Official tool for writing operating system images to SD cards and other storage.
softwarealso known as rpi-imager
Knowledge about Raspberry Pi Imager
Building your own Raspberry Pi OS image for a device fleet: rpi-image-gen and pi-gen-microrecommendation · unverified · Instead of hand-configuring each SD card, build a reproducible image from declarative config. rpi-image-gen builds customised images from Raspberry Pi OS packages (with SBOM/CVE reports and secure-boot integration); pi-gen-micro builds tiny embedded systems.
Flash a Compute Module's eMMC (or any Pi 4/5) over USB with rpibootprocedure · unverified · rpiboot from raspberrypi/usbboot boots a connected Pi into a USB mass-storage gadget so its eMMC, SD or NVMe appears as a drive on the host. Compute Modules need the nRPIBOOT jumper; Pi 5 needs the power button held while connecting.