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ventoy/Ventoy

A new bootable USB solution.

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ventoy/Ventoy has 80k+ stars and 4.5k+ forks on GitHub, is written in C, and was last pushed on Oct 12, 2026. Data as of . Signed-in members get hourly updates — create a free account.

Summary Information

Updated 9 minutes ago
Type:CLI ToolCategory(s):Operating Systems & LinuxSystems, Hardware & HPC
Added to GitGenius on August 30th, 2026
Created on March 10th, 2020
Open Issues & Pull Requests: 1,010 (+0)
GitHub issues: Enabled
Number of forks: 4,990
Total Stargazers: 80,136 (+2)
Total Subscribers: 707 (+0)

Repository Insights (GitGenius)

Median issue/PR response: 5.3 days
Mean response time: 83.9 days
90th percentile: 223.2 days
Tracked items: 797

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1 person did triage or write work on this repository in the last 12 months.

Counts unlabeled, assigned, unassigned, milestoned, demilestoned, locked, unlocked over the last 12 months. These are issue and pull request events that require triage or write permission. Commits and code review are not counted. labeled and renamed are excluded because GitHub issue forms record the issue author as the actor. Figures from October 18, 2026. This count is not comparable across projects: each project's automation decides which of these events a person emits. How this is counted.

How this project is maintained

Roughly one issue in four opened in the past year never receives a reply. 100% of open issues come from outside the core team, so the backlog reflects real-world use rather than internal planning. Work labelled "Not an issue" is answered fastest, typically in about 9 hours, while "【Tested Image Report】" waits about 2 months. 61% of tracked open issues have had no activity in three months, so the open count overstates what is actively being worked. Only 51% of issues opened in the past year have been closed.

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Issue Activity (beta)

Open issues: 435
New in 7 days: 10
Closed in 7 days: 2
Avg open age: 595 days
Stale 30+ days: 403
Stale 90+ days: 335

Recent activity

Opened in 7 days: 7
Closed in 7 days: 2
Comments in 7 days: 19
Events in 7 days: 29

Top labels

  • 【Tested Image Report】 (206)
  • Fixed (48)
  • Not an issue (12)
  • enhancement (12)
  • documentation (8)
  • USB Hardware Issue (5)
  • bug (3)
  • File Corrupted (2)

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Detailed Description

Ventoy is a bootable USB creation tool that eliminates the need to reformat drives between different operating systems.

The tool solves the friction of preparing bootable USB drives by allowing users to copy multiple ISO, WIM, IMG, VHD, and EFI files directly onto a single USB drive without reformatting. When booting, Ventoy presents a menu to select which image to load. The approach works by installing a bootloader and file system to the USB drive once, then treating subsequent image files as data rather than requiring dedicated partitions for each one.

Ventoy suits anyone who regularly boots different operating systems or needs to maintain a single USB drive with multiple installation media. It supports x86 legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI, and MIPS64EL UEFI architectures, as well as both MBR and GPT partition styles. The tool handles Windows, Linux, Unix, ChromeOS, and virtualization platforms. Users can also boot ISO files directly from local disk storage without copying them to USB. The README does not compare Ventoy to alternative bootable USB solutions.

The project maintains a substantial base of real-world adopters, as evidenced by the fact that nearly all open issues originate from outside users rather than the core team. Responses to issues and pull requests typically arrive within one to two weeks. Work in the issue tracker centers on tested image reports, bug fixes, and enhancement requests.