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A Lightweight, Native USB Media Writer for macOS

Make bootable USB drives and SD cards for Linux distros, Raspberry Pi, and more.

Download for Mac

Apple Silicon & Intel · macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Version 1.0

View source on GitHub
The Raccoon Writer window: step 1, Image, with a Select Image button; step 2, Drive, asking you to insert a USB drive; and a Continue button.
Raccoon Writer writing a Fedora Workstation ISO to a USB flash drive: 60 percent done, 1.7 GB of 2.9 GB, at 333 MB/s, less than a minute left.
Raccoon Writer verifying the drive, reading it back to check every byte: 34 percent done, 990 MB of 2.9 GB, at 326 MB/s.

Features

  • Native and lightweight

    4.7MB. Built with SwiftUI, runs on Apple Silicon and Intel. No Electron, no bundled browser engine, no dependencies.

  • Safe by design

    Your startup disk and internal drives are always hidden. Clear labels help you identify the correct USB drive. Writes are verified every time.

  • No telemetry

    No analytics, no crash reporters, no accounts, and no third-party packages that could add them. Transparent and open-source.

How it works

  1. Choose image

    Pick any .iso or .img, like Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, or Raspberry Pi OS.

  2. Choose drive

    Only USB drives and SD cards are listed by default.

  3. Write & verify

    Written, checked byte by byte, then ejected.

Requirements

  • macOS 14 or later.
  • .iso and .img files only.
  • Windows ISOs are not supported, and the app warns when an ISO probably won’t boot from USB.