Create Media

The “LibreELEC USB-SD Creator” app helps you select and download the latest LibreELEC image for your HTPC device and create bootable USB or SD Card media. The tool is available for current 64-bit Windows 10/11 versions, and macOS v14.x and newer.

Download Links:

• LibreELEC.USB-SD.Creator.x64.exe (sha256)

• LibreELEC.USB-SD.Creator.macOS.dmg (sha256)

Note: The Linux version of the app for Ubuntu and Debian derivatives is not currently available. Please see the note on Alternatives below.

Step 1

Choose the LibreELEC image and the app will show the latest stable release, e.g.

• Generic x86_64 - LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-12.0.1.img.gz

• RaspberryPi 2/3 - LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-12.0.1.img.gz

• RaspberryPi 4 - LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-12.0.1.img.gz

• RaspberryPi 5 - LibreELEC-RPi5.arm-12.0.1.img.gz

If you select the 'Show all' check-box the drop list includes older stable releases too.

Step 2

After selecting the LibreELEC image and version click the Download button. This will prompt you to select a folder to download to. You can also select a previously downloaded image file on your machine for installation. Hit the Select file button and browse your computer for the .img.gz file, or drag/drop the file on the app GUI.

Step 3

Select the USB stick or SD card to write the image onto. Click the refresh button if the removable device is not listed. Note: ALL DATA ON THE TARGET DEVICE WILL BE OVERWRITTEN so please ensure there is no important data on it!

Step 4

After selecting an image and target device the Write button is available. Click it to write the image. Once the progress bar reaches 100% and shows Writing done! you can exit the app, eject the USB or SD media, and boot your device to install LibreELEC.

Support

If you have problems with the app, please post in the USB-SD Creator Support forum.

Alternatives

Here are some alernative tools that can be used for creating LibreELEC boot media:

• Raspberry Pi Imager can create Raspberry Pi images using files from our servers

• Balena Etcher is popular but huge (almost the same size as our distro images!)

• Win32DiskImager is a reliable tool for Windows OS devices

• dd is available from most Linux OS command lines