Rufus

Spec sheet

Purpose

Rufus formats drives and creates bootable USB flash drives.Read 30 Sep 2026 · github.com

Security

The project describes measures including digitally signed executables, verified GitHub commits, hardware-based two-factor authentication, and static analysis.Read 30 Sep 2026 · github.com

Support

The project directs users to its GitHub issue tracker to report problems or suggest features.Read 30 Sep 2026 · github.com

License

Rufus is free software released under GPL v3, and the project says users may compile it from its published source.Read 30 Sep 2026 · github.com

Boot media

It creates bootable drives from Windows, Linux, and other bootable ISO images, as well as disk images.Read 30 Sep 2026 · github.com

Drive formats

It can format USB drives, flash cards, and virtual drives to FAT, FAT32, NTFS, UDF, exFAT, ReFS, ext2, or ext3.Read 30 Sep 2026 · github.com

Languages

The interface natively supports 38 languages.Read 30 Sep 2026 · github.com

Other features

It supports Windows To Go drives, persistent Linux partitions, bad-block checks, image checksums, and downloading official Microsoft Windows ISOs.Read 30 Sep 2026 · github.com

Other platforms

The FAQ says there are no plans to port Rufus to Linux or macOS, and says an Android app using the Rufus name is unofficial.Read 30 Sep 2026 · github.com

Portable

The project describes Rufus as portable, small, and requiring no installation.Read 30 Sep 2026 · github.com

Windows installation

It can create Windows 11 installation drives with options for PCs without TPM or Secure Boot, and can set OOBE options such as a local account and privacy settings.Read 30 Sep 2026 · github.com

Windows support limit

The FAQ says Windows XP, Vista, and 7 are no longer supported; versions 2.18 and 3.22 are the last listed for XP and Windows 7, respectively.Read 30 Sep 2026 · github.com

Plans and prices

Every Rufus plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Bootable USB Software#24 of 387.4