ISO Creators

Creating an ISO to be burned on to a disc can come in handy when needing to install certain legacy software or for friends or family members running older computer hardware or operating systems that need to install certain content by running an ISO off of a disc. Software supporting ISO creation includes MagicISO and AcetoneISO.

  1. ImgBurn icon
     1519 likes

    ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application (39 languages) that everyone should have in their toolkit. ImgBurn supports a wide range of image file formats. It can burn Audio CDs from any file type supported via DirectShow / ACM.

    67 ImgBurn alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  DVD Burner
    2.  CD Burner
    3.  Multiple languages
    4.  CD/DVD Burning
    Discontinued

    The last version 2.5.8.0 is from June 2013.

  2. DAEMON Tools icon
     984 likes

    Disc imaging and mounting software with support for VHD, ZIP, and remote access. Offers encryption and iSCSI imaging with Windows integration.

    44 DAEMON Tools alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    DAEMON Tools Features

    1.  CD Burner
    2.  Virtual Disk
    3.  ISO Editing
    4. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Stream video to Android TV
  3. K3b icon
     253 likes

    K3b is a CD and DVD authoring application for the KDE desktop environment for Unix-like computer operating systems. It provides a graphical user interface to perform most CD/DVD burning tasks like creating an Audio CD from a set of audio files or copying a CD/DVD, as well as...

    62 K3b alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE

    K3b Features

    1.  CD Burner
    2.  DVD Burner
    3.  Ad-free
  4. Brasero icon
     298 likes

    Brasero is an application to burn CD/DVD for the GNOME Desktop. It is designed to be as simple as possible and has some unique features to enable users to create their discs easily and quickly.

    55 Brasero alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  CD Burner
    4.  DVD Burner
    5.  DVD Menu creation
    6.  No installation required
  5. UltraISO icon
     176 likes

    CD image files are easily created with UltraISO. Duplicate discs to a CD image, create bootable CDs and audio CD images - and UltraISO also handles DVD image files. If you need to know how to make a CD image or need to edit an ISO image file, UltraISO is the tool you need.

    63 UltraISO alternatives
    UltraISO screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    UltraISO Features

    1.  ISO Editing
    2.  Convert Img to ISO
    3.  Burn iso
    4.  ISO ripping
    5.  IT Asset Management
    6.  Create bootable CD
    7.  Windows XP Compatibility
    8.  Based on Arch Linux
    Discontinued

    The latest version (9.76) is from May 2021.

  6. PowerISO icon
     163 likes

    PowerISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file processing tool, which allows you to open, extract, create, edit, compress, encrypt, split and convert ISO files, and mount these files with internal virtual drive. It can process almost all CD-ROM image files including ISO and BIN.

    59 PowerISO alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  ISO Editing
    4.  Convert Img to ISO
    5.  Emulation
    6.  Virtual Disk
    Bundleware

    The installer contains ads. Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/

  7. Nero Burning ROM icon
     196 likes

    Offers disc burning, audio conversion, and ripping features with high security, ISO creation, and SecurDisc 4.0 for impeccable data protection.

    74 Nero Burning ROM alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Nero Burning ROM Features

    1.  Lossless Audio
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Support for 4K
    5.  Add WV files
    6.  CD Burner
    7.  DVD Burner
  8. AnyBurn icon
     57 likes

    AnyBurn is a light weight but professional CD / DVD / Blu-ray burning software that everyone must have. It provides a free and complete solution for burning.

    58 AnyBurn alternatives
    AnyBurn screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  ISO Editing
    3.  CD Burner
    4.  DVD Burner
    5.  Command line interface
    6.  Ad-free
  9. Alcohol icon
     127 likes

    Alcohol is a powerful Windows CD and DVD burning software that makes it easy to create backups of DVDs* and CDs. In addition, the program lets you store your most used CDs as images on your computer, so you can call them up at the click of a button.

    37 Alcohol alternatives
    Alcohol screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Alcohol Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Built-in Burner
    3.  DVD Burner
    4.  CD/DVD Burning
    5.  Virtual Disk
    Bundleware

    The free version of Alcohol 52% contains an optional adware toolbar bundled. It also installs Smart File Advisor without allowing you to uncheck this option during setup.

  10. Burn icon
     95 likes

    Burn is a free optical disc authoring application with a simple interface that offers a lot of advanced options. The program supports the creation of data, audio and video discs, and is capable of copying data and audio discs.

    41 Burn alternatives
    Main Window

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Preferences
    Inspector
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    Burn Features

    1.  DVD Burner
    2.  CD Burner
  11. AcetoneISO icon
     51 likes

    AcetoneISO, is a feature-rich and complete software application to manage CD/DVD images. Thanks to powerful open source tools such as fuseiso, AcetoneISO will let You mount typical proprietary images formats of the Windows world such as ISO BIN NRG MDF IMG and do plenty of other...

    50 AcetoneISO alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    AcetoneISO Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Copyright-free
    3.  Copywriting
    4.  Copy & paste actions
    5.  Virtual Disk
    6.  Convert DVD to AVI
  12. Isobuster icon
     28 likes

    Low cost utility to recover data from damaged, scratched, or otherwise defective discs. Highly specialized but still easy to use to read damaged CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray or HD-DVD media. Free version has some limited functionality but is worth it to attempt data recovery.

    10 Isobuster alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
  13. Cubic icon
     3 likes

    Cubic features an integrated command line chroot environment to make the customizations and permits effortless navigation, backward and forward, through the ISO generation steps. You can create new customization projects or modify existing projects.

    4 Cubic alternatives
    Create a new project directory for the ISO.
    All the information regarding your images is automatically filled out.
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    Our chroot environment, ready for application installation.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Ubuntu

    Cubic Features

    1.  Based on Ubuntu
    2.  Linux-based
    3.  GUI Designer
  14. ISO Workshop icon
     8 likes

    ISO Workshop is a free Windows desktop application specifically designed to facilitate ISO image management and conversion, as well as CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc burning and copying operations.

    57 ISO Workshop alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ISO Workshop Features

    1.  DVD Burner
  15. DVDFab Virtual Drive icon
     9 likes

    DVDFab Virtual Drive (once known as ExplorerFab) is a virtual DVD/Blu-ray/Ultra HD emulator. It emulates a maximum of 18 drives and works with DVD/Blu-ray images created by DVDFab and other programs.

    19 DVDFab Virtual Drive alternatives
    DVDFab Virtual Drive screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    DVDFab Virtual Drive Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Virtual Disk
    3.  Emulation
    4.  CD Burner
    5.  DVD Burner