EtchDroid/README.md

# EtchDroid

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## Update on development status
On my blog: https://blog.depau.eu/2019/05/18/etchdroid-development-update/

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EtchDroid is an open-source application that helps you write images to USB drives, no root required.

You can use it to make a bootable GNU/Linux USB drive when your laptop is dead and you're in the middle of nowhere.

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## Features
- Supports raw disk images and most GNU/Linux distributions ISOs
- Supports most DMG disk images (beta)
- No root - everything is done within the bounds of the Android API
- Free as in freedom

## Planned features
- Write common GNU/Linux distro in streaming from the Internet without storing it on the device
- Support for Windows installation ISO (will likely require root)
- Support for Unetbootin-style image flashing

## Screenshots

[![screenshot0.png](https://s22.postimg.cc/pzx4pygy5/image.png)](https://postimg.cc/image/pzx4pygy5/) [![screenshot1.png](https://s22.postimg.cc/o845v25b1/image.png)](https://postimg.cc/image/o845v25b1/) [![screenshot2.png](https://s22.postimg.cc/cj0673m25/image.png)](https://postimg.cc/image/cj0673m25/) [![screenshot3.png](https://s22.postimg.cc/c68s0xbi5/image.png)](https://postimg.cc/image/c68s0xbi5/) [![screenshot4.png](https://s22.postimg.cc/77l9men4t/image.png)](https://postimg.cc/image/77l9men4t/) [![screenshot5.png](https://s22.postimg.cc/3nzbwlcp9/image.png)](https://postimg.cc/image/3nzbwlcp9/)

## Support the project

You can support the development by sending a donation.

See the website: https://etchdroid.depau.eu/donate/

## FAQ/Common issues

See the website: https://etchdroid.depau.eu/faq/