WoeUSB/WoeUSB
A Microsoft Windows® USB installation media preparer for GNU+Linux observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
41/100
- Activity 41
- 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 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2698
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 355
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2617 stars · 150 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
WoeUSB is a command-line tool for GNU/Linux that creates bootable Windows USB installation media from ISO images or physical installation discs. It supports Windows Vista and later, Legacy PC/UEFI booting, and both FAT32 and NTFS filesystems.
Use cases
- create a bootable windows 10 usb installer from linux
- write a windows iso to a usb drive on ubuntu
- make a windows 11 installation stick from a linux machine
- prepare windows pe bootable usb media
- create uefi-bootable windows usb with ntfs support
- burn windows install media to usb from the command line
When to choose
- you are on GNU/Linux and need to create Windows installation USB media
- you need UEFI or Legacy BIOS boot support for Windows installers
- your Windows ISO contains install.wim files larger than 4GiB that need FAT32 splitting
- you prefer a scriptable command-line workflow over GUI tools
When to avoid
- you need to create Linux bootable USBs (use tools like dd, Ventoy, or balenaEtcher instead)
- you are on Windows or macOS and want a native tool (use Rufus or similar)
- you need a graphical interface (consider WoeUSB-ng or GUI frontends)
- you need to write non-Windows ISO images
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
cli file-system developer-tools operating-systems developer-tools cli bootable-usb windows-installation usb-installer shell-script uefi ntfs command-line linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB · fetched 2026-08-28 · da2a025511bd
- homepage: https://woeusb.github.io/WoeUSB/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · d81f9e7bd7bc
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| WoeUSB/WoeUSB | main | 41 |
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