Dokan Alternatives

Dokan is described as 'When you want to create a new file system on Windows, for example to improve FAT or NTFS, you need to develop a file system driver. Developing a device driver that works in kernel mode on windows is extremely difficult' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are seven alternatives to Dokan for Windows, Linux, Mac and BSD. The best Dokan alternative is ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Dokan are WinFsp, macFUSE, BeeGFS and Lustre.

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  1. ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver icon

    ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver

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    ImDisk is a virtual disk driver for Windows NT through Windows 10. It can create virtual hard disk, RAM Disk, floppy or CD/DVD drives using image files or system memory.

    37 ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • BSD
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    Comments about ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver as an Alternative to Dokan
    Miguel Angelo Santos Bicudo
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    ImDisk is a virtual storage driver. Dokan is a tool for developers to create user space storage drivers. One is like a Uber car that comes with a driver already, the other is like just the car.

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    • ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver is the most popular Windows alternative to Dokan.

    • ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Dokan.

    • ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver is Free and Open SourceDokan is also Free and Open Source
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    WinFsp

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    WinFsp, Windows File System Proxy, is a set of software components for Windows computers that allows the creation of user mode file systems. In this sense it is similar to FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace), which provides the same functionality on UNIX-like computers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    macFUSE

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    FUSE for macOS allows you to extend macOS via third-party file systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • macFUSE is the most popular Mac alternative to Dokan.

    • macFUSE is Free and ProprietaryDokan is Free and Open Source
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    BeeGFS

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    BeeGFS (formerly FhGFS) is a parallel cluster file system, developed with a strong focus on performance and designed for very easy installation and management.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    • BeeGFS is the most popular Linux alternative to Dokan.

    • BeeGFS is Free and ProprietaryDokan is Free and Open Source

  6. Lustre

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    Lustre is a massively parallel filesystem designed for high-performance, large-scale data.

    24 Lustre alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Fuse4X

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    Filesystem in userspace implementation for MaxOSX.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    CBFS Connect

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    CBFS Connect allows you to present any data source as a fully-featured Windows filesystem—be it database records, local or remote files, dynamically-generated content, or anything in-between. Without writing a single line of driver code, you'll be able to expose your data as...

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • CBFS Connect is the most popular commercial alternative to Dokan.

    • CBFS Connect is Paid and ProprietaryDokan is Free and Open Source
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