balenaEtcher
balena.ioFlash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.
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About
balenaEtcher is a free, open-source desktop application for flashing OS images onto SD cards and USB drives across Linux, Windows, and macOS. It protects users from accidentally overwriting hard drives and verifies that every byte was written correctly. It also supports direct flashing of Raspberry Pi devices that use USB device boot mode.
Problem
Flashing OS images to SD cards or USB drives is error-prone and can accidentally overwrite important drives.
For
Makers, hobbyists, and developers working with single-board computers and embedded systems
How it works
Users select an OS image and a target drive; Etcher writes the image safely and verifies the data after flashing.
Business model
open-source
Status
launched
Company
balena.io