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ImageUSBbalenaEtcher
Free

Free to download and use.

 Free

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

Windows Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Writes one image to many USB drives concurrently
  • Bit-level copies that preserve slack space and the MBR
  • Hides system drives, so the classic wrong-disk accident is much harder
  • Verifies the write by reading the media back
  • Writing CD ISO images directly may not produce a bootable drive on every system
  • Closed source
  • 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
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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