PowerISO AlternativesOnly Open Source apps categorised as ISO Mounting Tools

The best open source ISO Mounting alternative to PowerISO is WinCDEmu. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to PowerISO and eight of them are open source ISO Mounting Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source ISO Mounting Tool alternatives to PowerISO are ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver, CDemu, AcetoneISO and vDisc.

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PowerISO

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Disc Burner
Paid • Proprietary

PowerISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file processing tool, which allows you to open, extract, create, edit, compress, encrypt, split and convert ISO files, and mount these files with internal virtual drive. It can process...

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PowerISO alternatives page was last updated Nov 2, 2023

WinCDEmu
WinCDEmu is an open-source CD/DVD/BD emulator - a tool that allows you to mount optical disc images by simply clicking on them in Windows Explorer. If you have downloaded an ISO image and want to use it without burning it to a blank disc, WinCDEmu is the easiest way to do it.
39 WinCDEmu alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- ISO Mounting Tool
- Disk Imaging Tool
Platforms
- Windows
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WinCDEmu Features
1. Lightweight
2. Mounting ISO
3. Disk Imaging
4. Mounting drives
5. Emulation
6. Ad-free
7. Virtual Disk
8. Portable
9. CD Burner
10. Multiple languages
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Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 4.1, released on September 29, 2015, can be still downloaded from GitHub
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Comments about WinCDEmu as an Alternative to PowerISO

Raiz
Reads and creates ISO and similar image file formats
Top positive comment •Apr 30, 2018
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Guest
It's easy to use...that's what makes it awesome..I am saving so much time.....
Top positive comment •Apr 11, 2017
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JohnDangerbrooks
Not similar enough. WinCDEmu is a virtual drive emulator. PowerISO is an archiver and ISO editor.
Top negative comment •Nov 2, 2023
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Guest
It can't create ISO files, only mount them.
Negative comment •Jun 24, 2020
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Guest
It can only do one of the many PowerISO features.
Negative comment •Mar 7, 2020
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- Most users think WinCDEmu is a great PowerISO alternative.
- WinCDEmu is the most popular Windows alternative to PowerISO.
- WinCDEmu is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PowerISO.
- WinCDEmu is Free and Open SourcePowerISO is Paid and Proprietary

ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver
ImDisk is a virtual disk driver for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 or Windows Server 2003/2008/2012. It can create virtual hard disk, RAM Disk, floppy or CD/DVD drives using image files or system memory. The install package installs a console-mode control program called imdisk.
44 ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- ISO Mounting Tool
Platforms
- Windows
- BSD
ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver Features
Windows Explorer Extension
Virtual Disk
Support for UDF extension
Multiple languages
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Discontinued
The latest version (2.1.1) is from December 2022.
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Comments about ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver as an Alternative to PowerISO

Guest
This is a RAMDISK program
Negative comment •Apr 15, 2019
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- Most users think ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver is a great PowerISO alternative.
- ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver is Free and Open SourcePowerISO is Paid and Proprietary

CDemu
CDEmu is a CD/DVD-ROM device emulator for linux, licensed under GPL v2 or later. It is a from-scratch rewrite of the legacy CDEmu project, which was started by Robert Penz.
31 CDemu alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- ISO Mounting Tool
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
CDemu Features
1. Virtual Disk
2. Emulation
3. Sits in the System Tray
4. Linux-based
5. Low resource footprint
6. Works at kernel level
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AcetoneISO
AcetoneISO, is a feature-rich and complete software application to manage CD/DVD images. Thanks to powerful open source tools such as fuseiso, AcetoneISO will let You mount typical proprietary images formats of the Windows world such as ISO BIN NRG MDF IMG and do plenty of other...
49 AcetoneISO alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- ISO Mounting Tool
- ISO Creator
Platforms
- Linux
AcetoneISO Features
1. Ad-free
2. Copyright-free
3. Copywriting
4. Copy & paste actions
5. Virtual Disk
6. Convert DVD to AVI
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vDisc
Mounts disc images.
10 vDisc alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- ISO Mounting Tool
Platforms
- Linux
vDisc Features
Mounting drives
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Discontinued
Last update is from March 2023.
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FuseISO
FuseISO is a FUSE module to mount ISO filesystem images (.iso, .nrg, .bin, .mdf and .img files). It currently support plain ISO9660 Level 1 and 2, Rock Ridge, Joliet, and zisofs.
21 FuseISO alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- ISO Mounting Tool
Platforms
- Linux
Discontinued
The latest version is from 2008.
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Gmount
Gmount is the program which helps you to mount images in Linux.
22 Gmount alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- ISO Mounting Tool
Platforms
- Windows
Discontinued
Last Update: 2013-04-03
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discmage
discmage handles all kinds of CD images. It does rip single tracks, mounts images or tracks using FUSE, repairs broken ISO tracks, and much more.
20 discmage alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- ISO Mounting Tool
Platforms
- Linux
Discontinued
Official site/app unavailable.
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