Repos / Ventoy
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For anyone who installs or repairs operating systems often and wants a single USB with several installers instead of flashing it every time.
What it does.
- copy several ISO, WIM, IMG, VHD(x) and EFI images to a USB and pick which one to boot from a menu
- install onto a USB, local disk, SSD, NVMe or SD card
- boot on Legacy BIOS and UEFI, with MBR or GPT partitions, and with Secure Boot on 32- and 64-bit UEFI
- use persistence on Linux and unattended installs for Windows and Linux
Systems: Installer for Windows (Ventoy2Disk.exe) and Linux (script or graphical interface). It boots Windows, Linux, Unix, ChromeOS, VMware and Xen, among others.
What you need.
- A USB drive (or disk) to install it on; installing splits it into two partitions. source for this requirement (opens in a new tab)
- On Linux, the install script runs as root. source for this requirement (opens in a new tab)
- A computer that boots from USB; Legacy BIOS and UEFI systems are supported. source for this requirement (opens in a new tab)
How to install.
Windows: download ventoy-x.x.xx-windows.zip, unzip it, run Ventoy2Disk.exe, choose your USB and click Install.
Linux: download ventoy-x.x.xx-linux.tar.gz, unpack it and, as root, install it on your USB (replace /dev/sdX with yours):
sh Ventoy2Disk.sh -i /dev/sdXCopy your ISO files to the USB's first partition and boot from it to see the menu.
Commands taken from the official documentation. Read them before you run them: it is your machine.
Permissions and data.
- Installing formats the USB and erases everything on it; the documentation says so explicitly.
- Ventoy2Disk.exe only lists USB drives by default; "Show all devices" shows every disk, and there you have to be careful not to pick the wrong one.
- In the Linux script, Secure Boot support is off by default and is turned on with the -s option.
Limits and warnings.
- More than 1300 ISOs have been tested and more than 90% of DistroWatch distributions are supported: not every image boots.
- The documentation has its own section on Legacy BIOS limitations.
- The getting-started guide only describes installers for Windows and Linux, not for macOS.
- You download the ISOs yourself: Ventoy does not include operating systems.
Real cost and cloud.
- Free and 100% open source; you only supply the USB.
- After installing it once, adding a new system is just copying its ISO.
- You download each system's ISO from its official source; check its licenses and checksums.
License.
GPL-3.0 Open source with copyleft
GPL-3.0: free software with copyleft. If you distribute modified versions, you must share their source code under the same license.
This is a summary to orient you, not legal advice. For commercial use, read the original LICENSE file.
Where all of this comes from.
Checked against the official documentation on October 29, 2026; this is not a lab test. Nothing was installed or measured to write this guide. If something has changed, the project's documentation is the authority.