USBImager Alternatives

USBImager is described as 'really really simple GUI application that writes compressed disk images to USB drives and creates backups' and is a Disk Imaging tool in the backup & sync category. There are more than 10 alternatives to USBImager for Windows, Linux, Mac and BSD. The best alternative is balenaEtcher, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like USBImager are dd, Win32 Disk Imager, SUSE Studio ImageWriter and ROSA Image Writer.

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

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USBImager

Free • Open Source
Disk Imaging Tool

Mac
Windows
Linux
Raspberry Pi

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

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balenaEtcher
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
Windows
Linux
48 alternatives to balenaEtcher
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.
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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
dd
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
Linux
BSD
28 alternatives to dd
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
Win32 Disk Imager
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Free • Open Source
Disk Imaging Tool
Bootable USB Creator
Windows
36 alternatives to Win32 Disk Imager
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
SUSE Studio ImageWriter
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Windows
Linux
37 alternatives to SUSE Studio ImageWriter
Utility for writing raw disk images & hybrid isos to USB keys.
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SUSE Studio ImageWriter Features
Small-footprint
ROSA Image Writer
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
Windows
Linux
40 alternatives to ROSA Image Writer
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...
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ROSA Image Writer Features
Create bootable Image
Discontinued
Last update was in 2016.
KDE ISO Image Writer
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
Windows
Linux
48 alternatives to KDE ISO Image Writer
Write an ISO Image to a USB Disk.

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ImageUSB
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Free • Proprietary
Disk Imaging Tool
Windows
4 alternatives to ImageUSB
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.

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mkusb
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Linux
47 alternatives to mkusb
(Straight up rufus for Linux users ) The mkusb tool was developed to make it simpler and safer to create boot drives with the method to flash or clone an iso image or a compressed image file. It is using dd under the hood.
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mkusb Features
Multiboot USB
WinDiskFlash
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Free • Open Source
Disk Imaging Tool
Bootable USB Creator
Disk Cloning Tool
Windows
22 alternatives to WinDiskFlash
A tool for easily flashing or creating raw disk images (aka dd images) under Windows.
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WinDiskFlash Features
1. PortableWinDiskFlash can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Write ISO to SD card
TINU
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
47 alternatives to TINU
The open tool to create bootable macOS installers.
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TINU Features
Create bootable Image

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balenaEtcher Features

dd Features

Win32 Disk Imager Features

SUSE Studio ImageWriter Features

ROSA Image Writer Features

mkusb Features

WinDiskFlash Features

TINU Features