text: # 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
  
  [![Current Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/balena-io/etcher.svg?style=flat-square)](https://balena.io/etcher)
  [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/balena-io/etcher.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/master/LICENSE)
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  [**Download**][etcher] | [**Support**][SUPPORT] | [**Documentation**][USER-DOCUMENTATION] | [**Contributing**][CONTRIBUTING] | [**Roadmap**][milestones]
  
  ## 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][electron]. Read more in their
  [documentation][electron-supported-platforms].
  
  ## Installers
  
  Refer to the [downloads page][etcher] for the latest pre-made
  installers for all supported operating systems.
  
  #### Debian and Ubuntu based Package Repository (GNU/Linux x86/x64)
  
  1. Add Etcher debian repository:
  
      ```sh
      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:
  
      ```sh
      sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com:443 --recv-keys 379CE192D401AB61
      ```
  
  3. Update and install:
  
      ```sh
      sudo apt-get update
      sudo apt-get install balena-etcher-electron
      ```
  
  ##### Uninstall
  
  ```sh
  sudo apt-get remove balena-etcher-electron
  sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/balena-etcher.list
  sudo apt-get update
  ```
  
  ##### OpenSUSE LEAP & Tumbleweed install
  
  ```sh
  sudo zypper ar https://balena.io/etcher/static/etcher-rpm.repo
  sudo zypper ref
  sudo zypper in balena-etcher-electron
  ```
  
  ##### Uninstall
  
  ```sh
  sudo zypper rm balena-etcher-electron
  ```
  
  #### Redhat (RHEL) and Fedora based Package Repository (GNU/Linux x86/x64)
  
  1. Add Etcher rpm repository:
  
      ```sh
      sudo wget https://balena.io/etcher/static/etcher-rpm.repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/etcher-rpm.repo
      ```
  
  2. Update and install:
  
      ```sh
      sudo yum install -y balena-etcher-electron
      ```
      or
      ```sh
      sudo dnf install -y balena-etcher-electron
      ```
  
  ##### Uninstall
  
  ```sh
  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
  ```sh
  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)
  
  ```sh
  sudo eopkg it etcher
  ```
  
  ##### Uninstall
  
  ```sh
  sudo eopkg rm etcher
  ```
  
  #### Arch Linux / Manjaro (GNU/Linux x64)
  
  Etcher is offered through the Arch User Repository and can be installed on both Manjaro and Arch systems. You can compile it from the source code in this repository using [`balena-etcher`](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/balena-etcher/). The following example uses a common AUR helper to install the latest release:
  
  
  ```sh
  yay -S balena-etcher
  ```
  
  ##### Uninstall
  
  ```sh
  yay -R balena-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.
  
  ```sh
  brew cask install balenaetcher
  ```
  
  ##### Uninstall
  
  ```sh
  brew cask uninstall balenaetcher
  ```
  
  #### Chocolatey (Windows)
  
  This package is maintained by [@majkinetor](https://github.com/majkinetor), and
  is kept up to date automatically.
  
  ```sh
  choco install etcher
  ```
  
  ##### Uninstall
  
  ```sh
  choco uninstall etcher
  ```
  
  ## Support
  
  If you're having any problem, please [raise an issue][newissue] 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].
  
  [etcher]: https://balena.io/etcher
  [electron]: https://electronjs.org/
  [electron-supported-platforms]: https://electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/support#supported-platforms
  [SUPPORT]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/master/SUPPORT.md
  [CONTRIBUTING]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/master/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
  [USER-DOCUMENTATION]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/master/docs/USER-DOCUMENTATION.md
  [milestones]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/milestones
  [newissue]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/new
  [license]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/master/LICENSE
  