Open Source Win32 Disk Imager Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Win32 Disk Imager is Rufus. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Win32 Disk Imager and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Win32 Disk Imager are balenaEtcher, UNetbootin, Clonezilla and USBImager.

Win32 Disk Imager 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 Win32 Disk Imager.

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Win32 Disk Imager

Free • Open Source
Disk Imaging Tool

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

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Rufus
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Windows
PortableApps.com
63 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 Win32 Disk Imager.
- - Rufus is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Win32 Disk 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
Comments about Rufus as a Alternative to Win32 Disk Imager
Most users think Rufus is a great Win32 Disk Imager alternative.
Can only write image to drive, not create an image from existing USB disk or SD card.
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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 Win32 Disk 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
Comments about balenaEtcher as a Alternative to Win32 Disk Imager
Most users think balenaEtcher is a great Win32 Disk Imager alternative.
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Worked great for Raspberry Pi SD Card image.
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It's very simple and doesn't take long to flash the Raspberry Pi (Micro) SD Card with the latest version of Raspbian.
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Doesn't support creating images
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Cannot create image from drive, just write to drive from image.
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This is an "etcher" or a disk writer. Win32 Disk Imager is a reader and created the filetypes that Balena uses to write to a disk. Balena is not capable of reading from a disk to an image file.
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UNetbootin
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Linux Distro
Mac
Windows
Linux
PortableApps.com
53 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. Privacy focusedUNetbootin is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
4. LightweightUNetbootin consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Persistent Linux
Automatic downloading
Download ISO Images
Windows To Go
Burn iso
Portable Linux
Clonezilla
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Free • Open Source
Disk Imaging Tool
Disk Cloning Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
69 Clonezilla alternatives
Open-source partition and disk imaging, cloning and recovery solution with multicast support to clone 40+ computers simultaneously.
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Clonezilla Features
1. PortableClonezilla can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Encrypted BackupClonezilla uses encryption algorithms to keep your files safe as well as prevent unauthorized access.
3. Schedule BackupClonezilla supports scheduling of your backups at specific times or intervals.
Live booting from usb
Fast cloning
Linux-based
Clone to smaller disks
Remote backup
PXE
Boot HDD Partition
Recover disk partitions
Comments about Clonezilla as a Alternative to Win32 Disk Imager
Some users think Clonezilla is a great Win32 Disk Imager alternative, some don't.
Clonezilla is more akin to Norton Ghost or other partition restoration software. Win32 is more useful for writing images to USB keys, etc.
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Can be used for PXE Boot Services
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USBImager
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Disk Imaging Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
Raspberry Pi
15 USBImager alternatives
USBImager is a really really simple GUI application that writes compressed disk images to USB drives and creates backups.
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USBImager Features
Write ISO to SD card
ARM support
Raspberry Pi Development
ROSA Image Writer
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
Windows
Linux
45 ROSA Image Writer alternatives
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.
Raspberry Pi Imager
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
Windows
Linux
Raspbian
17 Raspberry Pi Imager alternatives
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.
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Deepin Boot Maker
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
Windows
Linux
45 Deepin Boot Maker alternatives
Deepin Boot Maker is a boot maker developed by Deepin Technology Team. It is simple in interface and easy to operate. It helps users to easily make deepin boot disk.
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Deepin Boot Maker Features
Support for Windows Hello
Multiple languages
mintstick
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Linux
Linux Mint
49 mintstick alternatives
Linux Mint's USB Image Writer (mintstick) is an easy to use and dependable means of creating bootable USBs.
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mintstick Features
Writes images to SD/USB
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Only writes, doesn't read.
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KDE ISO Image Writer
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
Windows
Linux
52 KDE ISO Image Writer alternatives
Write an ISO Image to a USB Disk.
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GNOME MultiWriter
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Linux
46 GNOME MultiWriter alternatives
- GNOME MultiWriter can be used to write an ISO file to multiple USB devices at once. Supported drive sizes are between 1Gb and 32Gb.
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GNOME MultiWriter Features
1. PortableGNOME MultiWriter can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Persistent Storage
Write ISO to SD card
Convert installation CD/DVD to USB
Validated Burning
Pardus Image Writer
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
Ubuntu
Debian
Pardus
46 Pardus Image Writer alternatives
Piw is a software to create bootable media i.e USB disk. It is similar to UNetbootin or Rufus.
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Discontinued
The last release (0.1.9) is from December 2018.