Grml Alternatives

Grml is described as 'Bootable live system (Live-CD) based on Debian especially well suited for administrative tasks like installation, deployment and system rescue' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Grml for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Android and Self-Hosted apps. The best Grml alternative is Hiren’s BootCD. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Hiren’s BootCD or Hiren’s BootCD PE. Other great apps like Grml are Ultimate Boot CD, Ikki Boot, Knoppix and ALT Linux.

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  1. Hiren’s BootCD icon
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    A free bootable CD that contains a multitude of tools for analyzing, recovering, and fixing your computer even if its operating system does not start.

    26 Hiren’s BootCD alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Hiren’s BootCD is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Grml.

    • Hiren’s BootCD is the most popular free alternative to Grml.

    • Hiren’s BootCD is Free Personal and ProprietaryGrml is Free and Open Source
    • Hiren’s BootCD is LightweightGrml is not according to our users
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    Hiren’s BootCD PE (Preinstallation Environment) is a restored edition of Hiren’s BootCD based on Windows 10 PE x64. PE version is being developed by Hiren’s BootCD fans. it supports UEFI booting and requires minimum 2 GB RAM.

    33 Hiren’s BootCD PE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. SystemRescue icon
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    SystemRescue is a Linux system rescue toolkit available as a bootable medium for administrating or repairing your system and data after a crash.

    30 SystemRescue alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    • Almost everyone thinks SystemRescue is a great Grml alternative.

    • SystemRescue is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Grml.

    • SystemRescue is the most popular Open Source alternative to Grml.

    • SystemRescue is Free and Open SourceGrml is also Free and Open Source
  4. Ikki Boot icon
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    Ikki Boot is a Live DVD/USB multiboot which aims troubleshooting, disk partitioning, rescue, backup and restore data.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Knoppix icon
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    Knoppix is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD / DVD (Live CD) or a USB key (Live USB), one of the first of its kind for any operating system. When starting a program, it is loaded from the removable medium and decompressed into a RAM drive.

    95 Knoppix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    It's very good because it has loads of devices and live page's for windows

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    • Knoppix is Free and Open SourceGrml is also Free and Open Source
    • Knoppix is Privacy focusedGrml is not according to our users
  6. ALT Linux icon
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    ALT Linux is a set of RPM-based, APT-managed operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel and Sisyphus package repository branches. ALT Linux Rescue is, well, the disaster recovery tool.

    206 ALT Linux alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. Hoek's Tools icon
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    Hoek’s Tools is a vast collection of portable utilities for the management, diagnosis and repairing of computer problems, recover lost or deleted files or cracking passwords. There are literally hundreds of utilities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Finnix icon
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    Finnix is a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian GNU/Linux. You can use it to mount and manipulate hard drives and partitions, monitor networks, rebuild boot records, install other...

    23 Finnix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Boots PCs with startup issues, recovers data from non-bootable drives, fixes over 100 Windows boot problems, resets lost passwords, backs up and clones partitions, restores files from crashed systems or formatted drives, and secures sensitive data.

    40 4DDiG Windows Boot Genius alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • 4DDiG Windows Boot Genius is the most popular commercial alternative to Grml.

    • 4DDiG Windows Boot Genius is Paid and ProprietaryGrml is Free and Open Source
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    DLC Boot 2019 is a rescue disk that is used as a Recovery CD. The point is that if you are having problems such as Windows can not boot, missing MBR, want to format the hard drive, remove viruses and so on, you can simply use the DLC Boot 2019 to resolve the issue.

    26 USB/DVD DLC Boot 2019 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    This is an alternative to Falcon 4's Ultimate Boot CD and a alternative to Legacy GeGeek Toolkit. This has over 100+ Tools and over 3+ Bootable OSs.

    20 Direction & Direction Lite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Linux Mint
    • Windows Preinstallation Environment
    • Kali Linux
     
    • Direction & Direction Lite is the most popular Android & Mac alternative to Grml.

    • Direction & Direction Lite is Free Personal and ProprietaryGrml is Free and Open Source
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