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.
