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View 807 business solutionsBrowse free open source Boot software and projects for Mac below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Boot software by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.
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rEFInd
An EFI boot manager utility
rEFInd is a fork of the rEFIt boot manager. Like rEFIt, rEFInd can auto-detect your installed EFI boot loaders and it presents a pretty GUI menu of boot options. rEFInd goes beyond rEFIt in that rEFInd better handles systems with many boot loaders, gives better control over the boot loader search process, and provides the ability for users to define their own boot loader entries. -
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balenaEtcher
A safe way to flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives
Etcher is a powerful OS image flasher. It protects a user from accidentally overwriting hard-drives by making drive selection obvious; and with validated flashing there is no more writing images to corrupted drives. It is also called balenaEtcher since it is developed by balena. In addition, balenaEtcher can flash directly Raspberry Pi devices that support usbboot. Use for .iso and .img files, as well as zipped folders to create live SD cards and USB flash drives. Written with Electron for cross platform use (windows, macOS, and Linux). -
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Magisk
Suite of open source tools for customizing Android
Magisk is a suite of tools intended for Android customization, and supports devices higher than Android 4.2. Some elements of Android customization are root, boot scripts, SELinux patches, AVB2.0 / dm-verity / forceencrypt removals, etc. Some of the most important features of Magisk are that it provides root access to your device and it modifies read-only partitions when installing modules. Also, you can hide Magisk from root detections / system integrity checks. Magisk comes with a huge collections of tools for installation, daemons, and utilities for developers. Magisk contains MagiskSU, Magisk Modules and MagiskHide features. -
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boot-repair-disk
A rescue disk that includes the Boot Repair tool
See http://sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair-cd/home -
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WoeUSB
A Microsoft Windows® USB installation media preparer for GNU+Linux
A Microsoft Windows® USB installation media preparer for GNU+Linux. -
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FormatUsb
The FormatUsb tool is a reliable way to format USB flash drives
The FormatUsb tool is a reliable way to format USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks,SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card and SDXC Memory Card SD/SDHC/SDXC Cards. -
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UEFI_MULTI
UEFI_MULTI - Make Multi-Boot USB-Drive
UEFI_MULTI - Make Multi-Boot USB-Drive. USB Multi-Boot of Linux ISO + Windows 10 VHD + Win10XPE in BIOS Or UEFI Secure mode. Make Bootable USB Drive with MBR and 2 Partitions. UEFI Secure boot support requires Format Drive using Grub2 as EFI Manager. Copy and Rename your Linux ISO files to folder images on FAT32 USB Boot drive U-BOOT. -
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USB_FORMAT
Make Bootable USB Drive with MBR and 2 Partitions
USB Format Tool - Make Bootable USB Drive with MBR and 2 Partitions. USB Multi-Boot of Linux ISO + Windows 10 VHD + Win10XPE in BIOS Or UEFI Secure mode. -
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UNetbootin
Bootable live USB creator for Ubuntu, Fedora, and Linux distributions
UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. You can either let UNetbootin download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file. -
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MultiOS-USB
Boot operating systems directly from ISO files
USB disk with multiple ISO files. Easy to use: install, copy ISO files and boot from USB. Display a list of currently supported operating systems. -
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MacUSB
Creating bootable macOS and OS X USB drives has never been easier
macUSB is a macOS utility that streamlines the creation of bootable USB installers for macOS and legacy OS X versions, taking the complexity out of preparing installation media on modern Apple Silicon or Intel Macs. It automates disk formatting, installer detection, and content writing so that you can revive or install operating systems on older hardware—something that has become more difficult since Apple’s transition to its own silicon. With support for handling various disk image formats and applying necessary fixes for installers with older certificates, macUSB demystifies what was once a command-line-intensive process. Its goal is to make preparing bootable media accessible to users of all skill levels by intelligently managing installer images and systems, giving Mac users a straightforward path to restore or reinstall macOS across generations. -
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WinDiskWriter
Windows Bootable USB creator for macOS
Windows USB disk creator for macOS. You can use this app to create bootable universal USB Windows installers that support both UEFI and Legacy BIOS modes. With this USB drive, you can install and enjoy Windows on your PC, Intel Mac, or certain Virtual Machines. WinDiskWriter knows how to make a bootable drive for each Windows Image type. You can bypass TPM, Minimum RAM, Secure Boot, and some other System Requirements set by Microsoft for Windows 11. You can create an all-in-one USB drive that supports both UEFI and Legacy boot modes. It's required if you want to install Windows on computers with old firmware that doesn't support EFI booting. Additional steps are required to get these versions to boot on EFI, such as extracting an EFI-capable bootloader from the installer. WinDiskWriter does it for you. -
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Super UEFIinSecureBoot Disk
Super UEFIinSecureBoot Disk: Boot any OS or .efi file
Super UEFIinSecureBoot Disk is a proof-of-concept (not actively maintained or enhanced) bootable image with GRUB2 bootloader designed to be used as a base for recovery USB flash drives. Key feature: disk is fully functional with UEFI Secure Boot mode activated. It can launch any operating system or .efi file, even with untrusted, invalid or missing signature. -
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UEFITool
UEFI firmware image viewer and editor
UEFITool is a free, open-source utility for examining and manipulating firmware images that conform to UEFI Platform Initialization specifications. It provides a graphical interface for exploring the internal structure of firmware used by computers and other electronic devices. The application parses firmware images into hierarchical trees containing volumes, files, sections, and related components. Users can inspect these elements and examine firmware organization without manually interpreting raw binary data. Its parsing engine performs structural and integrity checks to identify potential problems. UEFITool supports firmware research, reverse engineering, diagnostics, and analysis of low-level system components. The project includes editing capabilities in its established branches, while newer development versions continue to expand firmware parsing support. -
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Clover EFI bootloader
Boot macOS, Windows, and Linux on Mac or PC with UEFI or BIOS firmware
Project has moved to https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader. -
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AIO Boot
AIO Boot is a tool that can help you create a bootable USB with Grub2,
AIO Boot is a tool that can help you create a bootable USB with Grub2, Grub4dos, Syslinux, Clover and rEFInd. AIO Boot can boot Windows and most Linux distributions and boot via LAN using Tiny PXE Server. AIO Boot is constructed from a variety of sources, certainly still a lot of flaws, eager for sympathy. I would love to hear from you so that I can improve this tool better. -
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rEFIt
Boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based machines
rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based machines like the Intel Macs. -
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Portable VirtualBox for LiLi
Portable VirtualBox for LiLi
Specific version for Portable-VirtualBox for LinuxLive USB Creator. Additionnal features are : - Hybrid mode (can run portable AND regular virtualbox) - Automaticly virtualizes the USB device it is run from -
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Teuton Preinstalled Environment (TPE)
Alternative PE to rescue, hack or troubleshoot your machine or network
TeutonPE is inspired by PortableApps.com combined with a PeBuilder compiled Boot USB / CD. Programs can be used, even when there is no OS installed. BB4win is used for Live Menu and as the default Shell.All Plugins are also BartPE & XPE compatible -
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MultiBootUSB
Create multiboot live Linux on a USB disk
MultiBootUSB is a cross platform* software/utility to create multi boot live Linux on a removable USB disk. It is similar to UNetbootin but many distros can be installed, provided you have enough space on the disk. MultiBootUSB also provides an option to uninstall distro(s) at any time, if you wish. -
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PixelFlasher
Pixel phone flashing GUI utility with features
PixelFlasher is a free, open-source desktop utility designed to simplify firmware flashing and Android device management. It provides a graphical interface for ADB and Fastboot operations, primarily targeting Google Pixel phones and tablets. Users can download factory images and full OTA packages directly within the application. Its automated patching tools support Magisk, KernelSU, APatch, and other rooting solutions. The software manages boot images, flashing slots, and device information without requiring extensive command-line work. Basic and Expert modes accommodate different experience levels. Advanced features include custom ROM flashing, partition backups, bootloader operations, and recovery tools. PixelFlasher supports Windows, macOS, and Linux. -
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WinDiskWriter
🖥 A macOS app that creates bootable USB drives for Windows. 🛠
⭐️ WinDiskWriter — bootable disk creator with Windows for macOS. ⭐️ 🚨 Supports Windows 11 Secure Boot and TPM patching 🚨 - Runs on Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 and up - Supports the following versions of Microsoft Windows 💿: — Windows 11, — Windows 10, — Windows 8.1, — Windows 8, — Windows 7, — Windows Vista [ Including Windows Server editions ] 🖥 WinDiskWriter offers a user-friendly graphical interface that simplifies the process and guides you through the steps. 🖥 WinDiskWriter is written in Objective-C, a programming language that ensures high compatibility with older versions of macOS. Despite supporting multiple architectures (x86_64 and ARM64), WinDiskWriter has a small application size, thanks to the efficiency of Objective-C, which is supported by all versions of Mac OS X. -
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MicroFormat
A Windows Format Tool for USB and Physical volumes
A simple Windows tool that can format USB or physical volumes to either NTFS or FAT32. It supports custom Volume names and quick formatting. Done out of boredom and curiosity for practicing purposes. The program will refuse to format the Windows partition. Because the Windows partition is not always C, the check is not hard-coded. Rather, I perform a comparison between the currently selected volume to format and the known System volume. If they match, I trip a flag. -
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bootiso
A bash program to securely create a bootable USB device
Create a USB bootable device from an image file easily and securely. Because of its reliance on GNU and POSIX tools, bootiso primarly targets GNU/Linux systems.
