Helix Boot

A multiboot rescue USB that builds itself from upstream sources.

Current tools, verified downloads, a boot menu you can theme, and room for your own licensed software. Recovery, diagnostics and repair on one stick.

Download v0.7.7 Source on GitHub Documentation

Released October 8, 2026.

The Helix Boot menu with tool categories over the Helix Neon theme

The Lazarus PE tool launcher on Windows PE

What it does

Always current: every tool resolves to its latest upstream release each time you refresh.
Verified: downloads are checked against the publisher’s checksum or GitHub’s digest, and anything without one is refused unless you trust it explicitly.
Free tools by default, with slots for paid tools you bring yourself. Nothing is redistributed.
Refresh updates the stick in place and keeps files you added; check reads it back for damaged files.
Seven boot-menu themes, icon styles and your own background and splash, previewed before they are written.
Offline packs: the whole stick in one zip that builds a new stick with no internet.
Lazarus PE: your own Windows 11 PE with a full-screen tool launcher.
Only USB disks are offered, and the device is checked again before each write.

Install

Download

From the latest release: HelixBoot.exe for Windows, HelixBoot-linux-x86_64 or HelixBoot.sh for Linux, or HelixBoot-mac-arm64 and HelixBoot-mac-x86_64 to update a stick on macOS.

chmod +x HelixBoot.sh && ./HelixBoot.sh

From a clone

Needs Python 3.11.4 or later and sudo.

git clone https://github.com/Commanderx-code/helix-boot
cd helix-boot
./install.sh      # download and verify, pick a stick, type its name to confirm
./refresh.sh      # later: update the stick in place
./check.sh        # read the stick back: any damaged files?

Requirements

Builds sticks on Windows and Linux; macOS can update an existing stick. Built on Ventoy, PhoenixPE and PortableApps.com.

MIT license.