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Fedora Media Writer vs Popsicle: catalog facts
Fedora Media Writer	Popsicle
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux, Command line
Downloads the Fedora image for you Restore feature returns the USB stick to normal use	Flashes several USB drives in parallel GTK interface plus a command-line version
Built around Fedora images Overwrites the whole drive when writing	Linux only Focused on writing images, with no image download feature
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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