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hop

hop is a Windows application for installing Linux alongside Windows without a USB stick. It checks the PC and selected drive, downloads and verifies a Linux ISO from official sources or accepts an existing ISO, creates a FAT32 installer partition on an internal disk, copies and checks the ISO files, adds a one-time startup entry using the ISO's signed bootloader, and restarts into the Linux installer. It can make space by using existing free space or shrinking a Windows drive, and can undo an installation or remove another Linux installation. Supported systems include Ubuntu and its flavours, Linux Mint, Pop!_OS, Zorin OS, Debian, Fedora Workstation, Arch Linux, Omarchy and others, with system-specific limitations such as Secure Boot or BitLocker requirements. It requires Windows 10 version 1803 or newer or Windows 11 on a UEFI PC with a GPT disk; Linux must be installed on a disk inside the PC. The project is distributed as hop.exe and is licensed under the MIT License.

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What hop is used for

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  • A Windows app that installs Linux right next to Windows with no USB stick needed, built in C. It checks your PC, makes an installer partition on your own drive, copies the Linux ISO using its own signed bootloader, and downloads Ubuntu or Linux Mint from official servers.

  • A Windows app that installs Linux alongside Windows without a USB stick — it downloads and verifies the ISO, safely shrinks the drive, copies the installer to an internal partition, and restarts into the Linux installer.

Videos mentioning hop

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