Ventoy README

The project's README from github.com/ventoy/Ventoy. As one markdown file: README.md.

Ventoy

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files.
With Ventoy, you don't need to format the disk over and over, just copy the image files to the USB drive and boot them. You can copy many image files at a time and Ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them.
You can also browse ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files in local disk and boot them.
x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI and MIPS64EL UEFI are supported in the same way.
Both MBR and GPT partition style are supported in the same way.
Most type of OS supported(Windows/WinPE/Linux/Unix/ChromeOS/Vmware/Xen...)
1300+ ISO files are tested (List). 90%+ distros in distrowatch.com supported (Details).

Official Website: https://www.ventoy.net

Tested OS

Windows
Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2025, WinPE

Linux
Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS(6/7/8/9/10), RHEL(6/7/8/9/10), Deepin, Fedora, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, EuroLinux(6/7/8/9), openEuler, OpenAnolis, SLES, openSUSE, MX Linux, Manjaro, Linux Mint, Endless OS, Elementary OS, Solus, Linx, Zorin, antiX, PClinuxOS, Arch, ArcoLinux, ArchLabs, BlackArch, Obarun, Artix Linux, Puppy Linux, Tails, Slax, Kali, Mageia, Slackware, Q4OS, Archman, Gentoo, Pentoo, NixOS, Kylin, openKylin, Ubuntu Kylin, KylinSec, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Bluestar, OpenMandriva, ExTiX, Netrunner, ALT Linux, Nitrux, Peppermint, KDE neon, Linux Lite, Parrot OS, Qubes, Pop OS, ROSA, Void Linux, Star Linux, EndeavourOS, MakuluLinux, Voyager, Feren, ArchBang, LXLE, Knoppix, Calculate Linux, Clear Linux, Pure OS, Oracle Linux, Trident, Septor, Porteus, Devuan, GoboLinux, 4MLinux, Simplicity Linux, Zeroshell, Android-x86, netboot.xyz, Slitaz, SuperGrub2Disk, Proxmox VE, Kaspersky Rescue, SystemRescueCD, MemTest86, MemTest86+, MiniTool Partition Wizard, Parted Magic, veket, Sabayon, Scientific, alpine, ClearOS, CloneZilla, Berry Linux, Trisquel, Ataraxia Linux, Minimal Linux Live, BackBox Linux, Emmabuntüs, ESET SysRescue Live,Nova Linux, AV Linux, RoboLinux, NuTyX, IPFire, SELKS, ZStack, Enso Linux, Security Onion, Network Security Toolkit, Absolute Linux, TinyCore, Springdale Linux, Frost Linux, Shark Linux, LinuxFX, Snail Linux, Astra Linux, Namib Linux, Resilient Linux, Virage Linux, Blackweb Security OS, R-DriveImage, O-O.DiskImage, Macrium, ToOpPy LINUX, GNU Guix, YunoHost, foxclone, siduction, Adelie Linux, Elive, Pardus, CDlinux, AcademiX, Austrumi, Zenwalk, Anarchy, DuZeru, BigLinux, OpenMediaVault, Ubuntu DP, Exe GNU/Linux, 3CX Phone System, KANOTIX, Grml, Karoshi, PrimTux, ArchStrike, CAELinux, Cucumber, Fatdog, ForLEx, Hanthana, Kwort, MiniNo, Redcore, Runtu, Asianux, Clu Linux Live, Uruk, OB2D, BlueOnyx, Finnix, HamoniKR, Parabola, LinHES, LinuxConsole, BEE free, Untangle, Pearl, Thinstation, TurnKey, tuxtrans, Neptune, HefftorLinux, GeckoLinux, Mabox Linux, Zentyal, Maui, Reborn OS, SereneLinux , SkyWave Linux, Kaisen Linux, Regata OS, TROM-Jaro, DRBL Linux, Chalet OS, Chapeau, Desa OS, BlankOn, OpenMamba, Frugalware, Kibojoe Linux, Revenge OS, Tsurugi Linux, Drauger OS, Hash Linux, gNewSense, Ikki Boot, SteamOS, Hyperbola, VyOS, EasyNAS, SuperGamer, Live Raizo, Swift Linux, RebeccaBlackOS, Daphile, CRUX, Univention, Ufficio Zero, Rescuezilla, Phoenix OS, Garuda Linux, Mll, NethServer, OSGeoLive, Easy OS, Volumio, FreedomBox, paldo, UBOS, Recalbox, batocera, Lakka, LibreELEC, Pardus Topluluk, Pinguy, KolibriOS, Elastix, Arya, Omoikane, Omarine, Endian Firewall, Hamara, Rocks Cluster, MorpheusArch, Redo, Slackel, SME Server, APODIO, Smoothwall, Dragora, Linspire, Secure-K OS, Peach OSI, Photon, Plamo, SuperX, Bicom, Ploplinux, HP SPP, LliureX, Freespire, DietPi, BOSS, Webconverger, Lunar, TENS, Source Mage, RancherOS, T2, Vine, Pisi, blackPanther, mAid, Acronis, Active.Boot, AOMEI, Boot.Repair, CAINE, DaRT, EasyUEFI, R-Drive, PrimeOS, Avira Rescue System, bitdefender, Checkra1n Linux, Lenovo Diagnostics, Clover, Bliss-OS, Lenovo BIOS Update, Arcabit Rescue Disk, MiyoLinux, TeLOS, Kerio Control, RED OS, OpenWrt, MocaccinoOS, EasyStartup, Pyabr, Refracta, Eset SysRescue, Linpack Xtreme, Archcraft, NHVBOOT, pearOS, SeaTools, Easy Recovery Essentional, iKuai, StorageCraft SCRE, ZFSBootMenu, TROMjaro, BunsenLabs, Todo en Uno, ChallengerOS, Nobara, Holo, CachyOS, Peux OS, Vanilla OS, ShredOS, paladin, Palen1x, dban, ReviOS, HelenOS, XeroLinux, Tiny 11, chimera linux, CuteFish, DragonOs, Rhino Linux, vanilladpup, crystal, IGELOS, MiniOS, gnoppix, PikaOS, UwUntu, Noble, PocketHandyBox, DiskGenius, Commodore, Talos, Shebang Linux, hrmpf, Bazzite, ManualLinux, nyarchlinux, ultramarine, TempleOS, bluefin, Damn Small Linux, Kicksecure, SerentiyOS, AerynOS, ......

Unix
DragonFly, FreeBSD, pfSense, OPNsense, GhostBSD, FreeNAS, TrueNAS, XigmaNAS, FuryBSD, HardenedBSD, MidnightBSD, ClonOS, EmergencyBootKit, helloSystem

ChromeOS
FydeOS, CloudReady, ChromeOS Flex, ThoriumOS

Other
VMware ESXi, Citrix XenServer, Xen XCP-ng

Tested Image Report

【How to report a successfully tested image file】

Ventoy Browser

With Ventoy, you can also browse ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files in local disk and boot them. Notes

VentoyPlugson

A GUI Ventoy plugin configurator. VentoyPlugson

Features

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Installation Instructions

See https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html for detailed instructions.

Compile Instructions

Please refer to BuildVentoyFromSource.txt

Document

Title Link
Install & Update https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html
Browse/Boot Files In Local Disk https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_browser.html
Secure Boot https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_secure.html
Customize Theme https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_theme.html
Global Control https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html
Image List https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_imagelist.html
Auto Installation https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_autoinstall.html
Injection Plugin https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_injection.html
Persistence Support https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html
Boot WIM file https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_wimboot.html
Windows VHD Boot https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_vhdboot.html
Linux vDisk Boot https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_vtoyboot.html
DUD Plugin https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_dud.html
Password Plugin https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_password.html
Conf Replace Plugin https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_bootconf_replace.html
Menu Class https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menuclass.html
Menu Alias https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menualias.html
Menu Extension https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_grubmenu.html
Memdisk Mode https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_memdisk.html
TreeView Mode https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_treeview.html
Disk Layout MBR https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout.html
Disk Layout GPT https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout_gpt.html
Search Configuration https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_search_path.html

FAQ

See https://www.ventoy.net/en/faq.html for detail

Forum

https://forums.ventoy.net

Donation

It would be much appreciated if you want to make a small donation to support my work!
Alipay, WeChat Pay, PayPal and Bitcoin are available for donation. You can choose any of them.

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PayPal
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Bitcoin
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Ventoy
这是什么？Ventoy 是一款开源工具，可以制作可启动 U 盘，直接从 ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI 文件启动，无需解压或重新格式化这些文件。
这是只需运行一次的格式化工具，还是每次添加操作系统都要运行的工具？你只需把 Ventoy 安装到 U 盘上一次，之后直接把镜像文件复制进去即可；添加新的 ISO 时，无需重新格式化或重新安装 Ventoy。
我该怎么让它运行起来？下载 Ventoy 发布版，将其安装到你的 U 盘、本地磁盘、SSD 或 SD 卡上，然后把 ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI 文件直接复制到该设备中，并从它启动即可。
要同时让多个镜像可启动，我需要额外的软件吗？不需要，Ventoy 本身就能完成所有工作；你只需把镜像文件放进 U 盘，它就会显示一个启动菜单供你选择。如需高级设置，还可以使用可选的图形界面插件配置工具（VentoyPlugson）。
每个 ISO 都能正常启动和安装吗？大多数操作系统都可以，已测试过 1300 多个 ISO，但并不保证每个发行版都没问题，而且某些功能（如持久化或自动安装）只适用于特定类型的操作系统。
它是否同时支持老式 BIOS 电脑和现代 UEFI/Secure Boot 系统？支持。它适用于 x86 Legacy BIOS、IA32 UEFI、x86_64 UEFI、ARM64 和 MIPS64EL UEFI，同时支持 MBR 和 GPT 分区格式，并支持 Secure Boot。
我还能把这个 U 盘当普通文件存储用吗？可以，Ventoy 保留了 U 盘的常规用法；该 U 盘仍可作为普通存储使用，同时保留可启动镜像。
启动 Linux 实时系统时，能保存更改吗？可以，Ventoy 支持 Linux 持久化，因此在受支持的发行版上，重启后更改仍会保留。
Ventoy 能否自动完成操作系统安装，而不只是启动 ISO？可以，它支持带变量展开的自动安装脚本，适用于 Windows 和 Linux 镜像，不仅限于进入实时系统或安装程序菜单。
升级 Ventoy 会清除 U 盘上现有的 ISO 和数据吗？不会，版本升级时数据会保留；而且发布新的 Linux 发行版时，通常无需更新 Ventoy。
What are similar projects?rufus, darwin-xnu, libfyaml, serenity, Wind-Waker-Recomp, winutil-cn, ReBarUEFI, tmux
Which topics is it in?iso, persistence, uefi, legacy, x86-64, usb, x86, arm64, unix, sysadmin, bsd, c
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