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balenaEtcher

by Balena Ltd. <hello@balena.io> · Apache-2.0

95/100how this is calculated

Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.

Record

Latest version
2.1.6
Release date
13 May 2026
Official page
https://etcher.balena.io/
Package identifier
Balena.Etcher

Official downloads

These URLs are the ones Balena Ltd. <hello@balena.io> declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.

Verify the file you downloaded

Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what Balena Ltd. <hello@balena.io> published. Delete it.

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash "balenaEtcher-2.1.6.Setup.exe" -Algorithm SHA256

macOS · Linux

shasum -a 256 "balenaEtcher-2.1.6.Setup.exe"

Expected output

78d1c45a55428e65ab2ac96e462ad6d77adbf7d1c0aa4b704b214bc00e1fcdfc

How we scored this 95 out of 100

SignalFindingPoints
SHA-256 hash published1 of 1 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built.30 / 30
Binary provenance1 on a recognised distribution platformThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for.29.8 / 35
Served over HTTPS1 of 1 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.15 / 15
Release recencylast release about 3 months agoSoftware that has not shipped in years accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities.15 / 15
Licence declaredApache-2.0A declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.5 / 5

Version history37 on record

Every version with a published manifest, newest first. Useful when you need an older build for compatibility.

  • 2.1.6
  • 2.1.5
  • 2.1.4
  • 2.1.2
  • 2.1.0
  • 1.19.25
  • 1.19.21
  • 1.18.11
  • 1.18.4
  • 1.14.3
  • 1.7.9
  • 1.7.8
  • 1.7.7
  • 1.7.6
  • 1.7.5
  • 1.7.4
  • 1.7.3
  • 1.7.2
  • 1.7.1
  • 1.7.0
  • 1.6.0
  • 1.5.122
  • 1.5.121
  • 1.5.120
  • 1.5.117
  • 1.5.116
  • 1.5.115
  • 1.5.113
  • 1.5.112
  • 1.5.109
  • 1.5.107
  • 1.5.106
  • 1.5.102
  • 1.5.101
  • 1.5.100
  • 1.5.95
  • 1.5.88

Where our data comes from

Windows manifest
github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/b/Balena/Etcher/2.1.6