raspberrypi/rpi-imager
The home of Raspberry Pi Imager, a user-friendly tool for creating bootable media for Raspberry Pi devices. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 20.0
- age_days: 2529
- days_rel: 16
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 15
Adoption not part of the score
2588 stars · 442 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Raspberry Pi Imager is a user-friendly GUI application for writing operating system images to SD cards and USB media for Raspberry Pi devices. It downloads images from a configurable repository, supports custom image sources, and collects anonymous opt-out telemetry.
Use cases
- flash raspberry pi os to an sd card
- create bootable usb media for raspberry pi 5
- write a custom os image to microsd
- prepare bootable media for raspberry pi zero
- use a custom image repository to flash my own images
- set up headless raspberry pi with preconfigured wifi
When to choose
- you need an easy, official tool to flash Raspberry Pi OS or other images
- you want cross-platform support (Windows, macOS, Linux) with a simple GUI
- you want to preconfigure settings like hostname, SSH, and Wi-Fi before first boot
When to avoid
- you need a scriptable, headless imaging tool (use dd, balenaEtcher CLI, or cloud-init tooling)
- you are flashing media for non-Raspberry-Pi devices with arbitrary ISOs
- you require no telemetry at all and cannot use the opt-out mechanism
Facets
application · maturity active
gui file-system developer-tools developer-tools embedded-systems hardware windows cross-platform raspberry-pi bootable-media disk-imaging sd-card usb-imaging os-flashing macos linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager · fetched 2026-08-28 · cae202b4a16c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| raspberrypi/rpi-imager | main | 99 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="raspberrypi/rpi-imager")
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