rEFInd - Boot Manager AlternativesBoot Managers and other similar apps like rEFInd - Boot Manager

Apps similar to rEFInd - Boot Manager include GNU GRUB, which is free and open source. Other options are EasyBCD, Limine, OpenCore Legacy Patcher and OpenCore. You can choose from more than 10 Boot Managers like rEFInd - Boot Manager for Windows, Mac and Linux.

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  1. GNU GRUB icon
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    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.

    20 GNU GRUB alternatives

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    • BSD
    • Oracle Solaris
    • OpenSolaris
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  2. EasyBCD icon
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    EasyBCD is NeoSmart Technologies multiple award-winning answer to tweaking Windows bootloader. With EasyBCD, almost anything is possible, e.g. to boot a Win7-VHD-image. Setting up and configuring Windows boot entries is simple, and there is no easier way to quickly boot right...

    17 EasyBCD alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    EasyBCD Home
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  3. Limine icon
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    Limine is an advanced x86/x86_64 BIOS and UEFI bootloader that supports modern PC features such as Long Mode, 5-level paging, multi-core startup, and more thanks to the stivale and stivale2 boot protocols.

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    • Mac
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  4. OpenCore icon
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    OpenCore is an open-sourced tool designed to prepare a system for macOS booting and has been architected to alleviate many of the constraints imposed by its alternatives like Clover(these tools are sometimes referred to as "boot loaders").

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Syslinux icon
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    The Syslinux Project covers lightweight bootloaders for the MS-DOS FAT filesystem (SYSLINUX), network booting (PXELINUX), booting from the ISO 9660 filesystem (ISOLINUX), and Linux ext2/ext3/ext4 or Btrfs filesystems (EXTLINUX).

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    • Linux
    • Windows
    • MS-DOS
    • FreeDOS
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  6. iReboot icon
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    iReboot is NeoSmart Technologies' simple yet effective reboot helper tool. iReboot sits in your taskbar at startup (only taking up 400KB of memory!) and lets you choose which operating system you want to reboot into.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  7. rEFIt icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8.  5 likes

    Burg is a brand-new boot loader based on GNU 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • US flagUnited States
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  9. The Plop Boot Manager is a small program to boot different operating systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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