PLoP Boot Manager Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to PLoP Boot Manager for Mac and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is GRUB, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to PLoP Boot Manager and nine of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to PLoP Boot Manager are rEFInd - Boot Manager, GRUB4DOS and WINGRUB, rEFIt and Gag.

PLoP Boot Manager

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GRUB
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Free • Open Source
Boot Manager
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Windows
Linux
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24 GRUB alternatives
GNU GRUB is a multiboot boot loader. It was derived from GRUB, the GRand Unified Bootloader, which was originally designed and implemented by Erich Stefan Boleyn.
- - GRUB is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to PLoP Boot Manager.
- - GRUB is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PLoP Boot Manager.
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GRUB Features
Customizable
Text-based
USB to NTFS
Zero configuration
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Most users think GRUB is a great PLoP Boot Manager alternative.
rEFInd - Boot Manager
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Free • Open Source
Boot Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
9 rEFInd - Boot Manager alternatives
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...
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GRUB4DOS and WINGRUB
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Free • Open Source
Boot Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
17 GRUB4DOS and WINGRUB alternatives
GRUB for DOS is the dos extension of GRUB. It enables dos users to run the configuration console directly in real mode. The project also contains an utility called WINGRUB, an GUI intends to help configuring and installing GRUB in the WINDOWS environment.
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Discontinued
It was last updated in 2013.
rEFIt
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Free • Open Source
Boot Manager
Mac
22 rEFIt alternatives
rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based machines like the Intel Macs. You can use it to boot multiple operating systems easily, including triple-boot setups with Boot Camp. It also provides an easy way to enter and explore the EFI pre-boot environment.
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Discontinued
rEFIt is no longer maintained since 2013. The author suggested to check out rEFInd - Boot Manager , a fork of the original program.
Gag
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Free • Open Source
Boot Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
7 Gag alternatives
GAG (initials, in spanish, of Graphical Boot Manager) is a Boot Manager program. It's loaded when the computer is turned on and allows you to choose the operating system you want to use.
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Discontinued
The latest version (4.10) is from 2008.
burg
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Free • Open Source
Boot Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
20 burg alternatives
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.
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Discontinued
The project is no longer maintained. Last version, released on 18 October 2010, can be still downloaded from Google Code.
Chimera
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Free • Open Source
Boot Manager
Mac
20 Chimera alternatives
Chimera is a Hackintosh bootloader that merges the best features from various branches of Chameleon bootloader, into a new branch based on the latest Chameleon 2.0 RC5 trunk version. It is designed for maximum compatibility across platforms.
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Extended Operating System Loader
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Free • Open Source
Boot Manager
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Windows
Linux
15 Extended Operating System Loader alternatives
Written in C++ and licensed under GNU GPL, XOSL (eXtended Operating System Loader) is a user-friendly, window-based graphical boot manager handling large disks and over 30 different operating systems.
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Extended Operating System Loader Features
MBR
Multi boot
Discontinued
Since XOSL is no longer maintained, but still usable, a modified version has stemmed form the original one: see https://sourceforge.net/projects/xosl2/
Partita 2000
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Free • Proprietary
Boot Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
17 Partita 2000 alternatives
Partita 2000 is a tiny boot manager with a Y2K patch for old BIOSes. It features a timed autoboot and can automatically change partition type to hidden for selected partitions when loading a given OS.
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Partita 2000 Features
Multi boot
MBR
Discontinued
The project seems to be no longer updated. Last version can be still downloaded from the official website, in the Early Work section.
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