# raspberrypi/rpi-imager

The home of Raspberry Pi Imager, a user-friendly tool for creating bootable media for Raspberry Pi devices.

Repository: https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rpi-imager
Homepage: https://www.raspberrypi.com/software
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
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
Last push: 2026-08-26T09:32:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2529, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 16, "gap_med": 20.0, "n_releases_24m": 15}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2588, forks 442 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00)

## 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.

## 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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, file-system, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, embedded-systems, hardware
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: raspberry-pi, bootable-media, disk-imaging, sd-card, usb-imaging, os-flashing, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- raspberrypi/rpi-imager (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+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 2026-08-30T02:22:24.324776+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:02.781986+00:00, sha cae202b4a16c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.