493f)
  - homepage: https://www.ventoy.net (fetched 2026-08-28T17:42:22.093394+00:00, sha 4141f858bbb8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.