balenaEtcher AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Disk Imaging Tools

The best Disk Imaging alternative to balenaEtcher is dd, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to balenaEtcher and nine of them are Disk Imaging Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Disk Imaging Tool alternatives to balenaEtcher are Win32 Disk Imager, USBImager, ImageUSB and Impression (GTK).

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  1. dd icon

    dd

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    dd, that stands for ‘data duplicator’, is a command-line utility for Unix mainly used for copying and converting data.

    39 dd alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Comments about dd as an Alternative to balenaEtcher
    Paul
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    A good command-line alternative that comes with Unix-based operating systems. It's what I use on my MacBook to burn Linux ISO images on my USB drive.

    Guest
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    It's application free, and already, always installed in system !

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    sharmaganesha2
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    It's command line. That means it does not have garbage inside the program. But it might freak some people out. But Literally, you have Git Bash so you can use DD on Windows.

    The usage:

    $ lsblk /dev/sdb 28G /dev/sda 931G $ dd if=popos.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M status=progress

    It's really nice.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks dd is a great balenaEtcher alternative.

    • dd is Free and Open SourcebalenaEtcher is also Free and Open Source
  2. Win32 Disk Imager icon

    Win32 Disk Imager

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    A utility that can write a raw backup image of your hard drive to a removable device or vice versa.

    48 Win32 Disk Imager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    TheDcoder
    Positive
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    A lot smaller and more native to the Windows platform than Etcher

    Guest
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    Win32 Disk Imager, despite its name, does not "create" disk images: it only writes/mounts pre-existing .img files to flash storage.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Win32 Disk Imager is a great balenaEtcher alternative.

    • Win32 Disk Imager is Free and Open SourcebalenaEtcher is also Free and Open Source
  4. USBImager icon

    USBImager

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    USBImager is a really really simple GUI application that writes compressed disk images to USB drives and creates backups.

    21 USBImager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
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    rescuezilla
    Positive
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    USBImager is a 300 kilobyte download compared to balenaEtcher's 80+ megabyte. They're both cross-platform (Windows/macOS/Linux). The reason is USBImager is a native app while balenaEtcher is an Electron app.

    balenaEtcher is still a bit more user-friendly, but USBImager is by far the best cross-platform alternative right now.

    docampoangel
    Positive
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    Is like etcher but installed occupies 508,43 KiB in disk, instead 500MB of spyware and electron crap.

    prog_uk
    Positive
    0

    Small, simple and does everything it needs to without any unnecessary bells and whistles.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks USBImager is a great balenaEtcher alternative.

    • USBImager is Free and Open SourcebalenaEtcher is also Free and Open Source
  7. IsoDumper icon

    IsoDumper

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    IsoDumper is a tool primarily for writing downloaded bootable ISO images to a USB stick.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Batch ISO Creator

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    Batch ISO Creator is a lightweight Windows utility that turns multiple folders into ISO images in a single click —no command line, no scripts, no bloat.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Caligula icon

    Caligula

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    A user-friendly, lightweight TUI wrapper for the dd command written in Rust that performs easy disk imaging and ISO burning with only a single command with graphs and rich confirmation dialogs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Homebrew
    Screenshot of the Caligula TUI verifying a disk
     
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