flash
A command-line utility that writes disk images to SD cards and can configure device settings.
By Hypriot
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About flash
flash downloads compressed SD card images from the internet or S3, or uses a local image, then writes it to a card. For supported device images, it can also set a hostname or Wi-Fi settings and copy cloud-init files into the boot partition.
The project documents support for macOS and Linux. It can wait for a card to be inserted and show progress when `pv` is installed.
Strengths
- Writes local or downloaded images to SD cards
- Can set hostname and Wi-Fi settings in supported images
- Can wait for a card to be inserted
Limitations
- Supports macOS and Linux
- Progress display requires pv
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the MIT license.
- License
- MIT
- Developer
- Hypriot
- Platforms
- macOS, Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Users preparing SD cards for devices such as Raspberry Pi
- Categories
- Disk tools, CLI tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the Homebrew formula
- Sources