The Best Open Source DAEMON Tools AlternativesTop ISO Mounting Tools & Disc Burners like DAEMON Tools

The best open source alternative to DAEMON Tools is WinCDEmu. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to DAEMON Tools and 15 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to DAEMON Tools are K3b, Brasero, ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver and AcetoneISO.

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DAEMON Tools alternatives are mainly ISO Mounting Tools but may also be Disc Burners or ISO Creators.  Other popular filters includes Linux + ISO Mounting. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of DAEMON Tools.
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Disc imaging and mounting software with support for VHD, ZIP, and remote access. Offers encryption and iSCSI imaging with Windows integration.

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DAEMON Tools alternatives page was last updated Sep 27, 2024
  1. WinCDEmu icon
     522 likes

    WinCDEmu is an open-source CD/DVD/BD emulator - a tool that allows you to mount optical disc images by simply clicking on them in Windows Explorer. If you have downloaded an ISO image and want to use it without burning it to a blank disc, WinCDEmu is the easiest way to do it.

    39 WinCDEmu alternatives
    WinCDEmu screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Mounting ISO
    2.  Disk Imaging
    3.  Mounting drives
    4.  Emulation
    5.  Virtual Disk
    6.  Portable
    7.  CD Burner
    8.  Multiple languages
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 4.1, released on September 29, 2015, can be still downloaded from GitHub

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    Comment summary: WinCDEmu is praised for its lightweight, open-source nature, ease of use, and lack of ads or unwanted software. It is often preferred over DAEMON Tools, with some users citing it as a reliable and free alternative. However, it lacks support for specific features such as handling old mixed data CDs and SCSI, which DAEMON Tools can manage. While Windows 10 is noted for ISO mounting capabilities, WinCDEmu is still seen as a necessary and reliable tool.
    Guest

    It works great, is open-source, extremely lighweight and comes with few useful options.

    Top positive commentMay 20, 2017
    6
    rboehme

    In contrast to Daemon Tools, WinCDEmu doesn't support audio CDs.

    Top negative commentMay 15, 2017
    2
    Hexaae

    WinCDEmu is very good for data CDs/DVDs, but unfortunately can't for example handle old mixed data CDs (e.g. old games from Win98/Amiga era with data+music). Daemon Tools Lite can do that instead, just for example.

    Positive commentSep 1, 2024
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    • Almost everyone thinks WinCDEmu is a great DAEMON Tools alternative.

    • WinCDEmu is the most popular Windows alternative to DAEMON Tools.

    • WinCDEmu is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to DAEMON Tools.

    • WinCDEmu is Free and Open SourceDAEMON Tools is Freemium and Proprietary
    • WinCDEmu is LightweightDAEMON Tools is not according to our users
  2. 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...

    63 K3b alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  CD Burner
    2.  DVD Burner
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  3. 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.

    56 Brasero alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • GNOME

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline

    Features

    1.  CD Burner
    2.  DVD Burner
    3.  DVD Menu creation
    4.  No installation required
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  4. ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver icon
     85 likes

    ImDisk is a virtual disk driver for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 or Windows Server 2003/2008/2012. It can create virtual hard disk, RAM Disk, floppy or CD/DVD drives using image files or system memory. The install package installs a console-mode control program called imdisk.

    44 ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver alternatives
    ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • BSD

    ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver Features

    1.  Windows Explorer Extension
    2.  Virtual Disk
    3.  Support for UDF extension
    4.  Multiple languages
    Discontinued

    The latest version (2.1.1) is from December 2022.

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  5. 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...

    49 AcetoneISO alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Copyright-free
    2.  Copywriting
    3.  Copy & paste actions
    4.  Virtual Disk
    5.  Convert DVD to AVI
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  6. ImDisk Toolkit icon
     47 likes

    This all-in-one package includes the ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver and several tools and interfaces to mount many formats of image files and make a RamDisk available at Windows startup.

    31 ImDisk Toolkit alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ImDisk Toolkit Features

    1.  Virtual Disk
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    Guest

    Open Source, works with Windows 8.1, GUI

    Positive commentNov 18, 2015
    0
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    • Most users think ImDisk Toolkit is a great DAEMON Tools alternative.

    • ImDisk Toolkit is Free and Open SourceDAEMON Tools is Freemium and Proprietary
  7. 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

    Burn Features

    1.  DVD Burner
    2.  CD Burner
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