🔥 New — v1.0.0 • 110 KB portable

Create bootable USB drives,
no install needed.

YellowBoot is a tiny (110 KB) portable tool to write ISO images to USB flash drives. Just download and run — it's that simple. A modern, open‑source alternative to Rufus.

Windows 7 / 8 / 10 / 11 (64-bit) • MIT License • View on GitHub

Why YellowBoot?

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Ultra Lightweight

Weighs just 110 KB. A single executable — no dependencies, no bloat.

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Portable & Instant

No installation required. Run directly from any folder or USB stick.

Fast & Efficient

Multi-threaded write engine for quick creation of bootable drives.

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100% Open Source

MIT licensed. Code on GitHub. Transparent and community‑driven.

Works with every major OS

🪟 Windows 🐧 Ubuntu 🎩 Fedora 🌀 Debian 🏗️ Arch Linux 🍎 macOS 🌿 Mint 📦 CentOS

System Requirements

Operating System
Windows 7 / 8 / 10 / 11 (64-bit)
RAM
512 MB minimum
Disk Space
5 MB (portable)
USB Port
USB 2.0 or higher
USB Drive
4 GB min (8 GB+ recommended)

Clean, no‑clutter interface

Main window Progress Complete

Pick ISO, choose USB, click write. No complex settings.

Change Log

v1.0.02025-06-15
  • Initial public release
  • Multi-threaded write engine
  • MBR and GPT support
  • UEFI and Legacy BIOS
  • FAT32, NTFS, exFAT
  • SHA-256 checksum
  • Portable executable
  • Dark UI with progress
v0.2.12025-05-20
  • Reduced size to <148 KB
  • Fixed sector size crash
  • Improved progress bar
  • Windows 11 detection