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BootqtbalenaEtcher
Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.

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Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence. Balena sells separate commercial device…

Linux Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Few steps: select drive, select image, write
  • Handles both ISO and IMG files
  • Hides system drives, so the classic wrong-disk accident is much harder
  • Verifies the write by reading the media back
  • Linux only for now
  • Basic feature set compared with tools such as Ventoy
  • An Electron app doing a job a 200 KB tool could do
  • No persistent storage or multi-boot; one image per stick
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0-only License: Apache-2.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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