Popsicle
A Linux utility from System76 that writes a disk image to several USB drives at once.
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- Flathub
flatpak install flathub com.system76.Popsicle
About Popsicle
Popsicle is a USB flasher written in Rust that writes an image file to multiple USB devices in parallel. It is developed by System76 as part of the Pop!_OS project and comes with a GTK graphical front end as well as a command-line version.
It suits anyone who needs to prepare several bootable installation sticks at the same time, such as for a classroom, a repair bench or an install event, and prefers a native Linux tool.
Strengths
- Flashes several USB drives in parallel
- GTK interface plus a command-line version
- Written in Rust
Limitations
- Linux only
- Focused on writing images, with no image download feature
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- System76
- Platforms
- Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Writing the same image to many USB sticks on Linux
- Categories
- Disk tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Popsicle
Compare allSoftware that can replace Popsicle for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
balenaEtcher
Writes an OS image to a USB stick or SD card, verifies every byte, and refuses to target your hard drive.
balenaEtcher writes and verifies one image per run on Windows, macOS and Linux, hiding system drives, but lacks parallel flashing of several sticks.
ImageUSB
A free PassMark utility that writes an image to many USB flash drives at the same time.
ImageUSB also writes one image to many USB drives at once, but it runs on Windows and is closed source.
GNOME Disks
A graphical disk utility for GNOME that partitions, formats, benchmarks and images drives on Linux.
GNOME Disks can write a USB image as part of a wider Linux disk utility with partitioning and SMART data, one drive at a time.
Impression
A simple GNOME app for writing disk images to USB drives to make them bootable.
Impression is a minimal GNOME app for writing one disk image to a USB drive on Linux, with fewer options and no parallel writing.
USBImager
A minimal cross-platform app that writes compressed disk images to USB drives.
USBImager writes compressed images to a single USB drive without unpacking first, and runs on Windows, macOS and Linux with a minimal interface.
Fedora Media Writer
A tool that downloads Fedora images and writes them to USB flash drives.
Fedora Media Writer downloads Fedora images for you and can restore the stick afterwards, but it is built around Fedora and writes one drive at a time.
Raspberry Pi Imager
The official tool for writing Raspberry Pi OS and other images to SD cards and USB drives.
Raspberry Pi Imager writes images to SD cards and USB drives across Windows, macOS and Linux, but it is built mainly around Raspberry Pi use.
Popsicle as an alternative
Listings that name Popsicle as an alternative.
UNetbootin
Writes Linux distribution ISOs to a USB drive on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Popsicle writes the same image to several USB drives in parallel on Linux, offering a GTK interface and a command-line version.
Win32 Disk Imager
A Windows tool for writing raw disk images to USB drives and SD cards, or backing them up.
Popsicle runs only on Linux and flashes several USB drives in parallel, with GTK and command-line interfaces.
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