USB-Imager 3.0.0

GUI-Application to write bootable disk images to USB keys

USB-Imager is a GUI tool to write bootable disk images to USB keys.

License:

GPLv3+

Copyright:

© 2021-2025 by Secu-Design®

1. Features

• Very fast writing by using linux system call sendfile() and large write buffers

• Writing an image to multiple USB sticks at once

• Optional validation after writing

• Adjustable write buffer between 4 KiB and 8 MiB

• Automatic device detection

• Detection and elimination of the following states of a device before writing:

  • Mounted

• Writing support for hybrid ISOs by checking the MBR signature

• Shows stats about writing time and overall speed

Planned:

• Deactivation of LVM2 volumes before writing

• Multilanguage support

• Redesign with own dark/light theme

• Distribution package support (DEB, RPM, Arch-Linux PKG)

2. Installation

• Linux distribution packages:

  You can download distribution packages for installation with your package manager.

• pip / pipenv:

  If the distribution’s own package manager is not supported yet, the USB-Imager can alternatively be installed via the Python package manager pip.

  $ pip install usb-imager
  $ pip uninstall usb-imager

  or pipenv:

  $ pipenv install usb-imager
  $ pipenv run usb-imager
  $ pipenv uninstall usb-imager

3. Usage

Start USB-Imager via the desktop icon or just type usb-imager in your terminal window.

4. Troubleshooting:

On some Linux distributions USB-Imager cannot be started from the command line or from a desktop icon after installation via pip.

• Suggested solution for command line:

  ~/.local/bin may not be included in the executable search path due to a bug, you have to manually add the directory to the PATH environment variable by adding it to ~/.profile in this case.

  $ PATH=~/.local/bin:$PATH

5. Support

If you want to report a bug or request a feature, you can do so here. You can also write an email to Secu-Design®.

6. Acknowledgements

Thanks to:

• My loved ones for their almost infinite patience.