OfflineList Alternatives

OfflineList is described as 'A widely-used, multi-platform ROM manager' and is an app. There are nine alternatives to OfflineList for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best OfflineList alternative is EmuControlCenter, which is free. Other great apps like OfflineList are RomCenter, RomVault, ClrMamePro and SabreTools.

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OfflineList alternatives page was last updated Jun 12, 2025

EmuControlCenter
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Manage roms and emulators for more than 190 gaming platforms with one tool.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Origin
Canada
Platforms
Windows
+5
Is EmuControlCenter a good alternative to OfflineList?
EmuControlCenter is the most popular Windows alternative to OfflineList.
EmuControlCenter is the most popular free alternative to OfflineList.
EmuControlCenter is Free and ProprietaryOfflineList is also Free and Proprietary
RomCenter
2 likes
Universal ROM Manager. List, examines and repairs all your ROMS.

Missing roms ? Obsoletes roms ? Incomplete collection ? Duplicates ? Bad named roms ?

Get RomCenter and audit your collection.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Origin
France
EU
Platforms
Windows
Is RomCenter a good alternative to OfflineList?
RomVault
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RomVault is a ROM Manager. Using a reference DAT it can check, sort, and repair incomplete or errored ROM sets. It can also generate a DAT for missing ROMs.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Is RomVault a good alternative to OfflineList?
RomVault is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to OfflineList.
RomVault is the most popular Open Source alternative to OfflineList.
RomVault is Free and Open SourceOfflineList is Free and Proprietary
ClrMamePro
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CLRMame is a set of tools that manages your rom filles. Nearly all emulators use rom files to store their games. What CLRMame does is to check all of the individual rom files against a data file to make sure that they have the right information in them.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Platforms
Windows
Is ClrMamePro a good alternative to OfflineList?
SabreTools
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The SabreTools project started as a desktop port of some core features of Wizard of DATz Redux, but it has since grown into a fully-featured DAT management tool.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Is SabreTools a good alternative to OfflineList?
Romulus Rom Manager
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Romulus is a ROM manager that is able to import all kind of know DAT files like Clrmame pro OLD and XML format, Romcenter, Offlinelist, MESS softlists or import using a MAME based EXE.
8 Romulus Rom Manager alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Platforms
Windows
Is Romulus Rom Manager a good alternative to OfflineList?
Rominator
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Rominator is a tool available for Mac OS X and Windows that is designed for making management and organization of your backed up Nintendo DS Games easy. It allows you to easily store your games in the application, view all of it’s information, organize the way you want, and even...
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Is Rominator a good alternative to OfflineList?
AdvanceSCAN
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advscan is a command line utility for maintaining a zipped archive of roms and samples for AdvanceMAME, AdvanceMESS and any other MAME derivative emulator.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Is AdvanceSCAN a good alternative to OfflineList?
RomM
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RomM (ROM Manager) allows you to scan, enrich, browse and play your game collection with a clean and responsive interface. With support for multiple platforms, various naming schemes, and custom tags, RomM is a must-have for anyone who plays on emulators.
11 RomM alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Self-Hosted
Docker
Is RomM a good alternative to OfflineList?
RomM is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to OfflineList.
RomM is Free and Open SourceOfflineList is Free and Proprietary