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A simple tool for flashing OS images to USB drives and SD cards.

Current verified version2.1.6

Verified 2026-08-23 from balenaEtcher GitHub releases.

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9 stable release records

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  1. 2.1.6v2.1.6

    faab6b2f (Fix MacOS x86 build by switching to the macos-14-large GH runner, 2026-05-13)

    fix
    Official release ↗
  2. 2.1.5v2.1.5

    ccf063f9 (Add libgdk-pixbuf dependency alternatives to fix Ubuntu 26.04 installation, 2026-05-07)

    featurefix
    Official release ↗
  3. 2.1.4v2.1.4

    f3123f3c (patch: refactor permission code, 2025-07-16)

    fix
    Official release ↗
  4. 2.1.2v2.1.2

    aa6d526f (patch: remove analytics, 2025-05-07)

    removalfix
    Official release ↗
  5. 2.1.0v2.1.0

    aac092fd (Add informational notice about how to disable analytics collection, 2025-02-18)

    feature
    Official release ↗
  6. 2.0.0v2.0.0

    039a0223 (major: build on ubuntu 22 and macos 13, 2025-02-19)

    Official release ↗
  7. 1.19.25v1.19.25

    c726b51d (patch: bump etcher-sdk to 9.1.2, 2024-10-09)

    fix
    Official release ↗
  8. 1.19.21v1.19.21

    8dad81ae (patch: fix missing windows dependency, 2024-05-30)

    fix
    Official release ↗
  9. 1.19.19v1.19.19

    From the outset it the same etcher you know and love, but the internals have been refactored quite a bit.

    featurefix
    Official release ↗

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