winget install --id RaspberryPiFoundation.RaspberryPiImagerAbout Raspberry Pi Imager
Raspberry Pi Imager is the quick and easy way to install Raspberry Pi OS and other operating systems to a microSD card, ready to use with your Raspberry Pi. Download and install Raspberry Pi Imager on a computer with an SD card reader. Insert the microSD card you’ll use with your Raspberry Pi into the reader and run Raspberry Pi Imager.
What's new in 2.0.8
What's changed - Fastboot: - Enumerate storage devices - Add mount, unmount, and custom gadget support - Rename stage to download - Retry on transient USB errors - OS Customisation: - Don't set any groups, leave it to the OS - Use explicit runcmds for passwordless sudo - Require active locale selection; no pre-filled defaults - UI: - Refresh clipboard status as text fields show - SSH: - Add state machine for handling PuTTY's multiline SSH keys - Linux: - Explicitly exclude libsystemd - Write Operations: - Increase watchdog stall timeout to 180s to match the async write timeout - Exclude final data sync from write watchdog to avoid false stalls on slow cards - i18n: Updated French, Slovak translation dictionaries - Documentation: - Add a screenshot of the interface PRs - Screenshot by @nafanz in https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager/pull/1559 - Improve french translation by @martignoni in https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager/pull/1560 - Added a state machine for handling PuTTY's multiline SSH keys by @bjepson in https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager/pull/1574 - 2.0.8: Bugfixes, fastboot improvements by @tdewey-rpi in https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager/pull/1582 - Update Slovak translation. by @jose1711 in https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager/pull/1571 - 2.0.8: GH templates, changelog by @tdewey-rpi in https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager/pull/1583 - fix(stall): Relax thresholds, don't count final sync as stallable. by @tdewey-rpi in https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager/pull/1584 New Contributors - @bjepson made their first contribution in h...
Version history
| Version | Updated | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2.0.8 | Unknown | What's changed - Fastboot: - Enumerate storage devices - Add mount, unmount, and custom gadget support - Rename stage to download - Retry on transient USB errors - OS Customisation: - Don't set any groups, leave it to th... |
| 2.0.7 | Unknown | What's Changed - chore(release): v2.0.6 by @tdewey-rpi in https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager/pull/1477 - feat(installer): Add windows installer dark mode support in rpi-imager.iss.in by @rc-chuah in https://github... |
| 2.0.6 | Unknown | What's Changed - Update de translations by @rejas in https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager/pull/1468 - refactor(ImButton): Update implicit width calculation for better cont… by @tdewey-rpi in https://github.com/raspb... |
| 2.0.5 | Unknown | What's Changed - all platforms: CLI option added to help on GUI builds - macOS: - Add dark mode and Liquid Glass icon support with pre-compiled assets - Add icon compilation script for regenerating icon assets - UI: - En... |
| 2.0.4 | Unknown | What's new - Write Robustness: - Introduce WriteProgressWatchdog to monitor write progress and detect stalls - Implement recovery strategies for async I/O including queue depth reduction and sync fallback mechanisms - St... |
| 2.0.3 | Unknown | ✨ Features Performance - Implement bottleneck detection and real-time progress updates showing network, decompression, or write-bound status - Add detailed write timing breakdown for hypothesis testing and performance an... |
| 2.0.2 | Unknown | ✨ Features Performance - Add direct I/O bypass for Linux (O_DIRECT), macOS (F_NOCACHE), and Windows (FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING) to reduce memory pressure during writes - Add zero-copy ring buffer for data transfer between d... |
| 2.0.0 | Unknown | Headline What if we just changed...everything*? https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/a-new-raspberry-pi-imager/ *(311 changed files with 79,315 additions and 17,156 deletions, to be more accurate) What's Changed - New UI - N... |
| 1.9.6 | Unknown | - README: Fix script name typo by @ahresse in #1114 - Updated Russian translations by @nafanz in #1118 - Italian language update by @bovirus in #1112 - 1.9.6: Fix roll-up by @tdewey-rpi in #1113 - Update ssh validation m... |
| 1.9.5 | Unknown | Release notes |
| 1.9.4 | Unknown | Headlines The first 'official' 1.9.x series release, with a range of UI improvements, new translations, and bugfixes. System Requirements - Windows 10 x86_64 or later - macOS 11 (Apple Silicon or Intel) or later - ~Ubunt... |
| 1.9.0 | Unknown | Headlines: - Imager now uses Qt 6.7.2, providing a lightly refreshed UI throughout on all platforms. - Releases are now signed with the new Raspberry Pi Ltd signing key - Linux builds are supplied as AppImages - Dependen... |
| 1.8.5 | Unknown | No notes |
| 1.8.4 | Unknown | - OS customisation: Fixed first character being dropped when replacing existing password - OS customisation: Impose character limits on usernames & hostnames - i18n: Added Polish translation - i18n: Updated Catalan, Japa... |
| 1.8.3 | Unknown | - Home: Device filtering reworked to download OS list eagerly - OS List: Fixed 'Recommended' tag annotation - i18n: Added zh-TW Traditional Chinese translation - i18n: Updated Korean, German, Ukranian, translations - bui... |
| 1.8.1 | Unknown | - Advanced options: Rename to OS customization - OS customization: change to tabbed UI - OS customization: make SSH public key field a textarea - OS customization: add convenience button to run ssh-keygen - OS customizat... |
| 1.7.5 | Unknown | - Windows: fix handling .zip files. - Windows: allow Imager to start on Windows server editions that do not have "Wireless LAN service" role installed and are missing wlanapi.dll |
| 1.7.4.1 | Unknown | Release notes |
| 1.7.4 | Unknown | Release notes |
| 1.7.3 | Unknown | No notes |