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Rufus

4.15
Dev Onboard Open source
4.3 99 reviews
22.4 M downloads
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Create boot disks from an external drive

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Merche Contreras
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Merche Contreras is part of Uptodown's in-house Editorial Team. Translated by Uptodown Localization Team

Rufus is a lightweight tool with the main goal of facilitating the creation of bootable USB drives quickly, safely, and efficiently. It is designed for both home users and technicians and system administrators who need to prepare installation or recovery media without wanting to face unnecessary complications. With this tool, you can format a new drive or install disk images for Linux, Windows, and even FreeDOS.

Create bootable USBs for operating systems

Rufus's main function is to help you create bootable USB drives from ISO images. This means you can prepare drives that are ready to install operating systems including Windows and Linux distributions, as well as other boot tools. Furthermore, it is so simple to use that you won't believe that a traditionally complex process such as this can be executed the way Rufus manages to do it. You can download the ISO images from their official websites, making the entire process incredibly simple.

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Compatible with different partition schemes

Rufus is compatible with multiple partition schemes and target systems, such as MBR or GPT, which allow you to create bootable media adapted to both older computers with traditional BIOS and modern systems with UEFI. Thanks to this compatibility, you can ensure that the USB you generate works correctly across a wide variety of hardware configurations.

Speedy and efficient writing

One of Rufus's great strengths is its speed. The program is optimized to write images to USB devices very efficiently, reducing wait times, even with large ISO files, and without compromising data integrity.

Installation-free, portable software

Another big advantage of Rufus is that it doesn't require installation. It can be run directly as a portable app, facilitating its use from different computers and making it a fast and easy-to-run tool. You can simply double-click the executable to use it, with no intermediate steps.

Download Rufus for free and create your own boot disks quickly and easily.

Rufus is for you if

✓ You need a quick, straightforward way to create bootable USBs from Windows or Linux ISOs
✓ You value broad BIOS and UEFI compatibility through support for MBR and GPT partition schemes
✓ You prefer a portable, installation-free tool that writes large images fast without risking data

Information about Rufus 4.15

Basic information

Developer Pete Batard
Category Disc/Files
Rating All ages
Languages English
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Distribution model

Pricing Free
License GPL 3.0
Source code
Copyright © 2026 Pete Batard
Why is this app published on Uptodown? (More information)

Security and privacy

Required permissions Not applicable
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Download info

Downloads 22,447,092
Date Jun 30, 2026
File type EXE
Size 1.9 MB
SHA256 84c8a437f8af89257524478489e5c85f1edf25f761d299e2bcde46ac0afbe106
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exe 4.14 May 1, 2026
exe 4.13 Feb 18, 2026
exe 4.12 Jan 30, 2026
exe 4.11 Oct 3, 2025
exe 4.10 Sep 26, 2025
exe 4.9 Jun 16, 2025

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happygoldenlion61609 icon
happygoldenlion61609
11 months ago

Very good

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magnificentyellowdeer74167
12 months ago

Works great and has many options. Does not cause any problems to the pen drive. Not buggy. Works very fast. Best in its category of softwares.

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freshgreycrab79354
in 2025

The Best

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sillyredapple14575
in 2024

excellent

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wildvioletleopard16281
in 2023

Very good, Thank you very much to the IT specialist!

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sillyredpapaya36578
in 2023

Great

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