Raspberry Pi Imager

Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.8

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.

  • By Raspberry Pi Ltd
  • Open Source
  • Updated Apr 8, 2026
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About 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 https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager/pull/1574
Full Changelog: https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager/compare/v2.0.7...v2.0.8

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Technical details

PublisherRaspberry Pi Ltd
Version2.0.8
Release date2026-04-08
LicenseApache-2.0
Installer typeinno
Architecturex64
Package IDRaspberryPiFoundation.RaspberryPiImager

Links & install command

Install Raspberry Pi Imager from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):

winget install --id=RaspberryPiFoundation.RaspberryPiImager -e

flashimagerraspberrypisd

Older versions

  • 2.0.7
  • 2.0.6
  • 2.0.5
  • 2.0.4
  • 2.0.3
  • 2.0.2
  • 2.0.0
  • 1.9.6
  • 1.9.5