# balenaEtcher: what changed from 1 to 2

- Product: balenaEtcher (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/balena-etcher)
- Vendor: balena
- Range: changelog entries numbered after v1.19.25 up to and including v2.1.6, stable releases only
- Entries below: 6 releases (newest first)
- Resolved: 1 is v1.19.25 and 2 is v2.1.6, the newest stable release of each major we track
- Carrying security changes: 0 · CVEs mentioned: 0 · Mentioning breaking changes: 0 · Removing or deprecating something: 0
- Page: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/balena-etcher/compare/1...2

What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog.

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## What changed (6 changes, grouped by kind)

### Added

#### v2.1.0 (2025-02-27)

- Informational notice about how to disable analytics collection

### Changed

#### v2.1.5 (2026-05-07)

- Add libgdk-pixbuf dependency alternatives to fix Ubuntu 26.04 installation

#### v2.1.4 (2025-07-29)

- Refactor permission code

### Fixed

#### v2.1.6 (2026-05-13)

- Fix MacOS x86 build by switching to the macos-14-large GH runner

#### v2.1.4 (2025-07-29)

- Fix Ubuntu 24 build and flash issues by bumping electron-forge to 7.8.1 and electron to 37.2.4, and stop producing broken appimage
- Fix Windows build and flash issues by downgrading flasher's node to 20.11.1 on Windows and bumping winusb-driver-generator to 2.1.9

_2 releases carry no categorized changes yet: v2.1.2, v2.0.0._

## Release notes

### v2.1.6

- Date: 2026-05-13
- Version: v2.1.6
- Original notes: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/tag/v2.1.6
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/balena-etcher/releases/v2.1.6
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Fix MacOS x86 build by switching to the macos-14-large GH runner

##### (2026-05-13)

* Fix MacOS x86 build by switching to the macos-14-large GH runner [Thodoris Greasidis]

### v2.1.5

- Date: 2026-05-07
- Version: v2.1.5
- Original notes: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/tag/v2.1.5
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/balena-etcher/releases/v2.1.5
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **changed** — Add libgdk-pixbuf dependency alternatives to fix Ubuntu 26.04 installation

##### (2026-05-07)

* Replace the EOL macos-13 test runners with macos-14 [Thodoris Greasidis]
* Add libgdk-pixbuf dependency alternatives to fix Ubuntu 26.04 installation [Thodoris Greasidis]

### v2.1.4

- Date: 2025-07-29
- Version: v2.1.4
- Original notes: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/tag/v2.1.4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/balena-etcher/releases/v2.1.4
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Fix Ubuntu 24 build and flash issues by bumping electron-forge to 7.8.1 and electron to 37.2.4, and stop producing broken appimage
- **fixed** — Fix Windows build and flash issues by downgrading flasher's node to 20.11.1 on Windows and bumping winusb-driver-generator to 2.1.9
- **changed** — Refactor permission code

##### (2025-07-29)

* patch: fix ubuntu 24 build and flash issues - bump electron-forge to 7.8.1 - bump electron to 37.2.4 - stop producing broken appimage [Edwin Joassart]
* patch: fix windows build and flash issues - downgrade flasher's node to 20.11.1 on windows - bump windows GHA runner to 2022 - bump winusb-driver-generator to 2.1.9 [Edwin Joassart]
* patch: refactor permission code [Edwin Joassart]

### v2.1.2

- Date: 2025-05-08
- Version: v2.1.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/tag/v2.1.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/balena-etcher/releases/v2.1.2
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

##### (2025-05-08)

* patch: remove analytics [Edwin Joassart]

### v2.1.0

- Date: 2025-02-27
- Version: v2.1.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/tag/v2.1.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/balena-etcher/releases/v2.1.0
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **added** — Informational notice about how to disable analytics collection

##### (2025-02-27)

* Add informational notice about how to disable analytics collection [myarmolinsky]

### v2.0.0

- Date: 2025-02-20
- Version: v2.0.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/tag/v2.0.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/balena-etcher/releases/v2.0.0
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

##### (2025-02-20)

* major: build on ubuntu 22 and macos 13 [Edwin Joassart]