mintstick

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Linux Mint's USB Image Writer (mintstick) is an easy to use and dependable means of creating bootable USBs.

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Cost / License

Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)

Application type

Bootable USB Creator

Origin

Ireland
EU

Platforms

Linux
Linux Mint

mintstick screenshot 1

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Properties

Lightweight
Privacy focused

Features

Writes images to SD/USB
Create bootable USB
Ad-free
Portable
Works Offline

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mintstick information

Developed by
Linux Mint
Licensing
Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.
Written in
Python
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Supported Languages
- English

AlternativeTo Categories

OS & Utilities, CD/DVD Tools

GitHub repository

172 Stars
65 Forks
19 Open Issues
Updated Aug 17, 2026

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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about mintstick, and it has gotten 8 likes

mintstick was added to AlternativeTo by C.A. on Aug 10, 2019 and this page was last updated Oct 20, 2023. mintstick is sometimes referred to as USB Image Writer.

Comments and Reviews

Top Positive Comment

rdabhi

★★★★★

Apr 27, 2021

1

Simple & does what it's supposed to do.

Cool Doomer

★★★★★

Jun 23, 2020

0

It gets the job done for Linux bootable USB sticks. But it's not capable of handling Windows Images.

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Linux Mint's USB Image Writer (mintstick) is an easy to use and dependable means of creating bootable USBs.