Alternatives

Products that do what YellowBoot – (Rufus Alternative) does

bootable usb, iso,

1. 1BC
   Bootrino.com – Netboot Run-From-RAM OS's on AWS, Google and Digital Ocean▲109

   2018 · bootrino.com

2. 2
   PINE64▲270

   A low cost Linux laptop that looks like a MacBook

   2016

3. 3DA
   Drive – a tiny program to pull or push Google Drive files▲69

   2015 · github.com

4. 4BS
   Blink Shell for iOS, an Open-Source, Mosh and SSH Terminal for Pros▲219

   2016 · blink.sh

5. 5PI
   Pong in 512 bytes (boot sector)▲71

   2020 · github.com

6. 6
   Gum▲152

   A tool for building glamorous shell scripts

   2022

7. 7AL
   A “living” Linux process with no memory▲312

   2020 · github.com

8. 8ZZ
   Zectl – ZFS Boot Environment Manager for Linux▲119

   2020 · ramsdenj.com

9. 9
   Raspberry Pi OS▲75

   A step-by-step guide how to create a simple OS from scratch.

   2018

10. 10WU
    Weylus – Use your tablet as graphic tablet/touch screen on Linux▲176

    2020 · github.com

11. 11AM
    A miniature Linux distro for non-rooted Android devices▲94

    2013 · kevinboone.net

12. 12
    DuckDisk▲104

    Table-first storage analysis for Mac, cloud, and SSH

    28d ago · github.com

13. 13
    fman▲138

    A modern file manager for power users

    2017

14. 14OI
    OSX-ISO – Create a bootable ISO of macOS from the installation app file▲135

    2017 · github.com

15. 15CF
    CLI forensics tool for tracking USB device artifacts on Linux▲136

    2019 · github.com

16. 16LI
    Linux installer .exe without pendrives (secure-boot compatible)▲5

    It is fairly simple, but useful for non-power users: a statically-linked Qt app that gracefully edits Windows Boot Manager to do a reboot-once into GRUB, which in turn launches ZorinOS live/installer from disk loopback. I needed to make a custom initramfs with dislocker in it, and to squeeze it a little (default Windows EFI partition is not so big). Currently my biggest issue is that systemd is unable to shut down gracefully when rootfs is mounted from such a deep loop stack. The other is that installing to full disk crashes right after it successfully damages the partition table. I…

    Apr 2026 · 1clicklinux.org

17. 17
    Keepod▲73

    A $7 bootable OS to connect the 3rd world!

    2014

18. 18
    Zorin OS 12▲139

    Open source Linux-based OS that is fast, powerful and secure

    2017

19. 19OS
    Open source alternative to LaunchRock▲74

    2015 · github.com

20. 20CA
    Coinboot – a framework for diskless computing▲49

    2018 · github.com

21. 21
    1-Click Linux▲3

    Install Linux without USB or mashing F2.

    27d ago · 1clicklinux.org

22. 22
    Lakka▲85

    Lightweight Linux distro dedicated to retro gaming.

    2015

23. 23FA
    FSSB – A filesystem sandbox for Linux▲43

    2016 · github.com

24. 24NO
    Nix on Windows –- proof-of-concept demo▲9

    How puffnfresh, my coworker, made a single command to download, assemble, and boot the VM image is arguably as cool as the port itself!

    Mar 2026 · github.com

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