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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Dokan alternatives are mainly Filesystem Utilities but may also be ISO Mounting Tools or Disk Cloning Tools.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Dokan.
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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.

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Dokan alternatives page was last updated Feb 25, 2022
  1. ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver icon
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    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.

    45 ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver alternatives
    ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • BSD

    ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver Features

    1. File Explorer icon  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.

    ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver iconDokan Icon

    ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver VS Dokan

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    Comments about ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver as an Alternative to Dokan
     
    Miguel Angelo Santos Bicudo

    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.

    Negative commentFeb 25, 2022
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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
  2. WinFsp icon
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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.

    14 WinFsp alternatives
    WinFsp screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    WinFsp Features

    1.  Filesystem
    2.  Fuse-api
    WinFsp iconDokan Icon

    WinFsp VS Dokan

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

    12 macFUSE alternatives
    macFUSE screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    macFUSE Features

    1.  R/W access to extFS drives
    2.  Fuse-api
    macFUSE iconDokan Icon

    macFUSE VS Dokan

    Is macFUSE a good alternative to Dokan?
     
    • macFUSE is the most popular Mac alternative to Dokan.

    • macFUSE is Free and ProprietaryDokan is Free and Open Source
  4. BeeGFS icon
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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.

    22 BeeGFS alternatives
    BeeGFS screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    BeeGFS Features

    1.  Filesystem
    2.  Distributed
    3.  Fault tolerant
    BeeGFS iconDokan Icon

    BeeGFS VS Dokan

    Is BeeGFS a good alternative to Dokan?
     
    • BeeGFS is the most popular Linux alternative to Dokan.

    • BeeGFS is Free and ProprietaryDokan is Free and Open Source
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    Lustre is a massively parallel filesystem designed for high-performance, large-scale data.

    23 Lustre alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Lustre Features

    1.  Filesystem
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  6. Fuse4X icon
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    Filesystem in userspace implementation for MaxOSX.

    7 Fuse4X alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Fuse4X Features

    1.  Filesystem
    Discontinued

    Fuse4X has been merged to OSXFUSE project.

    Fuse4X iconDokan Icon

    Fuse4X VS Dokan

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  7. CBFS Connect icon
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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...

    4 CBFS Connect alternatives
    CBFS Connect screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    CBFS Connect Features

    1.  Filesystem
    2.  Virtual Disk
    CBFS Connect iconDokan Icon

    CBFS Connect VS Dokan

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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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