Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.
It can be especially useful for cases where:
- you need to create USB installation media from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, UEFI, etc.)
- you need to work on a system that doesn’t have an OS installed
- you need to flash a BIOS or other firmware from DOS
- you want to run a low-level utility
Changelog
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Version 3.18 (2022.03.11)
- Fix DLL sideloading vulnerabilities
- Fix ISO → ESP creation when running on Windows 11
- Fix an issue when detecting network connectivity when the DHCP service is disabled
- Update FreeDOS to version 1.3
- Add bypass of Windows 11 restrictions for in-place upgrades
- Add Miracle Linux 8 to the list of Red Hat exceptions
- Other internal fixes and improvements
Despite its small size, Rufus provides everything you need!
Oh, and Rufus is fast . For instance it’s about twice as fast as UNetbootin, Universal USB Installer or Windows 7 USB download tool, on the creation of a Windows 7 USB installation drive from an ISO. It is also marginally faster on the creation of Linux bootable USB from ISOs. (1)
A non exhaustive list of Rufus supported ISOs is also provided at the bottom of this page. (2)
Download
Last updated 2022.03.11:
- Rufus 3.18 (1.3 MB)
- Rufus 3.18 Portable (1.3 MB)
- Other versions (GitHub)
- Other versions (FossHub)
Supported Languages:
Bahasa Indonesia , Bahasa Malaysia , Български , Čeština , Dansk , Deutsch , Ελληνικά ,
English , Español , Français , Hrvatski , Italiano , Latviešu , Lietuvių , Magyar , Nederlands , Norsk ,
Polski , Português , Português do Brasil , Русский , Română , Slovensky , Slovenščina , Srpski ,
Suomi , Svenska , Tiếng Việt , Türkçe , Українська , 简体中文 , 正體中文 , 日本語 , 한국어 , ไทย ,
עברית , العربية , پارسی .