Utilities
balenaEtcher
v2.1.9, released this weekFlash OS images to SD cards and USB drives in three steps.
FreeOpen sourceFree, no paid tiermacOSUpdated 3 days ago
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balenaEtcher writes disk images such as ISO and IMG files to SD cards and USB drives: pick an image, pick a drive, and flash. It validates the result after writing and hides system drives by default so they are not wiped by mistake. It is free and open source.
- Price
- Free, Free, no paid tier
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Version
- 2.1.9 · Oct 23, 2026
- Platforms
- macOS
- Category
- Utilities
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