What's new in 0.3.0
- Windows User Experience options (for Windows ISOs): preset, applied via a generated
autounattend.xml—- Bypass Windows 11 checks (TPM/Secure Boot/RAM/CPU/Storage)
- Create a local account (username; blank password — also skips the Microsoft-account screen)
- Skip privacy questions
- Use this Mac's region & language
- Disable BitLocker auto-encryption
Included since earlier releases
- Linux/general image raw-DD write + SHA-256 verify (toggleable).
- Windows 10/11 install USB: GPT/FAT32 +
install.wimsplit (bundledwimlib) for UEFI boot. - Format mode (no image): erase a USB as exFAT/FAT32 with MBR/GPT + a volume label.
- No background daemon, no Full Disk Access — privileged write via
authopen; formatting viadiskutil.
Install
Open the DMG, drag RufusApp to Applications. macOS 13+, Apple Silicon or Intel.
Signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple — launches without Gatekeeper warnings.
Writing/formatting erases the entire target disk. The Windows-USB + customization paths are not yet validated end-to-end on physical hardware (see
docs/manual-test-checklist.md); the core has 67 automated tests.