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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  10 </p>
  11
  12 <h4 align="left">
  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, ARM64 UEFI and MIPS64EL 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   700+ ISO files are tested (<a href="https://www.ventoy.net/en/isolist.html">List</a>). 90%+ distros in <a href="https://distrowatch.com/">distrowatch.com</a> supported. <br/>
  20 <br/>Official Website: <a href=https://www.ventoy.net>https://www.ventoy.net</a>
  21 </h4>
  22
  23 # Features
  24 * 100% open source
  25 * Simple to use
  26 * Fast (limited only by the speed of copying iso file)
  27 * Can be installed in USB/Local Disk/SSD/NVMe/SD Card
  28 * Directly boot from ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files, no extraction needed
  29 * No need to be continuous in disk for ISO/IMG files
  30 * MBR and GPT partition style supported (1.0.15+)
  31 * x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI, MIPS64EL UEFI supported
  32 * IA32/x86_64 UEFI Secure Boot supported (1.0.07+)
  33 * Persistence supported (1.0.11+)
  34 * Windows auto installation supported (1.0.09+)
  35 * RHEL7/8/CentOS/7/8/SUSE/Ubuntu Server/Debian ... auto installation supported (1.0.09+)
  36 * FAT32/exFAT/NTFS/UDF/XFS/Ext2(3)(4) supported for main partition
  37 * ISO files larger than 4GB supported
  38 * Native boot menu style for Legacy & UEFI
  39 * Most type of OS supported, 700+ iso files tested
  40 * Linux vDisk boot supported
  41 * Not only boot but also complete installation process
  42 * Menu dynamically switchable between List/TreeView mode
  43 * "Ventoy Compatible" concept
  44 * Plugin Framework
  45 * Injection files to runtime environment
  46 * Boot configuration file dynamically replacement
  47 * Highly customizable theme and menu
  48 * USB drive write-protected support
  49 * USB normal use unaffected
  50 * Data nondestructive during version upgrade
  51 * No need to update Ventoy when a new distro is released
  52
  53 ![avatar](https://www.ventoy.net/static/img/screen/screen_uefi.png)
  54
  55
  56 # Installation Instructions
  57 See [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html) for detail
  58
  59 # Compile Instructions
  60 Please refer to [BuildVentoyFromSource.txt](https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/blob/master/DOC/BuildVentoyFromSource.txt)
  61
  62 # Document
  63 Title | Link
  64 -|-
  65 **Install & Update** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html)
  66 **Secure Boot** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_secure.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_secure.html)
  67 **Customize Theme** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_theme.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_theme.html)
  68 **Global Control** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html)
  69 **Image List** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_imagelist.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_imagelist.html)
  70 **Auto Installation** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_autoinstall.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_autoinstall.html)
  71 **Injection Plugin** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_injection.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_injection.html)
  72 **Persistence Support** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html)
  73 **Boot WIM file** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_wimboot.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_wimboot.html)
  74 **Windows VHD Boot** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_vhdboot.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_vhdboot.html)
  75 **Linux vDisk Boot** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_vtoyboot.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_vtoyboot.html)
  76 **DUD Plugin** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_dud.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_dud.html)
  77 **Password Plugin** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_password.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_password.html)
  78 **Conf Replace Plugin** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_bootconf_replace.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_bootconf_replace.html)
  79 **Menu Class** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menuclass.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menuclass.html)
  80 **Menu Alias** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menualias.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menualias.html)
  81 **Menu Extension** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_grubmenu.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_grubmenu.html)
  82 **Memdisk Mode** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_memdisk.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_memdisk.html)
  83 **TreeView Mode** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_treeview.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_treeview.html)
  84 **Disk Layout MBR** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout.html)
  85 **Disk Layout GPT** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout_gpt.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout_gpt.html)
  86 **Search Configuration** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_search_path.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_search_path.html)
  87
  88
  89 # FAQ
  90 See [https://www.ventoy.net/en/faq.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/faq.html) for detail
  91
  92
  93 # Forum
  94 [https://forums.ventoy.net](https://forums.ventoy.net)
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