DAEMON Tools Alternatives for Linux

DAEMON Tools is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is PowerISO. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try K3b or Brasero. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to DAEMON Tools and 11 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to DAEMON Tools are AcetoneISO, CDemu, Aaru Data Preservation Suite and Pismo File Mount Audit Package.

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DAEMON Tools alternatives are mainly ISO Mounting Tools, but if you're looking for ISO Creators or Disc Burners you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux + ISO Mounting. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to 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 Jun 9, 2025
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  1. PowerISO icon

    PowerISO

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    Powerful tool supporting a variety of disc image files, including ISO, BIN, and NRG. Enables ISO creation, editing, conversion, CD/DVD/Blu-Ray burning, and audio CD ripping. Features advanced DAA support for compression and encryption, allows bootable USB creation and ISO mounting.

    52 PowerISO alternatives

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    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    Bundleware

    The installer contains ads. Be careful during the installation.

    Warning

    Detected by 27 AntiVirus/Anti Malware:https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/4d8130a81faecac5ff2b146bf61d3086cca0ce3c97c9a4ce491a96832cb521d3/detection

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

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

    PowerISO VS DAEMON Tools

     

    • Most users think PowerISO is a great DAEMON Tools alternative.

    • PowerISO is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to DAEMON Tools.

    • PowerISO is the most popular commercial alternative to DAEMON Tools.

    • PowerISO is Paid and ProprietaryDAEMON Tools is Freemium and Proprietary
    • PowerISO is LightweightDAEMON Tools is not according to our users
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    K3b

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    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...

    51 K3b alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE
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    K3b Features

    1.  CD Burner
    2.  DVD Burner
    3.  Ad-free

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    Brasero

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    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.

    44 Brasero alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    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

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    AcetoneISO

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    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...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GR flagGreece
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    AcetoneISO Features

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

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    CDemu

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    CDEmu is a CD/DVD-ROM device emulator for linux, licensed under GPL v2 or later. It is a from-scratch rewrite of the legacy CDEmu project, which was started by Robert Penz.

    31 CDemu alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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    CDemu Features

    1.  Virtual Disk
    2.  Emulation
    3.  Sits in the System Tray
    4.  Linux-based
    5.  Low resource footprint
    6.  Works at kernel level

    CDemu VS DAEMON Tools

     
    Comments about CDemu as an Alternative to DAEMON Tools
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    Works on Linux to mount .cue / .bin pairs (just converting to .iso doesn't cut it as you lose the CD audio tracks that way and only get the data track)

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    • CDemu is Free and Open SourceDAEMON Tools is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Aaru Data Preservation Suite

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    Aaru Data Preservation Suite is a fully-featured software package to preserve all storage media from the very old to the cutting edge, as well as to give detailed information about any supported image file and to extract the files from those images.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The latest version (v6.0.0 Alpha 9) is from December 2022.

    Aaru Data Preservation Suite Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Convert Img to ISO

    Aaru Data Preservation Suite VS DAEMON Tools

     
  9. Pismo File Mount Audit Package icon

    Pismo File Mount Audit Package

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    Pismo File Mount Audit Package is an application that allows users to mount the contents of ZIP, ISO, Compact ISO, Compact File Set and Private Folder files to the file system as virtual folders.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Pismo File Mount Audit Package screenshot 1

    Pismo File Mount Audit Package Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  ZIP File Mounting
    3.  Virtual Disk
    4.  Encrypt Folder
    5.  Isometric view

    Pismo File Mount Audit Package VS DAEMON Tools

     
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