Virtual CloneDrive Alternatives for Linux

Virtual CloneDrive is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is K3b, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Virtual CloneDrive and ten of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Virtual CloneDrive are PowerISO, AcetoneISO, CDemu and Pismo File Mount Audit Package.

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Virtual CloneDrive alternatives are mainly ISO Mounting Tools but may also be ISO Creators or Disc Burners.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Virtual CloneDrive.
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Virtual CloneDrive works and behaves just like a physical CD/DVD drive, however it exists only virtually. Image files of various formats (.iso, .bin, etc) can be mounted onto a virtual drive from your hard-disk or from a...

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Virtual CloneDrive alternatives page was last updated Mar 28, 2023
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  1. K3b icon
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    K3b

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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...

    62 K3b alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE

    K3b Features

    1.  CD Burner
    2.  DVD Burner
    3.  Ad-free
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    • K3b is the most popular Linux alternative to Virtual CloneDrive.

    • K3b is Free and Open SourceVirtual CloneDrive is Free and Proprietary
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    PowerISO

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    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 almost all CD-ROM image files including ISO and BIN.

    58 PowerISO alternatives
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    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  ISO Editing
    4.  Convert Img to ISO
    5.  Emulation
    6.  Virtual Disk
    Bundleware

    The installer contains ads. Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/

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  4. AcetoneISO icon
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    AcetoneISO

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    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
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    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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  5. CDemu icon
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    CDemu

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    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
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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    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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    Comments about CDemu as an Alternative to Virtual CloneDrive
     
    Peter Mello

    Well, it's what's available for Linux users at the moment, and it gets the job done. Not to mention it's always remarkable to use an open source project that's over two decades old.

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    • CDemu is Free and Open SourceVirtual CloneDrive is Free and Proprietary
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    Pismo File Mount Audit Package

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    Pismo File Mount Audit Package is an application that allows users to mount the contents of ZIP, ISO, Compact ISO, Compact File Set and Private Folder files to the file system as virtual folders.

    36 Pismo File Mount Audit Package alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Pismo File Mount Audit Package Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  ZIP File Mounting
    3.  Virtual Disk
    4.  Encrypt Folder
    5.  Isometric view
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  7. Furius ISO Mount icon
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    Furius ISO Mount

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    Furius ISO Mount is a simple Gtk+ Interface to Mount ISO, IMG, BIN, MDF and NRG Image files without burning to disk.

    27 Furius ISO Mount alternatives
    Python version of Furius ISO Mount with Drag n Drop Support

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    On Ubuntu
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 0.11.3.1, released in January 2011, can be still downloaded from Softpedia

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    gISOmount

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    gISOMount is a simple graphical interface to enable the mounting of ISO's with ease. Useful for if you are involved with beta testing of isos and need to quickly mount them wo check which version they, or to grab files off isos stored on a HDD.

    24 gISOmount alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last Update: 2014-01-26

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  10. Kiso icon
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    Kiso

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    KIso is a graphical user interface for KDE 3.x for creating, extracting and editing of ISO-Images.

    21 Kiso alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Kiso Features

    1.  KDE
    2.  Create bootable Image
    Discontinued

    Last version, 0.8.3, was released on December 2005. It is still downloadable from Sourceforge

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  11. FuseISO

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    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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The latest version is from 2008.

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  12. discmage

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    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 types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Official site/app unavailable.

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