List of tools to create Live USB systems
This is a list of utilities for creating Live USB. Only those listed on Wikipedia are included.
Overview
means that the tool allows multiple systems on the USB stick, as well as a bootloader on the USB flash drive to choose which system to load at boot time.| Name | Developer | Licensing | Maintained? | Runs on | Target OS |
| balenaEtcher | Balena | Linux, macOS, Windows | Linux | ||
| DasBoot | SubRosaSoft | macOS | macOS | ||
| Fedora Media Writer | Fedora Project | Linux, macOS, Windows | Linux | ||
| GNU dd | Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, and Stuart Kemp | Unix-like | Virtually anything | ||
| LinuxLive USB Creator | Thibaut Lauzière | Windows | Linux | ||
| remastersys | Tony Brijeski | Debian, Linux Mint, Ubuntu | Debian, Linux Mint, Ubuntu & their derivatives | ||
| Rufus | Pete Batard | Windows | DOS, Linux, Windows | ||
| SliTaz TazUSB | SliTaz | SliTaz GNU/Linux | SliTaz GNU/Linux | ||
| Ubuntu Live USB creator | Canonical Ltd | Ubuntu, Windows | Ubuntu | ||
| UNetbootin | Geza Kovacs | Linux, macOS, Windows | Arch Linux, CentOS, Fedora, Gentoo, Linux Mint, MEPIS, Mandriva, openSUSE, Slackware, Ubuntu ; FreeBSD, NetBSD ; FreeDOS | ||
| Windows To Go | Microsoft | Windows | Windows 8 or later, Enterprise edition |