Free Cdw Alternatives
Cdw is described as 'cdw is an ncurses front-end for command-line tools: cdrecord/wodim, mkisofs/genisoimage, growisofs, dvd+rw-mediainfo, dvd+rw-format, xorriso'. There are more than 50 alternatives to Cdw for various platforms. The best alternative is ImgBurn, which is free. Other great apps like Cdw are CDBurnerXP (Free), Brasero (Free, Open Source), InfraRecorder (Free, Open Source) and AnyBurn (Free).
- ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application, available in 39 languages.
Discontinued
Even if the developer, in a post on the official forum dated February 2015 (http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?/topic/21614-imgburn-v2580-released/page-2#entry155228), said the project is not dead, the last version of ImgBurn, 2.5.8.0, was released years ago, on the 16th June 2013. It can be still downloaded from the official website and works on Windows 10.
Bundleware
The installer contains bundled adware. Be careful during the installation: Forum
- Free
- Windows
- CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs.
Bundleware
The default installer contains Opencandy. A version with no third party offers is available in More Download options page.
- Free
- Windows
- 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.
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- BSD
- GNOME
- InfraRecorder is a free CD/DVD burning solution for Microsoft Windows.
Discontinued
The project seems to be abandoned. Last version, 0.53, released in September 2012, can be still downloaded from the official website.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
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- 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.
- K3b is a CD and DVD authoring application for the KDE desktop environment for Unix-like computer operating systems.
- BurnAware is a full-featured and free burning software to create CD, DVD and Blu-ray of all types, including M-Disc.
Bundleware
The installer contains bundled adware. Be careful during the installation: Forum
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- Windows
- Lightweight CD/DVD burning software designed for Xfce, but it runs on Gnome, KDE etc as well.
- Burn is a free optical disc authoring application with a simple interface that offers a lot of advanced options.
- Nero MediaHome is the universal media center for archiving, organizing, creating, and play back your files.