Boot Managers

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  1. GRUB icon
     169 likes

    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.

    24 GRUB alternatives
    GRUB in non-graphical mode

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris
    • OpenSolaris

    GRUB Features

    1.  Text-based
    2.  USB to NTFS
    3.  Zero configuration
  2. EasyBCD icon
     107 likes

    EasyBCD is NeoSmart Technologies multiple award-winning answer to tweaking Windows bootloader. With EasyBCD, almost anything is possible, e.g. to boot a Win7-VHD-image. Setting up and configuring Windows boot entries is simple, and there is no easier way to quickly boot right...

    21 EasyBCD alternatives
    EasyBCD Home

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Rename entry
    Add entry
    +7
    Advanced settings

    EasyBCD Features

    1.  3 way sync
    2.  MBR
    3.  Support for Android Things
  3. rEFInd - Boot Manager icon
     25 likes

    rEFInd is a fork of the rEFIt boot manager for computers based on the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and Unified EFI (UEFI). Like rEFIt, rEFInd is a boot manager, meaning that it presents a menu of options to the user when the computer...

    12 rEFInd - Boot Manager alternatives
    rEFInd - Boot Manager screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    rEFInd - Boot Manager screenshot 1
    rEFInd - Boot Manager screenshot 2
    +1
    rEFInd - Boot Manager screenshot 3
  4. OpenCore icon
     6 likes

    OpenCore is an open-sourced tool designed to prepare a system for macOS booting and has been architected to alleviate many of the constraints imposed by its alternatives like Clover(these tools are sometimes referred to as "boot loaders").

    5 OpenCore alternatives
    Graphical boot picker

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Text based boot menu
    installation
    +1
    installation

    OpenCore Features

    1.  Custom Patches
    2.  UEFI Support
    3.  Create UEFI bootable drive
    4.  Create BIOS bootable drive
  5. OpenCore Legacy Patcher icon
     3 likes

    Experience macOS just like before.

    5 OpenCore Legacy Patcher alternatives
    OpenCore Legacy Patcher screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    OpenCore Legacy Patcher screenshot 1
    OpenCore Legacy Patcher screenshot 2
    +3
    OpenCore Legacy Patcher screenshot 3

    OpenCore Legacy Patcher Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  OS installation
    3.  OTA Updates
  6. EasyUEFI icon
     6 likes

    EasyUEFI owns comprehensive EFI/UEFI boot option management functions, such as create, delete, edit, clean up, backup and restore EFI/UEFI boot options, specifies an one-time boot entry for the next restart, or change EFI/UEFI boot order, all these operations done under Windows...

    21 EasyUEFI alternatives
    EasyUEFI screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    EasyUEFI Features

    1.  Create bootable Image
    2.  Create UEFI bootable drive
  7. Libreboot icon
     13 likes

    Libreboot is a free software project based on coreboot, aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS firmware contained by most computers. Libreboot is a lightweight system designed to perform only the minimum number of tasks necessary to load and...

    9 Libreboot alternatives
    Libreboot screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
  8.  2 likes

    Limine is an advanced x86/x86_64 BIOS and UEFI bootloader that supports modern PC features such as Long Mode, 5-level paging, multi-core startup, and more thanks to the stivale and stivale2 boot protocols.

    5 Limine alternatives
    Limine screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
  9. Grub Customizer icon
     16 likes

    Grub Customizer is a graphical interface to configure the GRUB2/BURG settings and menuentries.

    18 Grub Customizer alternatives
    Grub Customizer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Grub Customizer screenshot 1
    Grub Customizer screenshot 2
    +1
    Grub Customizer screenshot 3

    Grub Customizer Features

    1.  UEFI Support
    2.  MBR
  10. Grub2Win icon
     11 likes

    Safely dual boot Windows and Linux without touching the Windows MBR.

    Grub2Win installs to Windows 8, Windows 7, XP, 2000 or Vista. It boots native, open source GNU grub version 2.00 code. Everything is contained in one 7 MB directory on your Windows C: drive.

    The simple Windows.

    19 Grub2Win alternatives
    Grub2Win screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Grub2Win screenshot 1
    Grub2Win screenshot 2
    +2
    Grub2Win screenshot 3

    Grub2Win Features

    1.  Portable
  11. Visual BCD Editor icon
     9 likes

    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.

    17 Visual BCD Editor alternatives
    Visual BCD Editor

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Visual BCD Editor Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Portable
    4.  Boot from USB without BIOS
  12. Bootice icon
     26 likes

    Bootice - utility to modify or backup/restore your MBR (Master Boot Record) or PBR (Partition Boot Record).

    8 Bootice alternatives
    Bootice screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Bootice screenshot 1
    Bootice screenshot 2
    +2
    Bootice screenshot 3

    Bootice Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  MBR
    Discontinued

    Author's website no longer exists, software can still be downloaded from third party sites.

  13. iReboot icon
     8 likes

    iReboot is NeoSmart Technologies' simple yet effective reboot helper tool. iReboot sits in your taskbar at startup (only taking up 400KB of memory!) and lets you choose which operating system you want to reboot into.

    25 iReboot alternatives
    iReboot screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
  14. Das U-Boot icon
     3 likes

    The "Universal Bootloader" ("Das U-Boot"), commonly shortened to U-Boot, is an open source primary bootloader for embedded systems.

    5 Das U-Boot alternatives
    The U-Boot console

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD

    Das U-Boot Features

    1.  Embeddable
    2.  Text-based
  15.  1 like

    Quibble is the custom Windows bootloader - an open-source reimplementation of the files bootmgfw.efi and winload.efi, able to boot versions of Windows from XP to Windows 10 22H2. Unlike the official bootloader, it is extensible, allowing you to boot from other filesystems than...

    4 Quibble alternatives
    Windows on Btrfs

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows