EasyBCD AlternativesBoot Managers and other similar apps like EasyBCD

EasyBCD is described as 'Is NeoSmart Technologies multiple award-winning answer to tweaking Windows bootloader. With EasyBCD, almost anything is possible, e.g. to boot a Win7-VHD-image. Setting up and configuring Windows boot entries is simple, and there is no easier way to quickly boot right' and is a very popular Boot Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to EasyBCD for Windows, Linux, Mac and BSD. The best EasyBCD alternative is rEFInd - Boot Manager, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like EasyBCD are EasyUEFI, Visual BCD Editor, Bootice and Grub2Win.

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EasyBCD is NeoSmart Technologies multiple award-winning answer to tweaking Windows bootloader. With EasyBCD, almost anything is possible, e.g. to boot a Win7-VHD-image. Setting up and configuring Windows boot entries is...

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EasyBCD alternatives page was last updated Jan 7, 2025
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  1. rEFInd - Boot Manager icon

    rEFInd - Boot Manager

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    rEFInd is a fork of the rEFIt boot manager for computers based on the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and Unified EFI (UEFI). Like rEFIt, rEFInd is a boot manager, meaning that it presents a menu of options to the user when the computer...

    12 rEFInd - Boot Manager alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    rEFInd - Boot Manager screenshot 1

    rEFInd - Boot Manager VS EasyBCD

     
    Comments about rEFInd - Boot Manager as an Alternative to EasyBCD
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    Negative Jan 7, 2025
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    This is a bootloader, not BCD DB editor.

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    rEFInd - Boot Manager icon

    • rEFInd - Boot Manager is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to EasyBCD.

    • rEFInd - Boot Manager is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to EasyBCD.

    • rEFInd - Boot Manager is Free and Open SourceEasyBCD is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    EasyUEFI

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    EasyUEFI owns comprehensive EFI/UEFI boot option management functions, such as create, delete, edit, clean up, backup and restore EFI/UEFI boot options, specifies an one-time boot entry for the next restart, or change EFI/UEFI boot order, all these operations done under Windows...

    21 EasyUEFI alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

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    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Windows
    EasyUEFI screenshot 1

    EasyUEFI Features

    1.  Create bootable Image
    2.  Create UEFI bootable drive

    EasyUEFI VS EasyBCD

     
  4. Visual BCD Editor icon

    Visual BCD Editor

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    Visual BCD Editor - advanced GUI version of bcdedit utility. Automatic boot loader creation - Windows 7|Vista|XP|VHD. Fix boot manager and dual boot problems.

    17 Visual BCD Editor alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    Visual BCD Editor

    Visual BCD Editor Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Portable
    4.  Boot from USB without BIOS

    Visual BCD Editor VS EasyBCD

     
  5. Bootice icon

    Bootice

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    Bootice - utility to modify or backup/restore your MBR (Master Boot Record) or PBR (Partition Boot Record).

    8 Bootice alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    Bootice screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Author's website no longer exists, software can still be downloaded from third party sites.

    Bootice Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  MBR

    Bootice VS EasyBCD

     
  6. Grub2Win icon

    Grub2Win

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    Safely dual boot Windows and Linux without touching the Windows MBR.

    Grub2Win installs to Windows 8, Windows 7, XP, 2000 or Vista. It boots native, open source GNU grub version 2.00 code. Everything is contained in one 7 MB directory on your Windows C: drive.

    The simple Windows.

    19 Grub2Win alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Grub2Win screenshot 1

    Grub2Win Features

    1.  Portable

    Grub2Win VS EasyBCD

     
    Comments about Grub2Win as an Alternative to EasyBCD
    Guest
    Positive May 30, 2018
    2

    the name grub makes it ok to me

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    • Grub2Win is Free and Open SourceEasyBCD is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    Grub Customizer

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    Grub Customizer is a graphical interface to configure the GRUB2/BURG settings and menuentries.

    18 Grub Customizer alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Grub Customizer screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Configurable
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  UEFI Support
    2.  MBR

    Grub Customizer VS EasyBCD

     
    Comments about Grub Customizer as an Alternative to EasyBCD
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    Negative Jan 7, 2019
    2

    Grub Customizer customizes Grub and EasyBCD changes windows

    Guest
    Positive Sep 8, 2019
    0

    It can REALLY rescue you, when you have NO access to Windows & it's bootloader.

    Guest
    Negative Apr 30, 2018
    -2

    is for linux, easy bcd is for windows

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    • Most users think Grub Customizer is a great EasyBCD alternative.

    • Grub Customizer is Free and Open SourceEasyBCD is Free Personal and Proprietary

  9. burg

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    Burg is a brand-new boot loader based on GRUB. It uses a new object format which allows it to be built in a wider range of OS, including Linux/Windows/OSX/FreeBSD, etc.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    burg screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer maintained. Last version, released on 18 October 2010, can be still downloaded from Google Code.

    burg VS EasyBCD

     
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    DualBootPRO

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    A boot editor for the Windows 7/Vista bootloader. Takes the pain out of BCDEDIT.

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    DualBootPRO screenshot 1

    DualBootPRO VS EasyBCD

     

    • DualBootPRO is the most popular commercial alternative to EasyBCD.

    • DualBootPRO is Paid and ProprietaryEasyBCD is Free Personal and Proprietary
  11. BootIt Bare Metal icon

    BootIt Bare Metal

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    BootIt Bare Metal is a boot manager and partition manager software utility. Whither you want to do non-destructive repartitioning or boot multiple operating systems, this is the product for you.

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    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Edit Boot Menu Item

    BootIt Bare Metal Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Multi boot

    BootIt Bare Metal VS EasyBCD

     
  12. iReboot icon

    iReboot

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    iReboot is NeoSmart Technologies' simple yet effective reboot helper tool. iReboot sits in your taskbar at startup (only taking up 400KB of memory!) and lets you choose which operating system you want to reboot into.

    25 iReboot alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    iReboot screenshot 1

    iReboot VS EasyBCD

     
  13. VMLite VBoot icon

    VMLite VBoot

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    VBoot allows you to boot a physical computer from a single virtual disk file in VHD/VMDK/VDI/Raw format. Each file contains a single operating system. It supports Windows 2000, Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, 2003 Server, 2008 Server and Linux 2.6, 32- and 64-bit.

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    • US flagUnited States

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    VBoot boot entry can be easily added to XP-,2003-,Vista-,Win7 boot manager

    VMLite VBoot Features

    1.  Boot from Virtual Disk

    VMLite VBoot VS EasyBCD

     
  14. OSL2000 Boot Manager icon

    OSL2000 Boot Manager

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    OSL2000 is an advanced multi boot manager. Using OSL2000 boot manager, you can directly install, boot and manage upto 100 independent OSs in your computer.

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    • Windows
    Main Menu

    OSL2000 Boot Manager VS EasyBCD

     
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