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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...

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Country of Origin

  • DE flagGermany
  • European Union flagEU

Platforms

  • Linux
  • BSD
  • KDE
4.5 / 5 Avg rating (4)
254likes
5comments
0news articles

Features

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

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    Graziella added K3b as alternative to BlackBox ISO Burner
    18 days ago
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    RemovedUser added K3b as alternative to Active@ Data Burner
    about 2 months ago
  • namdx1987 liked K3b
    3 months ago
  • isisstelling reviewed K3b  
    4 months ago

    It is really complete to this day, and very intuitive.

  • isisstelling, 0M3GA and PredatorQ liked K3b
    4 months ago
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    lenaw added K3b as alternative to Sonoris DDP Creator
    10 months ago
  • Ralf_678 liked K3b
    10 months ago
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K3b information

  • Developed by

    DE flagKDE
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.5
  • Alternatives

    51 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

CD/DVD ToolsAudio & Music

Our users have written 5 comments and reviews about K3b, and it has gotten 254 likes

K3b was added to AlternativeTo by Pascalt on Mar 31, 2009 and this page was last updated Apr 8, 2024.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
John Fastman
Jan 1, 2017
2

K3b is the default program for burning disk images - .iso images, if you will - to DVD on KDE, including KDE's recent Plasma 5 desktop. I have never used anything as convenient or easy or fully featured, out-of-the box as this. In the simplest case, you put the DVD in, you start K3b, you drag the .iso file over and that's it. It's even a pleasure to read the message that tells you something like "if you don't know what to do, leave everything as it is and K3b will do it for you." Nice. Software should make life easier. K3b achieved this admirably.

I met with a heavy heart news that K3b is no longer in development. For the moment, it works and is still distributed with the KDE desktop environments. Alternatives... holds back tear... alternatives, include Brasero icon Brasero and Xfburn icon Xfburn . Both are very good, mind, open source and freely available from a Linux repository near you.

Ísis Stelling
Mar 1, 2025
0

It is really complete to this day, and very intuitive.

HnauHnakrapunt
Jun 18, 2019
0

Not every kind of file supported. To be on the safe side, convert to more popular formats before burning. May have some trouble with external storage.

commenting
Jun 3, 2012
0

debian/ubuntu users ought install ACTUAL-cdrtools and ditch broken "fork" to fully benefit from the k3b front end.

Ubuntu users who are not comfortable compiling themselves are encouraged to use this PPA

https://launchpad.net/~brandonsnider/+archive/cdrtools

Aaron
Jun 24, 2009
1

Since I am on Ubuntu I use this program a lot and it does a wonderful job, its quicker and easier than any other CD/DVD program that I have used.

What is K3b?

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 more advanced tasks such as burning eMoviX CD/DVDs. It can also perform direct disc-to-disc copies. The program has many default settings which can be customized by more experienced users. The actual disc recording in K3b is done by the command line utilities cdrecord or wodim, cdrdao, and grow

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