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Rufus formats USB drives and creates bootable USB flash drives, with support for multiple file systems.
About Rufus
Rufus is an open source utility for formatting USB flash drives and creating bootable USB drives. It supports several file systems, including FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, ReFS and ext2/ext3. It can build bootable drives for BIOS or UEFI systems from ISO files and disk images, including compressed images.
Rufus is listed as running on Linux and Windows. The project is distributed as free software under the GPL v3 license and is hosted on GitHub. Its source page does not state usage limits or pricing, and the directory lists pricing as unknown.
Key features
- Formats USB, flash card and virtual drives to FAT, FAT32, NTFS, UDF, exFAT, ReFS, ext2 and ext3
- Creates BIOS or UEFI bootable drives from bootable ISOs and disk images, including compressed images
- Creates Windows To Go drives and Windows 11 installation drives for PCs without TPM or Secure Boot
- Computes MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256 and SHA-512 checksums of the selected image
- Performs bad blocks checks, including detection of fake flash drives
- Creates persistent Linux partitions
Best for: People who need to format USB drives or create bootable USB drives from ISO or disk images on Windows or Linux.
Good for
- Free software licensed under GPL v3, with source code publicly available on GitHub
- Small footprint and no installation required, according to the project page
- Provides extensive information about its operations through a log and the Windows debug facility
Rufus at a glance
- Website
- github.com/pbatard/rufus
- Category
- Software & Utilities › System Utilities
- Type
- Open-source project
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Linux, Windows
- Open source
- Yes · Source code
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Rufus FAQ
What license does Rufus use?
Rufus is listed as 100% free software under the GPL v3 license.
Can Rufus create Windows 11 installation drives on PCs without TPM or Secure Boot?
The project page lists this as a feature: Rufus can create Windows 11 installation drives for PCs that do not have TPM or Secure Boot.
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