README.md

   1 <h1 align="center">
   2   <a href=https://www.ventoy.net/>Ventoy</a>
   3 </h1>
   4
   5 <p align="center">
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  13 Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files. <br/>
  14 With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the image files to the USB drive and boot it.
  15 You can copy many image files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them. <br/>
  16 x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI and ARM64 UEFI are supported in the same way.<br/>
  17 Both MBR and GPT partition style are supported in the same way.<br/>
  18 Most type of OS supported(Windows/WinPE/Linux/Unix/Vmware/Xen...) <br/>
  19 600+ ISO files are tested. 90%+ distros in distrowatch.com supported. <br/>
  20 </h4>
  21
  22 # Features
  23 * 100% open source
  24 * Simple to use
  25 * Fast (limited only by the speed of copying iso file)
  26 * Can be installed in USB/Local Disk/SSD/NVMe/SD Card
  27 * Directly boot from ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files, no extraction needed
  28 * No need to be continuous in disk for ISO/IMG files
  29 * MBR and GPT partition style supported (1.0.15+)
  30 * x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI supported
  31 * UEFI Secure Boot supported (1.0.07+)
  32 * Persistence supported (1.0.11+)
  33 * Windows auto installation supported (1.0.09+)
  34 * RHEL7/8/CentOS/7/8/SUSE/Ubuntu Server/Debian ... auto installation supported (1.0.09+)
  35 * FAT32/exFAT/NTFS/UDF/XFS/Ext2(3)(4) supported for main partition
  36 * ISO files larger than 4GB supported
  37 * Native boot menu style for Legacy & UEFI
  38 * Most type of OS supported, 600+ iso files tested
  39 * Linux vDisk boot supported
  40 * Not only boot but also complete installation process
  41 * Menu dynamically switchable between List/TreeView mode
  42 * "Ventoy Compatible" concept
  43 * Plugin Framework
  44 * Injection files to runtime enviroment
  45 * Boot configuration file dynamically replacement
  46 * Highly customizable theme and menu
  47 * USB drive write-protected support
  48 * USB normal use unaffected
  49 * Data nondestructive during version upgrade
  50 * No need to update Ventoy when a new distro is released
  51
  52 ![avatar](https://www.ventoy.net/static/img/screen/screen_uefi.png)
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  54
  55 # Installation Instructions
  56 See [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html) for detail
  57
  58 # Compile Instructions
  59 Please refer to [BuildVentoyFromSource.txt](https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/blob/master/DOC/BuildVentoyFromSource.txt)
  60
  61 # Document
  62 Title | Link
  63 -|-
  64 **Install & Update** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html)
  65 **Customize Theme** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_theme.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_theme.html)
  66 **Global Control** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html)
  67 **Auto Installation** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_autoinstall.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_autoinstall.html)
  68 **Injection Plugin** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_injection.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_injection.html)
  69 **Persistence Support** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html)
  70 **Boot WIM file** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_wimboot.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_wimboot.html)
  71 **Menu Class** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menuclass.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menuclass.html)
  72 **Menu Alias** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menualias.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menualias.html)
  73 **Menu Extension** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_grubmenu.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_grubmenu.html)
  74 **Memdisk Mode** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_memdisk.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_memdisk.html)
  75 **TreeView Mode** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_treeview.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_treeview.html)
  76 **Disk Layout MBR** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout.html)
  77 **Disk Layout GPT** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout_gpt.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout_gpt.html)
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  79
  80 # FAQ
  81 See [https://www.ventoy.net/en/faq.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/faq.html) for detail
  82
  83
  84 # Forum
  85 [https://forums.ventoy.net](https://forums.ventoy.net)
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