balenaEtcher (commonly referred to and formerly known as Etcher) is a free and open-source
utility used for writing image files such as
.iso
An optical disc image (or ISO image, from the ISO 9660 file system used with CD-ROM media) is a disk image that contains everything that would be written to an optical disc, disk sector by disc sector, including the optical disc file system. I ...
and
.img img or IMG is an abbreviation for image.
img or IMG may also refer to:
* IMG (company), global sports and media business headquartered in New York City but with its main offices in Cleveland, originally known as the "International Management Group ...
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. Etcher was developed using the
Electron framework and supports Windows, macOS and Linux. balenaEtcher was originally called Etcher, but its name was changed on October 29, 2018, when Resin.io changed its name to Balena.
Features
Etcher is primarily used through a graphical user interface. Additionally, there is a command line interface available which is under active development.
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.
See also
*
List of tools to create Live USB systems
This is a list of utilities for creating a live USB. Only those listed on Wikipedia are included.
Overview
Features
Multiboot means that the tool allows multiple systems on the USB stick, as well as a bootloader on the USB flash drive to choose ...
References
External links
*{{Official website, https://www.balena.io/etcher/
Github Repository
Cross-platform software
Free system software
Linux installation software
Multiboot live USB