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Horos vs Raspberry Pi Imager

Side-by-side comparison for macOS

Horos

6.0
Science

Medical image viewer

Raspberry Pi Imager

8.0
Utilities

Imaging utility to install operating systems to a microSD card

Metric Horos Raspberry Pi Imager
Category Science Utilities
AI Score 6.0 8.0
30-day Installs 241 1.8K
90-day Installs 619 4.9K
365-day Installs 1.7K 16.4K
Version 4.0.1 2.0.8
Auto-updates No No
Deprecated No No
GitHub Stars 586 2.4K
GitHub Forks 158 394
Open Issues 524 88
License NOASSERTION NOASSERTION
Language C++ C++
Last GitHub Commit 2mo ago 1mo ago
First Seen Jul 16, 2015 Mar 6, 2020

Reviews

Horos

Horos is a free, open-source medical image viewer designed for macOS, offering support for DICOM and JPEG 2000 formats. It benefits medical professionals by providing a robust tool for viewing and analyzing medical images, integrated with other medical imaging libraries.

Horos allows users to view and analyze medical images, including DICOM and JPEG 2000 formats.

Pros

  • + Free and open-source under LGPL-3.0 license
  • + Supports DICOM and fast JPEG 2000 image viewing
  • + Integration with other medical imaging tools and libraries

Cons

  • - Name may cause confusion with astrology-related apps
  • - High number of open issues on GitHub

Raspberry Pi Imager

Raspberry Pi Imager is a user-friendly tool for creating bootable media for Raspberry Pi devices. It simplifies the process of installing operating systems onto microSD cards, making it essential for Raspberry Pi users.

Creates bootable media for Raspberry Pi devices by imaging microSD cards with operating systems.

Pros

  • + Official Raspberry Pi tool with strong community support
  • + User-friendly interface for easy setup
  • + Supports multiple Raspberry Pi operating systems

Cons

  • - Lack of auto-update functionality
  • - Security concern regarding non-admin access to SD card formatting