Recuva AlternativesOnly apps categorised as File Recovery Tools for Linux

Recuva is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux File Recovery Tool alternative is PhotoRec, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Recuva and 14 are File Recovery Tools available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux File Recovery Tool alternatives to Recuva are TestDisk, Digler, R-Studio and Autopsy Forensic Browser.

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  1. PhotoRec icon
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    PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from hard disks, CD-ROMs, and lost pictures.

    150 PhotoRec alternatives

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  2. TestDisk icon
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    Recovers lost partitions, repairs non-booting or damaged disks, restores deleted partition tables, supports FAT, NTFS, ext, and exFAT file systems, operates via command-line, converts dynamic disks to basic, runs cross-platform without installation.

    149 TestDisk alternatives

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  3. 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.

    76 Digler alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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  4. R-Studio icon
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    Advanced solution enabling file and partition recovery from formatted, deleted, or inaccessible disks for FAT, NTFS, HFS, EXT, UFS, and more, featuring disk imaging, RAID reconstruction, S.M.A.R.T. monitoring, hex editor, and robust forensics options.

    144 R-Studio alternatives

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  5. 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.

    106 Autopsy Forensic Browser alternatives

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  6. R-Linux icon
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    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.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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  7. DMDE icon
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    DMDE (DM Disk Editor and Data Recovery Software) is a data recovery and disk management tool for Windows, macOS, Linux and DOS.

    107 DMDE alternatives

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  8. GNU ddrescue icon
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    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.

    27 GNU ddrescue alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  9. Recovery Explorer Professional corresponds precisely to the requirements of data recovery professionals. This software application offers data recovery experts a set of tools to cover data loss cases to the greatest possible extent.

    39 Recovery Explorer Professional alternatives

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  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.

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    • Freemium
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  11. Foremost icon
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    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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  12. 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...

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