Etcher – Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily

Etcher

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. Etcher is a free and open-source utility used for burning image files such as .iso and .img files, as well as zipped folders to create live SD cards and USB flash drives. It is developed by balena, and licensed under Apache License 2.0. Etcher was developed using the Electron framework and supports Windows, macOS and Linux. It protects you from accidentally writing to your hard-drives, ensures every byte of data was written correctly and much more. balenaEtcher was originally called Etcher, but its name was changed on October 29, 2018 when Resin.io changed its name to Balena.

Features

Supported Operating Systems

• Linux (most distros)
• macOS 10.9 and later
• Microsoft Windows 7 and later

Installers

Debian and Ubuntu based Package Repository (GNU/Linux x86/x64)

1. Add Etcher debian repository:

   echo "deb https://deb.etcher.io stable etcher" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/balena-etcher.list

2. Trust Bintray.com’s GPG key:

   sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 379CE192D401AB61

3. 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)

1. Add rpm repository:

   sudo wget https://balena.io/etcher/static/etcher-rpm.repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/etcher-rpm.repo

2. Update and install:

   sudo yum install -y balena-etcher-electron

   or

   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

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