Features

What Ventoy can do

A tour of the features people mention most in reviews and forum threads.

Multi-boot menu

Boot from many ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD/EFI files stored on a single USB drive.

Drop-and-boot workflow

Just place new image files on the drive — no re-preparation needed.

Secure Boot support

Works with Secure Boot enabled on modern UEFI firmware.

Legacy + UEFI + IA32 + ARM64 + MIPS64EL

Broad firmware and CPU architecture coverage.

Persistence plugin

Attach persistent storage files to Linux live sessions.

Auto-install plugin

Attach kickstart/preseed/autounattend answer files to images.

Themes

Customize the boot menu with GRUB-style themes and fonts.

Plugin framework

Extendable configuration via a JSON-based plugin system.

Injection plugin

Inject drivers or scripts into images at boot time.

Password protection

Optional password gate for the whole menu or individual entries.

MemDisk mode

Load images fully into RAM for images that require it.

Live update

Refresh the bootloader without touching your files.