PhotoRec Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to PhotoRec for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Digler, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to PhotoRec and 14 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to PhotoRec are R-Studio, Autopsy Forensic Browser, GNU ddrescue and R-Linux.

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  1. Digler icon
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    Forensic disk analysis and file recovery solution supporting a wide range of disk image formats and raw devices, file system-agnostic recovery, metadata-independent scans, DFXML reporting, plugin extensibility, intuitive CLI, and integration for diverse forensic needs.

    50 Digler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. R-Studio icon
     69 likes

    Features cutting-edge recovery for FAT, NTFS, HFS, and EXT systems; works on local and network disks even if damaged, with flexible recovery settings for total control.

    140 R-Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Autopsy® is a digital forensics platform and graphical interface to The Sleuth Kit® and other digital forensics tools. It can be used by law enforcement, military, and corporate examiners to investigate what happened on a computer.

    101 Autopsy Forensic Browser alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. GNU ddrescue icon
     19 likes

    Command-line utility to copy and recover data from failing drives or files, efficiently tracking progress with logfiles, auto-resuming recovery, merging multiple damaged sources, and providing fill mode to overwrite, mark, or repair sectors for advanced recovery cases.

    25 GNU ddrescue alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. R-Linux icon
     6 likes

    Efficient file recovery tool designed for Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 FS within Linux and Unix systems, utilizing IntelligentScan. Free utility, excludes network and RAID features, but provides reliable recovery on supported platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Foremost icon
     11 likes

    Foremost is a console program to recover files based on their headers, footers, and internal data structures. This process is commonly referred to as data carving. Foremost can work on image files, such as those generated by dd, Safeback, Encase, etc, or directly on a drive.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. Program written in python that attempts to reconstruct and recover data from disks or disk images. Recommended for use from disk images, works well with ddrescue. Currently only works on ntfs filesystems. Can be ran on any operating system that supports python.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8.  2 likes

    Scalpel-2.0 - Scalpel; File Carving. Configuration files are modified.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9.  3 likes

    Scalpel is a file carving and indexing application that runs on Linux and Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Raise Data Recovery is an easy-to-use powerful utility with an intuitive wizard-style interface for data recovery from simple storages with Windows, Linux and macOS file systems and from common RAID-based devices.

    108 Raise Data Recovery alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. safecopy is a data recovery tool which tries to extract as much data as possible from a problematic (i.e. damaged sectors) source - like floppy drives, hard disk partitions, CDs, tape devices, ..., where other tools like dd would fail due to I/O...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  12. Recovery Explorer (Standard and RAID) are an effective easy-to-use software solution for retrieving different types of data lost from various devices and file systems.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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