/Ventoy

A new bootable USB solution.

Primary LanguageCGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files.
With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the image files to the USB drive and boot it. You can copy many iso files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them.
Both Legacy BIOS and UEFI are supported in the same way.
Both MBR and GPT partition style are supported in the same way.
Most type of OS supported(Windows/WinPE/Linux/Unix/Vmware/Xen...)
550+ ISO files are tested. 90%+ distros in distrowatch.com supported.

Features

  • 100% open source
  • Simple to use
  • Fast (limited only by the speed of copying iso file)
  • Directly boot from ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI file, no extraction needed
  • Legacy + UEFI supported in the same way
  • UEFI Secure Boot supported (since 1.0.07+)
  • Persistence supported (since 1.0.11+)
  • MBR and GPT partition style supported (1.0.15+)
  • WIM files boot supported (Legacy + UEFI) (1.0.12+)
  • IMG files boot supported (Legacy + UEFI) (1.0.19+)
  • Auto installation supported (1.0.09+)
  • File injection supported (1.0.16+)
  • ISO files larger than 4GB supported
  • Native boot menu style for Legacy & UEFI
  • Most type of OS supported(Windows/WinPE/Linux/Unix/Vmware/Xen...), 550+ iso files tested
  • Not only boot but also complete installation process
  • ISO files can be listed in List mode/TreeView mode
  • "Ventoy Compatible" concept
  • Plugin Framework
  • Menu Alias/Menu Style/Customized Menu supported
  • USB drive write-protected support
  • USB normal use unaffected
  • Data nondestructive during version upgrade
  • No need to update Ventoy when a new distro is released

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Installation Instructions

See https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html for detail

Compile Instructions

Please refer to BuildVentoyFromSource.txt

Document

Title Link
Install & Update https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html
Customize Theme https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_theme.html
Global Control https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html
Auto Installation https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_autoinstall.html
Injection Plugin https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_injection.html
Persistence Support https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html
Boot WIM file https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_wimboot.html
Menu Class https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menuclass.html
Menu Alias https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menualias.html
Menu Extension https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_grubmenu.html
Memdisk Mode https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_memdisk.html
TreeView Mode https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_treeview.html
Disk Layout MBR https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout.html
Disk Layout GPT https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout_gpt.html

FAQ

See https://www.ventoy.net/en/faq.html for detail

Forum

https://forums.ventoy.net