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Fedora Media WriterbalenaEtcher
Free

Free and open source.

 Free

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

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Downloads the Fedora image for you
  • Restore feature returns the USB stick to normal use
  • Hides system drives, so the classic wrong-disk accident is much harder
  • Verifies the write by reading the media back
  • Built around Fedora images
  • Overwrites the whole drive when writing
  • 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-2.0 License: Apache-2.0
No account needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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