Raspberry Pi Imager AlternativesBootable USB Creators and other similar apps like Raspberry Pi Imager

Raspberry Pi Imager is described as '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' and is a bootable usb creator in the cd/dvd tools category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Raspberry Pi Imager for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, PortableApps.com and Wine apps. The best Raspberry Pi Imager alternative is Rufus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Raspberry Pi Imager are balenaEtcher, UNetbootin, YUMI and dd.

Raspberry Pi Imager alternatives are mainly Bootable USB Creators but may also be Disk Imaging Tools or Linux Distros. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Raspberry Pi Imager.

Raspberry Pi Imager

Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator

Use Raspberry Pi Imager for an easy way to install Raspberry Pi OS and other operating systems to an SD card ready to use...

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Rufus
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Windows
PortableApps.com
64 Rufus alternatives
Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.
- - Rufus is the most popular Windows alternative to Raspberry Pi Imager.
- - Rufus is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Raspberry Pi Imager.
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Rufus Features
1. LightweightRufus consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. PortableRufus can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Burn iso
Windows To Go
UEFI Support
Write ISO to SD card
Create bootable Image
Create BIOS bootable drive
Create UEFI bootable drive
GNU/linux-libre
USB to FAT
USB to NTFS
balenaEtcher
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
Windows
Linux
52 balenaEtcher alternatives
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.
- - balenaEtcher is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Raspberry Pi Imager.
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balenaEtcher Features
1. PortablebalenaEtcher can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. LightweightbalenaEtcher consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
User friendly
Graphical User Interface
Write ISO to SD card
Burn iso
Create bootable Image
Validated Burning
Material design
Electron based
Persistent Storage
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
UNetbootin
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
Windows
Linux
PortableApps.com
55 UNetbootin alternatives
UNetbootin (Universal Netboot Installer) is a cross-platform utility that can load Linux and other distributions to a partition or USB drive. It loads distributions either by downloading listed Linux and BSD like distributions, a variety of system utilities and rescue disks ISO...
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UNetbootin Features
1. PortableUNetbootin can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Ad-freeUNetbootin doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. LightweightUNetbootin consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
4. Privacy focusedUNetbootin is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
Persistent Linux
Automatic downloading
Download ISO Images
Windows To Go
Portable Linux
Burn iso
YUMI
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Windows
PortableApps.com
Wine
WineBottler
45 YUMI alternatives
YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer), is the successor to our MultibootISOs. It can be used to create a Multiboot Bootable USB Flash Drive containing multiple operating systems, antivirus utilities, disc cloning, diagnostic tools, and more.
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YUMI Features
1. PortableYUMI can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. LightweightYUMI consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Create Multiboot USB
Multiboot USB
Can install to internal hard drives/ssds
Persistent Storage
UEFI Support
Multi boot
Multi-windows
dd
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Disk Imaging Tool
Mac
Linux
BSD
32 dd alternatives
dd, that stands for ‘data duplicator’, is a command-line utility for Unix mainly used for copying and converting data.
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dd Features
1. Command line interfacedd either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Burn iso
Write ISO to SD card
Create image
Add a screenshot
Universal USB Installer
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Linux Distro
Windows
43 Universal USB Installer alternatives
Universal USB Installer is a Live Linux USB Creator that allows you to choose from a selection of Linux Distributions to put on your USB Flash Drive. The Universal USB Installer is easy to use. Simply choose a Live Linux Distribution, the ISO file, your Flash Drive and, Click...
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Universal USB Installer Features
1. PortableUniversal USB Installer can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
No need to format
Portable Linux
Persistent Linux
Multiple languages
Win32 Disk Imager
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Disk Imaging Tool
Windows
42 Win32 Disk Imager alternatives
A utility that can write a raw backup image of your hard drive to a removable device or vice versa.
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Win32 Disk Imager Features
1. PortableWin32 Disk Imager can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. LightweightWin32 Disk Imager consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Disk to image file conversion
LinuxLive USB Creator
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Linux Distro
Windows
44 LinuxLive USB Creator alternatives
LiLi USB Creator is a free software for Windows that allows you to create a bootable Live USB key with a Linux on it.
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LinuxLive USB Creator Features
Create UEFI bootable drive
Portable Linux
USB to FAT
Discontinued
The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 2.9.4, released in September 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website. The project has officially been abandonned on December, 22nd 2020 (announcement on their blog).
MultiBootUSB
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Windows
Linux
42 MultiBootUSB alternatives
MultiBootUSB is a software to create multi boot live Linux on a removable media i.e USB disk. It is similar to UNetbootin but many distros can be installed, provided you have enough space on the disk.
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MultiBootUSB Features
1. Command line interfaceMultiBootUSB either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Multiboot USB
Multi OS
Create Multiboot USB
Install Syslinux
Boot HDD Partition
Discontinued
The project seems no longer developed and the official website is no longer available. Last version, 9.2.0, released in April 2018, can be still downloaded from GitHub.
WinToUSB
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Free • Proprietary
Bootable USB Creator
Windows
52 WinToUSB alternatives
WinToUSB is a free software that allows you to install and run Windows operating system on a USB hard drive or USB flash drive, using an ISO image or CD/DVD drive as the source of installation. WinToUSB also support creating bootable WinPE USB drive, it can help you to transfer...
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WinToUSB Features
Persistent Storage
OS installation
KDE ISO Image Writer
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
Windows
Linux
51 KDE ISO Image Writer alternatives
Write an ISO Image to a USB Disk.
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Media Creation Tool
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
50 Media Creation Tool alternatives
Create Windows 10 installation media.
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