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 16 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to balenaEtcher are dd, USBImager, WinDiskWriter and KDE ISO Image Writer.

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  1. UNetbootin icon

    UNetbootin

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    Cross-platform tool for making bootable USB and Live USB drives, featuring a built-in downloader for Linux ISO images and rescue disks, supporting BSD and various utilities. No installation required, it runs directly and offers compatibility and community support for many distributions.

    57 UNetbootin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • PortableApps.com
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    Comments about UNetbootin as an Alternative to balenaEtcher
    Guest
    Negative
    2

    I cannot choose Winshit 10

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
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    It doesn't appear to just write images to disk

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • 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
  2. 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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    • BSD
     
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    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
    Positive
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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
  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

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    • 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
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    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
  9. Fedora Media Writer icon

    Fedora Media Writer

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    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...

    48 Fedora Media Writer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    macUSB

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    The easiest way to create legacy macOS bootable drives on modern Macs. Revive old Intel Macs using your Apple Silicon machine — no terminal knowledge required.

    51 macUSB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  11. ApplePi-Baker v2 icon

    ApplePi-Baker v2

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    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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    Ponyboy47
    Positive
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    Automatic backup of images Easy to use Great design

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Luis E Martinez S
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    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.

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    • Most users think ApplePi-Baker v2 is a great balenaEtcher alternative.

    • ApplePi-Baker v2 is Free and ProprietarybalenaEtcher is Free and Open Source
  12. ROSA Image Writer icon

    ROSA Image Writer

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    Optical drives are rapidly disappearing from our computers of all kinds, and consequently installing operating systems from USB flash disks is becoming increasingly popular. ISO images of the ROSA Linux distribution were originally intended for burning to DVD disks, but they can...

    46 ROSA Image Writer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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  14. UUByte ISO Editor icon

    UUByte ISO Editor

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    UUByte ISO Editor is a full ISO toolkit for burning, creation, extracting and editing. Powered by a simple user interface, it is quite easy to make a bootable USB or DVD in a few clicks.

    25 UUByte ISO Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • UUByte ISO Editor is the most popular commercial alternative to balenaEtcher.

    • UUByte ISO Editor is Paid and ProprietarybalenaEtcher is Free and Open Source
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