balenaEtcher (commonly referred to as just Etcher) is a free and open-source utility used for writing image files such as .iso and .img files, as well as zipped folders onto storage media to create live SD cards and USB flash drives. It is developed by balena, and licensed under Apache License 2.0.^[2] Etcher was developed using the Electron framework and supports Windows, macOS and Linux.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} balenaEtcher was originally called Etcher, but its name was changed on October 29, 2018, when Resin.io changed its name to Balena.^[8]

Etcher is a powerful OS image flasher built with web technologies to ensure flashing an SDCard or USB drive is a pleasant and safe experience. It protects you from accidentally writing to your hard-drives, ensures every byte of data was written correctly, and much more. Etcher is a very simple and self-explanatory tool which offers a pretty easy and quick installation. It’s free and open-source and can be accessed on any OS.

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Etcher is primarily used through a graphical user interface. Additionally, there is a command line interface available which is under active development.^[9]

Future planned features include support for persistent storage allowing live SD card or USB flash drive to be used as a hard drive, as well as support for flashing multiple boot partitions to a single SD card or USB flash drive.^[10]

References[edit]

1. ^'Etcher releases'. GitHub. balena.io. Retrieved 2020-11-23.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
2. ^'balena-io/etcher'. GitHub. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
3. ^'Burn SD cards with Etcher'. Rasberrypi.org (Magpi).
4. ^Sneddon, Joey. 'How to Install Etcher, the open-source USB writer tool, on Ubuntu'. Omgubuntu.
5. ^Klosowski, Thorin. 'Etcher Is the Easiest Way to Make a Raspberry Pi SD Card'. Lifehacker.
6. ^Kili, Aaron. 'Etcher – A Modern USB and SD Card Image Writer Tool for Linux'. Fossmint.
7. ^'How to Write an .img to SD Card on Mac the Easy Way with Etcher'. OSxdaily.
8. ^'Resin.io changes name to balena, releases open source edition'. balena.io. 2018-10-29. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
9. ^'Etcher by resin.io Command Line'. etcher.io. Archived from the original on 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
10. ^'BalenaEtcher - Pro'. balenaEtcher. Retrieved 2018-12-10.

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Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.

Etcher is a powerful OS image flasher built with web technologies to ensureflashing an SDCard or USB drive is a pleasant and safe experience. It protectsyou from accidentally writing to your hard-drives, ensures every byte of datawas written correctly, and much more. It can also directly flash Raspberry Pi devices that support USB device boot mode.

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Supported Operating Systems

• Linux (most distros)
• macOS 10.10 (Yosemite) and later
• Microsoft Windows 7 and later

Note: Etcher will run on any platform officially supported byElectron. Read more in theirdocumentation.

Installers

Refer to the downloads page for the latest pre-madeinstallers for all supported operating systems.

Note: Our deb and rpm packages are now hosted on Cloudsmith!

Debian and Ubuntu based Package Repository (GNU/Linux x86/x64)

1. Add Etcher Debian repository:

2. Update and install:

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OpenSUSE LEAP & Tumbleweed install

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Redhat (RHEL) and Fedora-based Package Repository (GNU/Linux x86/x64)

DNF

1. Add Etcher rpm repository:

2. Update and install:

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Yum

1. Add Etcher rpm repository:

2. Update and install:

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Solus (GNU/Linux x64)

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Arch/Manjaro Linux (GNU/Linux x64)

Etcher is offered through the Arch User Repository and can be installed on both Manjaro and Arch systems. You can compile it from the source code in this repository using balena-etcher. The following example uses a common AUR helper to install the latest release:

Etcher Download

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Brew (macOS)

Note: Etcher has to be updated manually to point to new versions,so it might not refer to the latest version immediately after an Etcherrelease.

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Etchers Nursery

Chocolatey (Windows)

This package is maintained by @majkinetor, andis kept up to date automatically.

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Support

If you're having any problem, please raise an issue on GitHub, andthe balena.io team will be happy to help.

License

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Etcher is free software and may be redistributed under the terms specified inthe license.