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The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
https://github.com/pbatard/rufus
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The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus
- Owner: pbatard
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2011-11-19T19:12:05.000Z (about 13 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-05-22T11:03:32.000Z (7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-22T11:41:53.345Z (7 months ago)
- Topics: bios, boot, bootable-drives, freedos, gpt, grub, grub4dos, iso, mbr, md5, persistence, rufus, secure-boot, sha1, sha256, syslinux, uefi, usb, windows, windows-to-go
- Language: C
- Homepage: https://rufus.ie
- Size: 36.6 MB
- Stars: 27,108
- Watchers: 567
- Forks: 2,473
- Open Issues: 12
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: ChangeLog.txt
- License: LICENSE.txt
- Security: SECURITY.md
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README
Rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
==========================================
[](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/actions/workflows/vs2022.yml)
[](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/actions/workflows/mingw.yml)
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[](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases)
[](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html)
[](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases)
[](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/graphs/contributors)
Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives.
Features
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* Format USB, flash card and virtual drives to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/UDF/exFAT/ReFS/ext2/ext3
* Create DOS bootable USB drives using [FreeDOS](https://www.freedos.org) or MS-DOS
* Create BIOS or UEFI bootable drives, including [UEFI bootable NTFS](https://github.com/pbatard/uefi-ntfs)
* Create bootable drives from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, etc.)
* Create bootable drives from bootable disk images, including compressed ones
* Create Windows 11 installation drives for PCs that don't have TPM or Secure Boot
* Create [Windows To Go](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_To_Go) drives
* Create VHD/DD, VHDX and FFU images of an existing drive
* Create persistent Linux partitions
* Compute MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256 and SHA-512 checksums of the selected image
* Perform runtime validation of UEFI bootable media
* Improve Windows installation experience by automatically setting up OOBE parameters (local account, privacy options, etc.)
* Perform bad blocks checks, including detection of "fake" flash drives
* Download official Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 10 or Windows 11 retail ISOs
* Download [UEFI Shell](https://github.com/pbatard/UEFI-Shell) ISOs
* Modern and familiar UI, with [38 languages natively supported](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ#What_languages_are_natively_supported_by_Rufus)
* Small footprint. No installation required.
* Portable. Secure Boot compatible.
* 100% [Free Software](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw) ([GPL v3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0))
Compilation
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Use either Visual Studio 2022 or MinGW and then invoke the `.sln` or `configure`/`make` respectively.
#### Visual Studio
Rufus is an OSI compliant Open Source project. You are entitled to
download and use the *freely available* [Visual Studio Community Edition](https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community/)
to build, run or develop for Rufus. As per the Visual Studio Community Edition license,
this applies regardless of whether you are an individual or a corporate user.
Additional information
----------------------
Rufus provides extensive information about what it is doing, either through its
easily accessible log, or through the [Windows debug facility](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/debugview).
* [__Official Website__](https://rufus.ie)
* [FAQ](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ)
Enhancements/Bugs
-----------------
Please use the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/issues)
for reporting problems or suggesting new features.