Universal USB Installer

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Universal USB Installer
Developer(s) Pendrivelinux
Initial releaseAugust 2006;19 years ago (2006-08)
Stable release
2.0.2.7 [1] / 3 April 2025;4 months ago (2025-04-03) [1]
Written in NSIS
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Type Live USB
License GNU GPL v2
Website pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
YUMI (Your USB Multiboot Installer) exFAT
Developer(s) Pendrivelinux
Stable release
1.0.2.4 [2] / 18 October 2023;22 months ago (2023-10-18) [3]
Written in NSIS
Operating system Microsoft Windows, Linux
Type Live USB
License GNU GPL v2
Website pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/
YUMI (Your USB Multiboot Installer) Legacy (archived)
Developer(s) Pendrivelinux
Stable release
2.0.9.4 [2] / 30 January 2022;3 years ago (2022-01-30) [2]
Written in NSIS
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Type Live USB
License GNU GPL v2
Website yumiusb.com/yumi-legacy/
YUMI (Your USB Multiboot Installer) UEFI (archived)
Developer(s) Pendrivelinux
Preview release
0.0.4.5 [2] / 5 March 2022;3 years ago (2022-03-05) [2]
Written in NSIS
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Type Live USB
License GNU GPL v2
Website yumiusb.com/yumi-uefi/

Universal USB Installer (UUI) is an open-source live Linux USB flash drive creation software. It allows users to create a bootable live USB flash drive using an ISO image from a supported Linux distribution, antivirus utility, system tool, or Microsoft Windows installer. The USB boot software can also be used to make Windows 8, 10, or 11 run entirely from USB.

Contents

YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Integrator) is also a separate open-source product release that has several enhanced features, some have been integrated into UUI.

Features

Example supported Linux distributions

Reception

It's FOSS editor wrote that Universal USB Installer is his "favorite tool and is extremely easy to use." [4] Lifehacker called it "useful". [5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pendrivelinux, Lance (2025-04-03). "Universal USB Installer - Boot from USB | Pen Drive Linux". Pen Drive Linux. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Pendrivelinux, Lance (2011-03-05). "YUMI - Multiboot USB Creator | USB Pen Drive Linux". Pen Drive Linux. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  3. ↑ Pendrivelinux, Lance (2022-10-18). "Easily Make Bootable USB Drives ▷ Pen Drive Linux". Pen Drive Linux. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  4. ↑ Prakash, Abhishek (8 May 2014). "How to Create Ubuntu Live USB in Windows [Step-by-Step]". itsfoss.com. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  5. ↑ Purdy, Kevin (2010-06-28). "Universal USB Installer Makes a Persistent Thumb Drive Version of Any Linux OS". Lifehacker. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
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