Rufus

Name: Rufus
Author: pbatard

by pbatard · GPL-3.0

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

Record

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.

portablegithub.com · publisher domain

portablegithub.com · publisher domain

portablegithub.com · publisher domain

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

Signal	Finding	Points
SHA-256 hash published	3 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 provenance	3 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 HTTPS	3 of 3 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.	15 / 15
Release recency	last release about 1 months agoSoftware that has not shipped in years accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities.	15 / 15
Licence declared	GPL-3.0A declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.	5 / 5

Every version with a published manifest, newest first. Useful when you need an older build for compatibility.

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