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balenaEtcher

Write operating system images to SD cards and USB drives, with drive selection safeguards and post-write checks.

Apache-2.0 · Downloads from github.com

License
Apache-2.0
Open source
Category
Utilities
Source
GitHub
balena-io
Verified
2026

About balenaEtcher

balenaEtcher flashes disk images such as Raspberry Pi or Linux installers onto SD cards and USB drives. It guards against accidentally writing to your computer's own disks and checks that the data was written correctly, and it can also flash Raspberry Pi devices that boot in USB device mode.

It is an Electron app maintained by Balena, and the official releases include separate macOS builds for Apple silicon and Intel. Writing an image erases the target drive, so double-check the selected device before flashing.

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Source code
balena-io/etcher
License
Apache-2.0
Website
etcher.balena.io
Download
github.com
Category
Utilities
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