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Rufus

by pbatard · GPL-3.0-or-later

100/100how this is calculated

A utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.

Record

Latest version
4.15
Release date
30 Jun 2026
Official page
https://rufus.ie/
Package identifier
Rufus.Rufus
Command
rufus

Official downloads

These URLs are the ones pbatard declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.

More than one architecture below. Check which one your Windows is if you are not sure.

Verify the file you downloaded

Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what pbatard published. Delete it.

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash "rufus-4.15.exe" -Algorithm SHA256

macOS · Linux

shasum -a 256 "rufus-4.15.exe"

Expected output

84c8a437f8af89257524478489e5c85f1edf25f761d299e2bcde46ac0afbe106

Got a different hash, or one you cannot place? Paste it into the hash checker and it will tell you which program and version it belongs to, past releases included.

How we scored this 100 out of 100

SignalFindingPoints
SHA-256 hash published3 of 3 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built.30 / 30
Binary provenance3 on the publisher's own domainThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for.35 / 35
Served over HTTPS3 of 3 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.15 / 15
Release recencylast release about 2 months agoSoftware that has not shipped in years accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities.15 / 15
Licence declaredGPL-3.0-or-laterA declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.5 / 5

Is Rufus safe to download?

Yes, in the sense we can actually verify: the installer downloads from github.com, which is a domain we have tied to pbatard.

Every one of the 3 installers on this page comes with the SHA-256 pbatard declared, so you do not have to take our word for it: hash the file you downloaded and compare.

What this does not tell you is whether the software itself is any good, or whether you want what it does once installed. A publisher can ship something you would rather not run and the download is still authentic. We answer the question we can measure and leave the other one to you.

If Windows says “Windows protected your PC” when you run it, that is SmartScreen reporting reputation, not a malware verdict — it shows up on perfectly legitimate software from small publishers and on releases that are simply new. The reverse matters more: no warning does not mean the file was checked.

How the 100/100 score is calculated · why the source matters more than the reputation

Install Rufus with winget

Windows ships with a package manager, and this program is in it. The identifier below is the one Microsoft's repository uses, which is also where the download URL and hash on this page come from.

Install

winget install --id Rufus.Rufus --exact

Upgrade later

winget upgrade --id Rufus.Rufus

Why --exact: without it winget matches on name as well as identifier, and a search that returns more than one package makes it stop and ask rather than install. Pinning the identifier is what makes the command safe to put in a script.

Not installing anything, or getting an error back? The commands that actually come up covers upgrading everything at once, what --include-unknown is for, and why winget can be missing from a machine that should have it.

Old versions of Rufus20 with hashes

The version history of Rufus, each release with the download URL the publisher declared at the time and the SHA-256 to check it against. Useful when an update breaks something and you need to downgrade to a build that worked.

We do not host any of these files and never re-upload them, which is the difference between this and an old-version download site.

4.14

released 30 Apr 2026
  • rufus-4.14_x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    C4C2030901C9069228F90EA37A33D2B38EC83C2CABA8BB88A4C3B8E27BB4FB78

  • rufus-4.14.exe64-bitofficial URL

    9FCAD316C82BA3D0C3130C9F43FB0FE147E9EB62E1BF830716A0BBB6C58D24EE

  • rufus-4.14_arm64.exeARM64official URL

    65461A08DD88F0F2D7BB08FE0E8FEAE33EBC75BC68F25F8DD7803B8F42BC5267

4.13

released 17 Feb 2026
  • rufus-4.13_x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    41FDAEC35B173FBD00E24AF18A763A0DD19135D3571E145661844B31CD576721

  • rufus-4.13.exe64-bitofficial URL

    A314DB019D608E3D9B2EDA797BA5BBE4DFC91BCD621DECD144A580080EB13B1B

  • rufus-4.13_arm64.exeARM64official URL

    E4853C8F540631EFE9FFE4E09A1ED6AD7C42EDA37C6CC444020EEF8830645320

4.12

released 30 Jan 2026
  • rufus-4.12_x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    EA003A94ECD3B96117F57657B899BBE03C29740D5EA0F2C636CD651B292BC32D

  • rufus-4.12.exe64-bitofficial URL

    C19E9AEA0E944DCD36BCDE3D5BEBB60772DE4AFD844C6AE7CB7F5C5AD5742AE0

  • rufus-4.12_arm64.exeARM64official URL

    039690F1408EEEDCCCD60CD5C42B648A2DD691990F5A1D91528D34EC27D19180

4.11

released 02 Oct 2025
  • rufus-4.11_x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    DA70B5A684B643798EB20B720BF362E01AB6987EC47BD99A12F6E2D950A446BF

  • rufus-4.11.exe64-bitofficial URL

    ABBF04D50A44A9612C027FC8072F6DA67F5BCDA2B826F1F852C9C24D7A1FCDFF

  • rufus-4.11_arm64.exeARM64official URL

    D826E054400C2801FF36BAA2A46684EE5E133B5267E4B6A97B02BAB337152018

4.10

released 24 Sept 2025
  • rufus-4.10_x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    E35D98FF73FBF7D09AB6CAC73F65C7EF959C2B5810A53CC803ACCA4A7F8A7023

  • rufus-4.10.exe64-bitofficial URL

    286912931E906857911EA7EFFF981BF804A42E569B49F94B9D52AD354E577775

  • rufus-4.10_arm64.exeARM64official URL

    92B2F9D1AD82E6D48C8C74F118C0A13AFDC1080BB0F9326F5C3F38214F2DA384

4.9

released 15 Jun 2025
  • rufus-4.9_x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    8118ED5D380E4C45367521FDAF7C4EF73F80E43B3F057D464587D1A05C6C5F7E

  • rufus-4.9.exe64-bitofficial URL

    497F796E6D076D4855D697965C04626E6D3624658FCE3ECA82AB14F7414EEDE2

  • rufus-4.9_arm64.exeARM64official URL

    AA2440122F448EEC694C681676358E26E1A1605E712CAA0C52815D5D26989AA2

4.8

released 11 Jun 2025
  • rufus-4.8_x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    24DA1FECA004F8D6908A24AD76DE7E2D51904D1D079E8FA8A449F91A5E881409

  • rufus-4.8.exe64-bitofficial URL

    092B1C10C0240E4AE16F30989C3F06A8E784067A944E4AA3E8A11A75F803D71B

  • rufus-4.8_arm64.exeARM64official URL

    01420EE7AB4438A93379BE61F4652740AF6A6A28AD57B5C0DA40038D4039445F

4.7

released 09 Apr 2025
  • rufus-4.7_x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    38215A377D73441BE536453697045F1A8D1F533C405FD69E90B4FF1B0650247D

  • rufus-4.7.exe64-bitofficial URL

    45777D818FC9BA187BCC7B930583764130EA71100FD9E3C66D4A7143BDBCE4C5

  • rufus-4.7_arm64.exeARM64official URL

    589AF8786A40793C7F5FB0C9C25173288B567D8593D8EB18344AC255B26BAE29

4.6

released 21 Oct 2024
  • rufus-4.6_x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    1C3EDD36BDB686DE09E3A0AD6507D52B9F91FA3AE2A24658FB0F7C157C2C8DCF

  • rufus-4.6.exe64-bitofficial URL

    8279696C1D78B14618500E9135886A3667B9DECC65946F3729002E4BFDBB20AB

  • rufus-4.6_arm.exeARMofficial URL

    72EEE5AAA819B442AEE34AEA7B075B0FB478A8DA189A57EE2936520707D41A2F

  • rufus-4.6_arm64.exeARM64official URL

    318F89696B36BE6667B1D70EAF211851B8289020BD61CDAA57EBC3A1500436E1

4.5

released 22 May 2024
  • rufus-4.5.exe32-bitofficial URL

    C6E6CDBA209F899E5087F1A1A4BABC759414B4A687B60BA4BCE62B6B37E8E82B

4.4

released 17 Jan 2024
  • rufus-4.4_x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    3DD2C19F81CF78D0D31ADD3C099F0BB99558B6C9E16C5B459065BCD2828E717F

  • rufus-4.4.exe64-bitofficial URL

    42CDB16F6DD64C4FEC30C7A71960FE4D0015862C37E7B02C8DBA5C0D68384C74

  • rufus-4.4_arm.exeARMofficial URL

    79FE5CC04AF761BF15AB4AE56487C2CFD29444E25E001A88772FE60E37D80CAB

  • rufus-4.4_arm64.exeARM64official URL

    D58C8AE1A54A68486918D595D02C533EB3BAF0DAA19B4F3CBF6283B95B89C0AF

4.3

released 19 Oct 2023
  • rufus-4.3_x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    9507FDDB33ADB3E8A1832B0083847DF70E423AB8E63C15EB9E66AE507EF33AD9

  • rufus-4.3.exe64-bitofficial URL

    9158FED9FB694BC7F7C0520205C101DEFDFFE225A4C1F9AF1A3C62314D51FDCA

  • rufus-4.3_arm.exeARMofficial URL

    B43002C98835E8D3D2B1A3A839844581C9A35274D6BC62AA082331285E1D7002

  • rufus-4.3_arm64.exeARM64official URL

    51F7095CDDBE64DA4C60EFA4306D3C469F8651CA2E9FB08E7AF10A7676DDCA5D

4.2

released 26 Jul 2023
  • rufus-4.2.exe32-bitofficial URL

    C8420CF0F9F5E9A413865A34D998C6E56617CECE45B2FB9F92DC28615BCC0ED7

  • rufus-4.2_arm.exeARMofficial URL

    4085CDB0770CE474923ACCA28B6061A7FA55AD217985BCE3B59301537D22A0A9

  • rufus-4.2_arm64.exeARM64official URL

    1E95FBF8DCC2F7D4EA564EEEE9863CF30CE99150EC79CB248B951A48A1A4E577

4.1

  • rufus-4.1.exe64-bitofficial URL

    8F680FDC6E91AFF40066ECEBDCFBE985A058313E6DDC024A9123FE0985493035

  • rufus-4.1_x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    D4395B56ADFBE8E0362DB463534E4B11FE8388297B58D0EC9FD9783A544DED93

  • rufus-4.1_arm.exeARMofficial URL

    553B7224E672B1F234BF4D73C40FBD13834DA4D2150FA3239E793302C8433BC2

  • rufus-4.1_arm64.exeARM64official URL

    393B677FB2F281514B739E8C05FC326829AF0AFEC5FE5F3B91B55FC3B6237C65

4.0

  • rufus-4.0.exe64-bitofficial URL

    BFECF4DCF1A63D8B64B900906102EDF666642316291C9BBA42EB0FB9C7BCCBD6

  • rufus-4.0_x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    D41D72C239C4561D86A4D4C0D76A0DCA41BD8798BCFEFB7BFCB7EFD073A6F391

  • rufus-4.0_arm.exeARMofficial URL

    1E9ADAE0F5160966A13AB7D1D48B88AAC64D4A04082378ED18A06AD6175A4627

  • rufus-4.0_arm64.exeARM64official URL

    0496D29183FE30F00AB452249AE4AFB358628258AB63BD9E85C077D162DBC6D7

3.22

released 25 Mar 2023
  • rufus-3.22.exe64-bitofficial URL

    AC2A1743BBFC19268C36280B50A003366D41854863D4808099CD87F77FA5F433

  • rufus-3.22_arm.exeARMofficial URL

    6DBC625B182F6A9307247F123D03AAA28E9CF8F169A678CC34C39707B0E2079F

  • rufus-3.22_arm64.exeARM64official URL

    3B07D65B2AB8A482708E787BA44A1A8D0283D84EAF37280A5D865AFA0973C0F6

3.21

released 28 Nov 2022
  • rufus-3.21p.exe64-bitofficial URL

    D0554F1FC47407D678A4D8EACE607272013C475033B636BFB1824ED6B1A22E36

  • rufus-3.21_arm64.exeARM64official URL

    DF9D4A8BED7AABB343914F69817A4EDD9A53F1BA6427257ABB771C1BB39A8026

  • rufus-3.21_arm.exeARMofficial URL

    9BFCA68B1451151835C1908B3EFF778F8EC24C5B390C63A5A5DEA7BFA0EC9A91

3.20

released 03 Aug 2022
  • rufus-3.20p.exe64-bitofficial URL

    042F0B284AF6E3316BAF6235A4F0141966A051873B5631C7E5A724CF1F5E7973

  • rufus-3.20_arm64.exeARM64official URL

    990A903E697D30EEF5787FEECA7A62E6AC3A92294AA1BF9340C1396D630B59C9

  • rufus-3.20_arm.exeARMofficial URL

    1271F3FC66AE7516D06AFB1D72484CBFD13C168AB4CD19C4E60FFA72A95424F6

3.19

released 01 Jul 2022
  • rufus-3.19p.exe64-bitofficial URL

    75827940E5D821F30951E641772696BAB6D97E37E3479F70E1CA4B8CB4D40132

  • rufus-3.19_arm64.exeARM64official URL

    163E93B8116CA76045D0FC34DAF735CB72FDFBDF7938BA293EE39187E9674135

  • rufus-3.19_arm.exeARMofficial URL

    273329940F34DADAF7526EEE89AFB6B3E3F728855320C20C0F4F7296BE4450AF

3.13.1730.0

  • Rufus-3.13.appxanyofficial URL

    728BA1C9326527347E7F5A648648CB88BA8EE04FB90FBBD5D23A378501AB0FD1

Earlier releases4 more

The file names, so you can tell what you have. Their hashes are in the hash checker and in the downloadable archive.

  • 3.12Rufus-3.12.appx
  • 3.11Rufus-3.11.appx
  • 3.10Rufus-3.10.appx
  • 3.9.1624.0Rufus-3.9.appx

Publishers take old builds offline without warning, so a link here can stop working even though the hash stays correct forever. If you already have the file, the hash is what matters: it tells you whether what you have is what they published.

Every version on record25

Every Rufus version with a published manifest, newest first. The most recent ones are listed above with their file names and hashes.

  • 4.15
  • 4.14
  • 4.13
  • 4.12
  • 4.11
  • 4.10
  • 4.9
  • 4.8
  • 4.7
  • 4.6
  • 4.5
  • 4.4
  • 4.3
  • 4.2
  • 4.1
  • 4.0
  • 3.22
  • 3.21
  • 3.20
  • 3.19
  • 3.13.1730.0
  • 3.12
  • 3.11
  • 3.10
  • 3.9.1624.0

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Where our data comes from

Windows manifest
github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/r/Rufus/Rufus/4.15