balenaEtcher AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Disk Imaging Tools

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   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.

   44 dd alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Bootable USB Creator
   • Disk Imaging

   Since

   • Since 2016

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

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   dd vs balenaEtcher Comments

   Positive comment by Paul · Apr 2, 2020

   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 by Guest · Jul 22, 2022

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

   Positive comment by sharmaganesha2 · Oct 9, 2020

   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.

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

    87 likes

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

   56 Win32 Disk Imager alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Bootable USB Creator
   • Disk Imaging

   Origin

   • United States

   Since

   • Since 2012

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • United States

   

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   Discontinued

   The latest version is from 2017.

   Win32 Disk Imager vs balenaEtcher Comments

   Positive comment by TheDcoder · Mar 18, 2017

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

   Negative comment by Guest · Jun 18, 2019

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

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

    27 likes

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

   27 USBImager alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Bootable USB Creator
   • Disk Imaging

   Origin

   • International

   Since

   • Since 2020

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Raspberry Pi

   • Global

   

   

   

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   USBImager vs balenaEtcher Comments

   Positive comment by rescuezilla · Dec 27, 2020

   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 by docampoangel · Dec 4, 2022

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

   Positive comment by prog_uk · Nov 4, 2022

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

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   • USBImager is Free and Open SourcebalenaEtcher is also Free and Open Source
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   ImageUSB

    13 likes

   ImageUSB is a free tool for writing an image to multiple USB Flash Drives (or reading image from an UFD).

   ImageUSB is designed for use with OSForensics.

   13 ImageUSB alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Disk Imaging
   • Disk Cloning

   Origin

   • Australia

   Since

   • Since 2014

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • Australia

   

   

   

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   Impression (GTK)

    4 likes

   Flash disk images onto your drives with ease. Select an image, insert your drive, and you're good to go!

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Bootable USB Creator
   • Disk Imaging

   Origin

   • United States

   Since

   • Since 2023

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • GNOME
   • Linux Mobile
   • Flathub

   • United States

   

   

   

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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.

   50 Caligula alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Bootable USB Creator

   Origin

   • International

   Since

   • Since 2025

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Arch Linux
   • Homebrew
   • Nix Package Manager

   • Global

   

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   IsoDumper

    1 like

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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Bootable USB Creator
   • Disk Imaging

   Since

   • Since 2022

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

   

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    Batch ISO Creator

     4 likes

    Batch ISO Creator is a Windows app for creating ISO files from folders with Batch Mode, Folder Mode, renaming rules, ISO Mounting, and an ISO Library.

    21 Batch ISO Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • ISO Mounting
    • ISO Creator

    Origin

    • International

    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • Global

    

    

    

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    WinDiskFlash

     3 likes

    A tool for easily flashing or creating raw disk images (aka dd images) under Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Bootable USB Creator
    • Disk Cloning

    Origin

    • Hungary
    • EU

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • Hungary
    • EU

    

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    AnyDistro-Disk-Imager

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    Disk Imager program built to run on any distribution of linux with gtk support. Designed to function like Win32 Disk Imager.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Disk Imaging
    • Disk Cloning

    Origin

    • United States

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Linux

    • United States

    

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    Flint (Windows)

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    Flint is a Windows-native bootable USB and disk image writer for creating bootable removable media from ISO and DD images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Bootable USB Creator

    Origin

    • India

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • India

    

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