Etcher
Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.
Etcher is a powerful OS image flasher built with web technologies to ensure
flashing an SDCard or USB drive is a pleasant and safe experience. It protects
you from accidentally writing to your hard-drives, ensures every byte of data
was written correctly and much more. It can also flash directly Raspberry Pi devices that support the usbboot protocol
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Supported Operating Systems
- Linux (most distros)
- macOS 10.10 (Yosemite) and later
- Microsoft Windows 7 and later
Note that Etcher will run on any platform officially supported by
Electron. Read more in their
documentation.
Installers
Refer to the downloads page for the latest pre-made
installers for all supported operating systems.
Debian and Ubuntu based Package Repository (GNU/Linux x86/x64)
-
Add Etcher debian repository:
echo "deb https://deb.etcher.io stable etcher", sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/balena-etcher.list -
Trust Bintray.com's GPG key:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 379CE192D401AB61 -
Update and install:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install balena-etcher-electron
Uninstall
sudo apt-get remove balena-etcher-electron
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/balena-etcher.list
sudo apt-get update
Redhat (RHEL) and Fedora based Package Repository (GNU/Linux x86/x64)
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Add Etcher rpm repository:
sudo wget https://balena.io/etcher/static/etcher-rpm.repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/etcher-rpm.repo -
Update and install:
sudo yum install -y balena-etcher-electronor
sudo dnf install -y balena-etcher-electron
Uninstall
sudo yum remove -y balena-etcher-electron
sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/etcher-rpm.repo
sudo yum clean all
sudo yum makecache fast
or
sudo dnf remove -y balena-etcher-electron
sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/etcher-rpm.repo
sudo dnf clean all
sudo dnf makecache
Solus (GNU/Linux x64)
sudo eopkg it etcher
Uninstall
sudo eopkg rm etcher
Brew Cask (macOS)
Note that the Etcher Cask has to be updated manually to point to new versions,
so it might not refer to the latest version immediately after an Etcher
release.
brew cask install balenaetcher
Uninstall
brew cask uninstall balenaetcher
Chocolatey (Windows)
This package is maintained by @majkinetor, and
is kept up to date automatically.
choco install etcher
Uninstall
choco uninstall etcher
Support
If you're having any problem, please raise an issue on GitHub and
the balena.io team will be happy to help.
License
Etcher is free software, and may be redistributed under the terms specified in
the license.