{"adoption": {"forks": 442, "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "stars": 2588}, "canonical_url": "https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rpi-imager", "card": {"archived": false, "artifact_type": "application", "description": "The home of Raspberry Pi Imager, a user-friendly tool for creating bootable media for Raspberry Pi devices.", "domain": ["developer-tools", "embedded-systems", "hardware"], "enriched": true, "function": ["gui", "file-system", "developer-tools"], "health_score": 100, "homepage": "https://www.raspberrypi.com/software", "language": "C++", "license": "NOASSERTION", "license_family": "other", "maturity": "active", "member_repos": ["raspberrypi/rpi-imager"], "name": "raspberrypi/rpi-imager", "platform": ["windows", "cross-platform"], "pushed_at": "2026-08-26T09:32:14+00:00", "repo": "raspberrypi/rpi-imager", "stars": 2588, "tags": ["raspberry-pi", "bootable-media", "disk-imaging", "sd-card", "usb-imaging", "os-flashing", "macos", "linux"], "topics": ["raspberry-pi", "raspberry-pi-1", "raspberry-pi-2", "raspberry-pi-3", "raspberry-pi-4b", "raspberry-pi-computer", "raspberry-pi-zero", "raspberry-pi-zero-2-w", "raspberry-pi-zero-w", "raspberry-pi-zero-wh", "raspberrypi", "raspberrypi4", "raspberry-pi-5"], "urls": [], "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"], "what_it_is": "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.", "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"], "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"]}, "data_as_of": "2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00", "members": [{"path": "/products/rpi-imager", "repo": "raspberrypi/rpi-imager", "role": "main", "score": 99}], "provenance": {"archived": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "source": "github"}, "artifact_type": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:22:24.324776+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "cae202b4a16cf7df5291c6f9734b14e6bd7cf07076210428e49763b9d8b41801", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "description": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "source": "github"}, "domain": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:22:24.324776+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "cae202b4a16cf7df5291c6f9734b14e6bd7cf07076210428e49763b9d8b41801", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "enriched": {"inputs": [], "kind": "computed", "method": "enrichment_status"}, "function": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:22:24.324776+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "cae202b4a16cf7df5291c6f9734b14e6bd7cf07076210428e49763b9d8b41801", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "health_score": {"inputs": ["days_since_push", "days_since_release", "archived"], "kind": "computed", "method": "health_v1"}, "homepage": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "source": "github"}, "language": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license_family": {"inputs": ["license"], "kind": "computed", "method": "license_family"}, "maturity": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:22:24.324776+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "cae202b4a16cf7df5291c6f9734b14e6bd7cf07076210428e49763b9d8b41801", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "member_repos": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "source": "github"}, "name": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "source": "github"}, "platform": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:22:24.324776+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "cae202b4a16cf7df5291c6f9734b14e6bd7cf07076210428e49763b9d8b41801", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "pushed_at": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "source": "github"}, "repo": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "source": "github"}, "stars": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "source": "github"}, "tags": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:22:24.324776+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "cae202b4a16cf7df5291c6f9734b14e6bd7cf07076210428e49763b9d8b41801", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "topics": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "source": "github"}, "urls": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "source": "github"}, "use_cases": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:22:24.324776+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "cae202b4a16cf7df5291c6f9734b14e6bd7cf07076210428e49763b9d8b41801", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "what_it_is": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:22:24.324776+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "cae202b4a16cf7df5291c6f9734b14e6bd7cf07076210428e49763b9d8b41801", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_avoid": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:22:24.324776+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "cae202b4a16cf7df5291c6f9734b14e6bd7cf07076210428e49763b9d8b41801", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_choose": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:22:24.324776+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "cae202b4a16cf7df5291c6f9734b14e6bd7cf07076210428e49763b9d8b41801", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}}, "score": {"components": {"activity": 99, "longevity": 100, "rhythm": 98}, "computed_at": "2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00", "flags": ["no_license"], "formula": "round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)", "inputs": {"age_days": 2529, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 16, "gap_med": 20.0, "n_releases_24m": 15}, "score": 99, "version": 2}, "staleness": {"enrichment_outdated": false, "low_confidence": false, "scrape_days": 9, "stale_scrape": false}}