Chimera Alternatives and Similar Software

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GRUB

Open Source by Allen Beye Riddell |
Linux

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GNU GRUB is a Multiboot boot loader. It was derived from GRUB, the GRand Unified Bootloader, which was originally designed and implemented by Erich Stefan Boleyn. Briefly, boot loader is the first software...

OS & Utilities gnu, boot, bootloader, boot-manager
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EasyBCD

Free* by NeoSmart Technologies |
Windows

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EasyBCD is NeoSmart Technologies multiple award-winning answer to tweaking the new Windows Vista bootloader. With EasyBCD, almost anything is possible, e.g. to boot a Win7-VHD-image. Setting up and configuring...

OS & Utilities operating-system, boot, bootloader, boot-manager, mbr
+3 more boot-menu, bcd, grub
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PLoP Boot Manager

Free by Hanlhofer Elmar |
Windows, Linux

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The PLoP Boot Manager is a small program to boot different operating systems. You can boot the operating systems from harddisk, floppy, CD/DVD or from USB. You can start the boot manager from floppy, CD,...

OS & Utilities boot, bootloader, boot-manager, dual-boot, multible-os
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GRUB for DOS

Open Source by Bean & chenall |
Mac, Windows, Linux

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GRUB for DOS is an universal boot loader based on GNU GRUB. It can boot various OSes (some directly, some using their standard boot managers) on different media (HDD, CD/DVD, external USB devices, etc).

OS & Utilities iso, boot, bootloader, dos, boot-manager, boot-loader
+4 more boot-menu, grub, syslinux, grub4dos
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rEFIt

Open Source by Christoph Pfisterer |
Mac

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rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based machines like the Intel Macs. You can use it to boot multiple operating systems easily, including triple-boot setups with Boot Camp. It also provides...

bootloader, efi, boot-menu, apple-hardware
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Chameleon Bootloader

Open Source by Dmitriy Chekanov |
Mac, Windows, Linux

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Chameleon is a boot loader for Mac OS X. It seems that standard boot loaders for Mac OS X either lack many cool features, or have many cool features, but are closed-sourced. With Chameleon you can have all...

bootloader, osx86, boot-loader
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bootcfg

Commercial by Microsoft |
Windows

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Used to edit boot configuration data on Windows systems. Predecessor of bcdedit. Found on Windows XP and prior versions.

boot, settings, windows-xp, bootloader, bcd, bcdedit
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Visual BCD Editor

Free |
Windows

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Visual BCD Editor - advanced GUI version of bcdedit utility. Automatic boot loader creation - Windows 7|Vista|XP|VHD. Fix boot manager and dual boot problems.

OS & Utilities operating-system, boot, bootloader, bcd
XOSL (Extended Operating System Loader)

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This application has been discontinued. More info: Since XOSL is no longer maintained, but still usable, a modified version has stemmed form the original one: see https://sourceforge.net/projects/xosl2/
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Linux Loader

Open Source |
Linux

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The development of LILO as classic bootloader for GNU/Linux systems was restarted in June 2010. Because of the simpleness LILO has some advantages comparing with Grub and Grub2. But nowadays LILO is not the...

bootloader
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OSL2000 Boot Manager

Commercial by OSLoader.com |
Windows

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OSL2000 is an advanced multi boot manager. Using OSL2000 boot manager, you can directly install, boot and manage upto 100 independent OSs in your computer.

OS & Utilities boot, boot-manager, commander, multi, magic
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BURG

Open Source by bean |
Linux

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burg is a brand-new boot loader based on GRUB. It uses a new object format which allows it to be built in a wider range of OS, including Linux/Windows/OSX/FreeBSD, etc. It also has a highly configurable menu...

OS & Utilities boot, boot-manager, boot-loader, booting
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BootIt Bare Metal

Commercial by TeraByte |
Windows

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BootIt Bare Metal is a boot manager and partition manager software utility. Whither you want to do non-destructive repartitioning or boot multiple operating systems, this is the product for you. Manage your partitions, install and boot...

OS & Utilities boot, partitioning, boot-manager, boot-loader
+3 more partition-manager, dual-boot, multiboot
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DualBootPRO

Commercial by Tradewind Creations LLC |
Windows

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A boot editor for the Windows 7/Vista bootloader. Takes the pain out of BCDEDIT. The logical and easy to use DualBootPRO interface makes it easy for both the novice and advanced user. No complex command...

OS & Utilities boot, boot-manager, bcdedit
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Partita 2000

Free by Pedro Freire (Cynergi.com) |
Mac, Windows, Linux

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Partita 2000 is a tiny boot manager with a Y2K patch for old BIOSes. It features a timed autoboot and can automatically change partition type to hidden for selected partitions when loading a given OS.

OS & Utilities boot, bootloader, boot-manager, mbr, boot-menu
+3 more multiboot, dual-boot, y2k-bug
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Yaboot

Open Source |
Linux

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Yaboot is a PowerPC bootloader for Open Firmware based machines including New World Apple Macintosh, IBM RS/6000, IBM pSeries and IBM OpenPower machines.

bootloader, ppc, powerpc