balenaEtcher AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Linux Distros for Mac

There are many alternatives to balenaEtcher for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac Linux Distro alternative is Mac Linux USB Loader. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Caligula. If that doesn't work for you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to balenaEtcher, but unfortunately only two of them are Linux Distros available for Mac. If you can't find an alternative you can try to remove all filters.

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balenaEtcher alternatives are mainly Bootable USB Creators, but if you're looking for Linux Distros or Disk Imaging Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Mac, Windows, Android Tablet + Create bootable USB, Android Tablet, Create bootable USB and Linux + Create bootable USB. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to balenaEtcher.

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balenaEtcher alternatives page was last updated Jun 25, 2025

Mac Linux USB Loader
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Mac Linux USB Loader is an application that allows you to create bootable USB drives containing a Linux distribution that can boot natively on Apple's Macintosh computers using their EFI system, regardless of whether or not the selected distribution has UEFI support.
25 Mac Linux USB Loader alternatives
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Application type
Bootable USB Creator
Origin
India
Platforms
Mac
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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 (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Bootable USB Creator
Origin
International
Platforms
Mac
Linux
Arch Linux
Nix Package Manager
Homebrew
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