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Raspberry Pi Imager vs Win32 Disk Imager: catalog facts
Raspberry Pi Imager	Win32 Disk Imager
Free Free from Raspberry Pi.	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows
Official tool maintained by Raspberry Pi Writes to both SD cards and USB drives	Writes and reads raw images on SD cards and USB drives Can back up a card or stick to an image file
Built mainly around Raspberry Pi use rather than general disk imaging	Windows only Reported issues with USB floppy drives and some other devices
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0
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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