# WoeUSB/WoeUSB-ng

WoeUSB-ng is a simple tool that enable you to create your own usb stick windows installer from an iso image or a real DVD. This is a rewrite of original WoeUSB.

Repository: https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB-ng
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/woeusb-ng
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: bootable-usb, bootable-drives, tool, windows, windows-10, windows-8, windows-8-1, windows-7, windows-vista
Last push: 2026-01-25T15:14:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 52/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 64, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2698, "days_push": 220, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2176, forks 183 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:22.080700+00:00)

## What it is
WoeUSB-ng is a Linux tool for creating bootable Windows installation USB drives from an ISO image or a real Windows DVD. It provides both a command-line utility (woeusb) and a graphical interface (woeusbgui), supporting Windows Vista through 10 and Windows PE images.

## Use cases
- create a bootable windows 10 usb installer from an iso on linux
- write a windows 7 iso to a usb stick with uefi support
- make a windows installation drive from a dvd
- burn windows iso to usb from the command line
- create a windows PE bootable usb drive
- gui tool to make windows bootable usb on ubuntu

## When to choose
- you are on Linux and need to create a Windows installer USB
- you need both CLI and GUI options for writing Windows ISOs
- you need UEFI or Legacy/MBR boot support for Windows 7+ images

## When to avoid
- you need to create Linux bootable USBs (use tools like Ventoy, Rufus alternatives, or dd)
- you are on Windows or macOS
- you need to write non-Windows ISO images to USB

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, gui, file-system
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: python, cli
- tags: bootable-usb, windows-installer, iso-writing, usb-creation-tool, uefi, legacy-boot, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- WoeUSB/WoeUSB-ng (main) score 52

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:22.080700+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 2026-08-30T02:48:52.201209+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB-ng (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:22.080700+00:00, sha a839dd827da6)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/woeusb-ng/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:28:51.498004+00:00, sha 7cc80b7578e6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.