{
  "slug": "ventoy",
  "category": "os-installers",
  "name": "Ventoy",
  "description": "A tool that prepares a USB drive so ISO, WIM, IMG, VHD and EFI files copied onto it can be booted from a menu, without reformatting the drive for each image.",
  "website": "https://www.ventoy.net",
  "source": "https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy",
  "license": "GPL-3.0",
  "platforms": [
    "windows",
    "linux"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": null,
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "F",
  "score": 30,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Ventoy scores 30 out of 100 (grade F) on the OS downloaders and bootable USB tools criteria. It meets 1 of 4 criteria: open source. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and independent audit.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/os-installers/ventoy/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/os-installers/ventoy/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/blob/master/BLOB_List.md",
      "note": "GPL-3.0. Prebuilt binaries in the repository are listed with their build instructions or upstream sources."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html",
      "note": "The ventoy.net website loads Google Analytics and Google AdSense."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html",
      "note": "The ventoy.net website shows Google AdSense ads, alongside donations. The app itself has no ads."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit is published."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": null,
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:01:50.013Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}