balenaEtcher Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to balenaEtcher for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is UNetbootin, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to balenaEtcher and 14 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to balenaEtcher are dd, USBImager, WinDiskWriter and Fedora Media Writer.

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balenaEtcher alternatives are mainly Bootable USB Creators but may also be Disk Imaging Tools or Linux Distros. Other popular filters includes Android Tablet + Create bootable USB and Mac + Create bootable USB. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of balenaEtcher.

balenaEtcher

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Bootable USB Creator
Free • Open Source

balenaEtcher is a free and open-source image burner with support for Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux. It makes USB and SD card image burning as simple and fast as possible.

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balenaEtcher alternatives page was last updated Dec 8, 2023

UNetbootin
742 likes
Cross-platform tool to create bootable USB drive or create Live USB drives with built-in downloader for Linux ISO images and rescue disks.
56 UNetbootin alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Bootable USB Creator
- Linux Distro
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- PortableApps.com
Top UNetbootin Features
1. Create bootable USB
2. Persistent Linux
3. Automatic downloading
4. Download ISO Images
5. Portable
6. Privacy focused
7. Windows To Go
8. Ad-free
9. Lightweight
10. Portable Linux
11. Burn iso
Discontinued
Last commit to the repository was on Jun 28, 2023, and latest version is from Feb 4, 2021.
UNetbootin VS balenaEtcher
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Comments about UNetbootin as an Alternative to balenaEtcher

Guest
I cannot choose Winshit 10
Negative comment •May 5, 2016
2
Guest
It doesn't appear to just write images to disk
Negative comment •Jun 16, 2022
0
- Most users think UNetbootin is a great balenaEtcher alternative.
- UNetbootin is the most popular Mac alternative to balenaEtcher.
- UNetbootin is Free and Open SourcebalenaEtcher is also Free and Open Source
- UNetbootin is Privacy focusedbalenaEtcher is not according to our users

dd
97 likes
dd, that stands for ‘data duplicator’, is a command-line utility for Unix mainly used for copying and converting data.
35 dd alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Bootable USB Creator
- Disk Imaging Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
dd Features
Command line interface
Burn iso
Write ISO to SD card
Create image
dd VS balenaEtcher
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Comments about dd as an Alternative to balenaEtcher

Paul
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.
Positive comment •Apr 2, 2020
1
Guest
It's application free, and already, always installed in system !
Positive comment •Jul 22, 2022
0
sharmaganesha2
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.
Positive comment •Oct 9, 2020
0
- Almost everyone thinks dd is a great balenaEtcher alternative.
- dd is Free and Open SourcebalenaEtcher is also Free and Open Source

USBImager
21 likes
USBImager is a really really simple GUI application that writes compressed disk images to USB drives and creates backups.
17 USBImager alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Bootable USB Creator
- Disk Imaging Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Raspberry Pi
+1
USBImager Features
1. Disk Imaging
2. Write ISO to SD card
3. ARM support
4. Ad-free
5. Lightweight
6. Portable
7. Raspberry Pi Development
USBImager VS balenaEtcher
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Comments about USBImager as an Alternative to balenaEtcher

rescuezilla
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.
Positive comment •Dec 27, 2020
1
docampoangel
Is like etcher but installed occupies 508,43 KiB in disk, instead 500MB of spyware and electron crap.
Positive comment •Dec 4, 2022
0
prog_uk
Small, simple and does everything it needs to without any unnecessary bells and whistles.
Positive comment •Nov 4, 2022
0
- Almost everyone thinks USBImager is a great balenaEtcher alternative.
- USBImager is Free and Open SourcebalenaEtcher is also Free and Open Source

WinDiskWriter
8 likes
A macOS app that creates bootable USB drives for Windows. Patches Windows 11 to bypass TPM and Secure Boot requirements.
50 WinDiskWriter alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Bootable USB Creator
Platforms
- Mac
WinDiskWriter VS balenaEtcher
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Fedora Media Writer
3 likes
A tool to create a bootable live USB drive with an edition of Fedora. Not only can Fedora Media Writer write an image to your flash drive, it can also download it for you. It offers official editions (Server, Workstation), Fedora spins (KDE Plasma Desktop, Xfce Desktop, Cinnamon...
47 Fedora Media Writer alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Fedora Media Writer VS balenaEtcher
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ApplePi-Baker v2
146 likes
Restore/Backup Utility, initially intended for Raspberry Pi users, but very suitable for all SD cards and external disks. More compression formats, no more sudo passwords, enable SSH, Auto Eject, restore to multiple disks, size check, shrink, etc.
17 ApplePi-Baker v2 alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
- Bootable USB Creator
Platforms
- Mac
ApplePi-Baker v2 Features
Writes images to SD/USB
Cleaning unwanted partitioning
Format a SD to NOOBS-compatible format
Lightweight
+5
ApplePi-Baker v2 VS balenaEtcher
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Comments about ApplePi-Baker v2 as an Alternative to balenaEtcher

Luis E Martinez S
the level of customization at the time of restoring and image file to an sd card or usb drive, somethin that etcher lacks of it.
Positive comment •May 8, 2020
0
Ponyboy47
Automatic backup of images Easy to use Great design
Positive comment •May 30, 2019
0
- Most users think ApplePi-Baker v2 is a great balenaEtcher alternative.
- ApplePi-Baker v2 is Free and ProprietarybalenaEtcher is Free and Open Source

Raspberry Pi Imager
10 likes
Use Raspberry Pi Imager for an easy way to install Raspberry Pi OS and other operating systems to an SD card ready to use with your Raspberry Pi.
20 Raspberry Pi Imager alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Bootable USB Creator
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Raspbian
+2
Raspberry Pi Imager VS balenaEtcher
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KDE ISO Image Writer
7 likes
Write an ISO Image to a USB Disk.
51 KDE ISO Image Writer alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Bootable USB Creator
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- KDE
KDE ISO Image Writer VS balenaEtcher
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