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Raspberry Pi Imager vs USBImager: catalog facts
Raspberry Pi Imager	USBImager
Free Free from Raspberry Pi.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Official tool maintained by Raspberry Pi Writes to both SD cards and USB drives	Writes compressed images without unpacking first Runs on Windows, Linux and macOS
Built mainly around Raspberry Pi use rather than general disk imaging	Deliberately minimal feature set Writing to the wrong drive erases it
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
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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