# FedoraQt/MediaWriter

Fedora Media Writer - Write Fedora Images to Portable Media

Repository: https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mediawriter
Language: C++
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: fedora-media-writer, fmw, fedora, linux, live-usb, iso
Last push: 2026-08-26T05:58:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 81, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3764, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 51, "gap_med": 37, "n_releases_24m": 14}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1368, forks 225 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:31.589149+00:00)

## What it is
Fedora Media Writer is a cross-platform GUI application for writing Fedora ISO images to USB flash drives. It can automatically download the required image, write it with direct device access, verify the result, and restore the drive to a standard partition layout afterwards.

## Use cases
- create a bootable Fedora USB stick
- download and write a Fedora ISO to a flash drive
- make a live USB for trying Fedora
- restore a USB drive back to a normal single-partition layout
- write a Fedora image on Windows or macOS
- verify a written USB image

## When to choose
- you want an official, easy GUI tool to create Fedora bootable USB media
- you need automatic image downloading and post-write verification
- you work across Linux, Windows, and macOS
- you want a restore feature to reuse the flash drive afterwards

## When to avoid
- you need to write non-Fedora ISOs or arbitrary disk images
- you prefer a lightweight command-line tool like dd or Rufus
- you need persistent live USB storage or advanced partitioning options

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, file-system, compression
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cpp
- tags: usb-imaging, live-usb, iso-writing, fedora, qt, bootable-usb, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- FedoraQt/MediaWriter (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.589149+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:41:01.845555+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.589149+00:00, sha ca6713a54051)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.