Open source alternatives to Ventoy
One project on starwire does the same job. Ranked by how much of what Ventoy does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.
What Ventoy does
- Boot multiple ISO files from one USBcore
- Copy ISOs to USB without reflashingcore
- Boot menu for choosing images
- UEFI and legacy BIOS boot
- Windows and Linux installers
- Persistence for live systems
- Plugins and themes
Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this
| Project | Covers | Stars | Commits, 12 weeks | Last release | Closed vs opened | Setup | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 YoRBoBoots ISO and IMG files without a USB drive, based on Ventoy |
Same job, different way39% | 18+2 | 13 days ago | Too few | Uses the terminal | Apache-2.0 | |
Covers 0 of 2 core jobs. Partly: Boot multiple ISO files from one USB; Copy ISOs to USB without reflashing; Boot menu for choosing images; UEFI and legacy BIOS boot; Windows and Linux installers. Not shown: Persistence for live systems; Plugins and themes.See the evidence
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