Open Source PowerISO AlternativesDisc Burners & ISO Creators like PowerISO

The best open source alternative to PowerISO is WinCDEmu. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to PowerISO and 15 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to PowerISO are K3b, Brasero, ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver and AcetoneISO.

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  1. WinCDEmu icon
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    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.

    37 WinCDEmu alternatives

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    • Since 2009

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  2. K3b icon
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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...

    46 K3b alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE
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  3. Brasero icon
     302 likes

    Brasero is an application to burn CD/DVD for the GNOME Desktop. It is designed to be as simple as possible and has some unique features to enable users to create their discs easily and quickly.

    40 Brasero alternatives

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    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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  4. ImDisk is a virtual disk driver for Windows NT through Windows 10. It can create virtual hard disk, RAM Disk, floppy or CD/DVD drives using image files or system memory.

    36 ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver alternatives

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    • Since 2010

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    • Windows
    • BSD
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  5. AcetoneISO icon
     53 likes

    AcetoneISO is a free and open-source virtual drive software to mount and manage image files. Its goals are to be simple, intuitive and stable. Written in Qt, this software is meant for all those people looking for a "Daemon Tools for Linux".

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. CDemu icon
     24 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  7. disc-xplorer icon
     3 likes

    Disc Xplorer is a free, lightweight, cross-platform app for optical disc image browsing, extracting, analyzing, and so much more.

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    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  8. A software package to preserve all storage media from the very old to the cutting edge, as well as to give detailed information about any supported image file & to extract the files from those images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2022

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Iso Master icon
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    [You need a C compiler to install it from source.]

    ISO Master is an open-source, easy to use, graphical CD image editor for Linux and BSD. Basically you can use this program to extract files from an ISO, add files to an ISO, and create bootable ISOs - all in a graphical user in.

    17 Iso Master alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. xorriso icon
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    xorriso itself is entirely controlled by text commands.In dialog mode, xorriso reads them as text lines from standard input. Together with some helpful xorriso commands,it is quite easy for frontend programs to operate a separate xorriso process.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2017

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
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  11. FlBurn icon
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    FlBurn is an optical disc burning software for linux based on the libraries FLTK and libburnia.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  12.  1 like

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2013

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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