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Etcher
Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.
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. It can also directly flash Raspberry Pi devices that support USB device boot mode.
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[Download][etcher] | [Support][support] | [Documentation][user-documentation] | [Contributing][contributing] | [Roadmap][milestones]
Supported Operating Systems
- Linux; most distros; Intel 64-bit.
- Windows 10 and later; Intel 64-bit.
- macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and later; both Intel and Apple Silicon.
Installers
Refer to the [downloads page][etcher] for the latest pre-made
installers for all supported operating systems.
Packages
Debian and Ubuntu based Package Repository (GNU/Linux x86/x64)
Package for Debian and Ubuntu can be downloaded from the Github release page
Install .deb file using apt
sh
sudo apt install ./balena-etcher__amd64.deb
Uninstall
sh
sudo apt remove balena-etcher
Redhat (RHEL) and Fedora-based Package Repository (GNU/Linux x86/x64)
Yum
Package for Fedora-based and Redhat can be downloaded from the Github release page
1. Install using yum
sh
sudo yum localinstall balena-etcher-.x86_64.rpm
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:
sh
yay -S balena-etcher
Uninstall
sh
yay -R balena-etcher
WinGet (Windows)
This package is updated by gh-action, and is kept up to date automatically.
sh
winget install balenaEtcher or Balena.Etcher
Uninstall
sh
winget uninstall balenaEtcher
Chocolatey (Windows)
This package is maintained by @majkinetor, and
is kept up to date automatically.
sh
choco install etcher
Uninstall
sh
choco uninstall etcher
Support
If you're having any problem, please [raise an issue][newissue] on GitHub, and
the balena.io team will be happy to help.
License
Etcher is free software and may be redistributed under the terms specified in
the [license].
[etcher]: https://balena.io/etcher
[electron]: https://electronjs.org/
[electron-supported-platforms]: https://electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/supportsupported-platforms
[support]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/master/docs/SUPPORT.md
[contributing]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/master/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
[user-documentation]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/master/docs/USER-DOCUMENTATION.md
[milestones]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/milestones
[newissue]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/new
[license]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/master/LICENSETop issues
#4150Error: (0 , h.requestMetadata) is not a function307 comments · 2023-12-21#266Implement a way to perform a backup from a drive85 comments · 2016-04-08#718Image configuration support84 comments · 2016-09-23#210Support burning Windows images77 comments · 2016-03-15#2740Incredible low performance52 comments · 2019-04-18#638.gz doesn't return correct file size for content above 2^32 B = 4 GB42 comments · 2016-08-19#413Add persistence option38 comments · 2016-05-16#3399Keep getting flash failed when trying to a flash file on to a sd card32 comments · 2021-01-04
Latest release
v2.1.9 v2.1.9 2026-10-22d78b091e (patch: Update Electron to 44.9.1 and etcher-util to Node.js 24, 2026-10-22) bc583991 (patch: Build native addons with upstream node-gyp on Windows, 2026-10-22) 65b08091 (patch: Move Intel macOS CI to macos-26-large, 2026-10-22) 84bb0506 (Test Linux on a 32-core GitHub-hosted larger runner, 2026-10-22) cdff2a0c (patch: Build etcher-util on Node.js 24.22.1 for the eMudhra CA fix, 2026-10-22) 20c3024e (patch: Check etcher-util starts on Linux CI, 2026-10-22)