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Popsicle

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#30 of 38
Score
5.7
Popsicle's website

The facts below are what the maker publishes about Popsicle, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From Popsicle's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.

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PlanPriceWhat it gives you
PopsicleFreeLinux utility · flashes multiple USB devices in parallel

The facts

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What it does

Build requirements
Building the GTK front end requires GTK and D-Bus development dependencies, while the CLI and GTK builds also require Rust's cargo utility.checked 9 Oct 2026
Contributions
The project invites translators to submit translations as pull requests.checked 9 Oct 2026
Flatpak
The project includes a Flatpak manifest, and a release says Flatpak can find devices through the UDisks2 D-Bus API.checked 9 Oct 2026
Interfaces
The project provides both CLI and GTK front ends.checked 9 Oct 2026
License
The repository identifies the software as MIT licensed.checked 9 Oct 2026
Maintainer
The repository is hosted under the pop-os GitHub organization, and its license credits System76 with copyright in 2017.checked 9 Oct 2026
Packaging
The release history lists AppImage packaging and Flatpak support.checked 9 Oct 2026
Permissions
A release states Popsicle no longer needs to launch as root after switching to the UDisks2 D-Bus API.checked 9 Oct 2026
Purpose
Popsicle is a Linux utility for flashing multiple USB devices in parallel.checked 9 Oct 2026

Where it runs

Device list
The device list dynamically refreshes as devices are added and removed.checked 9 Oct 2026
Supported devices
A release added listing SD card devices.checked 9 Oct 2026
Windows ISO limit
A release notes that Windows ISO files are not supported and that the app warns when one is used.checked 9 Oct 2026

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