Rufus version history
Windows utility for creating bootable USB drives.
Current verified version
4.15Verified 2026-08-23 from Rufus GitHub releases.
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Newest first15 stable release records
- 4.15Rufus 4.15Official release ↗
Add RISC-V 64 support to [UEFI:NTFS](https://github.com/pbatard/uefi-ntfs)
- 4.14Rufus 4.14Official release ↗
_Windows User Experience_ improvements:
- 4.13 Rufus 4.13 [BUGFIX RELEASE]Official release ↗
Fix UEFI:NTFS not selecting the proper driver for ARM/ARM64
- 4.12Rufus 4.12Official release ↗
Filter out the new Bitdefender VHDs
- 4.11Rufus 4.11Official release ↗
Add a cheat mode (<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>Alt</kbd>-<kbd>D</kbd>) to toggle between Light and Dark mode (#2814)
- 4.10Rufus 4.10Official release ↗
Add Dark Mode support (courtesy of @ozone10) (#1453)(#2510)(#2713)
- 4.9Rufus 4.9 [BUGFIX RELEASE]Official release ↗
Fix downloads from https://rufus.ie no longer working due to recent GitHub server changes
- 4.8Rufus 4.8Official release ↗
Switch to [wimlib](https://wimlib.net) for all WIM image processing:
- 4.7Rufus 4.7Official release ↗
Add a mechanism to detect and download updated [DBXs](https://uefi.org/revocationlistfile) from the official UEFI repository
- 4.6Rufus 4.6Official release ↗
Add a new `setup.exe` wrapper to bypass Windows 11 24H2 in-place upgrade restrictions (#2568)
- 4.5Rufus 4.5Official release ↗
Add new advanced option to perform [runtime UEFI media validation](https://github.com/pbatard/uefi-md5sum) of suitable images (Windows, most Linux)
- 4.4Rufus 4.4Official release ↗
Add workaround for distros that use broken symbolic links as their UEFI bootloaders (such as Mint 21.3)
- 4.3Rufus 4.3Official release ↗
Add support for symbolic link preservation when NTFS is used
- 4.2Rufus 4.2Official release ↗
Add detection and warning for UEFI revoked bootloaders (including ones revoked through `SkuSiPolicy.p7b`) (#2244)
- 4.1Rufus 4.1Official release ↗
Add timeouts on enumeration queries that may stall on some systems
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