Yaboot AlternativesBoot Managers and other similar apps like Yaboot

Yaboot is described as 'PowerPC bootloader for Open Firmware based machines including New World Apple Macintosh, IBM RS/6000, IBM pSeries and IBM OpenPower machines' and is a Boot Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Yaboot for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Oracle Solaris apps. The best Yaboot alternative is GRUB, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Yaboot are EasyBCD, EasyUEFI, Grub Customizer and Grub2Win.

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Yaboot is a PowerPC bootloader for Open Firmware based machines including New World Apple Macintosh, IBM RS/6000, IBM pSeries and IBM OpenPower machines.

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Yaboot alternatives page was last updated Sep 3, 2024
  1. 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.

    24 GRUB alternatives
    GRUB in non-graphical mode

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris
    • OpenSolaris

    GRUB Features

    1.  Text-based
    2.  USB to NTFS
    3.  Zero configuration
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    • GRUB is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Yaboot.

    • GRUB is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Yaboot.

    • GRUB is Free and Open SourceYaboot is also Free and Open Source
  2. EasyBCD icon
     107 likes

    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...

    21 EasyBCD alternatives
    EasyBCD Home

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    EasyBCD Features

    1.  3 way sync
    2.  MBR
    3.  Support for Android Things
    EasyBCD iconYaboot Icon

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  3. EasyUEFI icon
     6 likes

    EasyUEFI owns comprehensive EFI/UEFI boot option management functions, such as create, delete, edit, clean up, backup and restore EFI/UEFI boot options, specifies an one-time boot entry for the next restart, or change EFI/UEFI boot order, all these operations done under Windows...

    21 EasyUEFI alternatives
    EasyUEFI screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    EasyUEFI Features

    1.  Create bootable Image
    2.  Create UEFI bootable drive
    EasyUEFI iconYaboot Icon

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  4. Grub Customizer icon
     16 likes

    Grub Customizer is a graphical interface to configure the GRUB2/BURG settings and menuentries.

    18 Grub Customizer alternatives
    Grub Customizer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Grub Customizer Features

    1.  UEFI Support
    2.  MBR
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  5. Grub2Win icon
     11 likes

    Safely dual boot Windows and Linux without touching the Windows MBR.

    Grub2Win installs to Windows 8, Windows 7, XP, 2000 or Vista. It boots native, open source GNU grub version 2.00 code. Everything is contained in one 7 MB directory on your Windows C: drive.

    The simple Windows.

    19 Grub2Win alternatives
    Grub2Win screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Grub2Win Features

    1.  Portable
    Grub2Win iconYaboot Icon

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  6. iReboot icon
     8 likes

    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.

    25 iReboot alternatives
    iReboot screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    iReboot iconYaboot Icon

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  7.  1 like

    Quibble is the custom Windows bootloader - an open-source reimplementation of the files bootmgfw.efi and winload.efi, able to boot versions of Windows from XP to Windows 10 22H2. Unlike the official bootloader, it is extensible, allowing you to boot from other filesystems than...

    4 Quibble alternatives
    Windows on Btrfs

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. GRUB4DOS and WINGRUB icon
     14 likes

    GRUB for DOS is the dos extension of GRUB. It enables dos users to run the configuration console directly in real mode. The project also contains an utility called WINGRUB, an GUI intends to help configuring and installing GRUB in the WINDOWS environment.

    17 GRUB4DOS and WINGRUB alternatives
    GRUB4DOS and WINGRUB screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    It was last updated in 2013.

    GRUB4DOS and WINGRUB iconYaboot Icon

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  9. rEFIt icon
     6 likes

    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.

    25 rEFIt alternatives
    rEFIt screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Discontinued

    rEFIt is no longer maintained since 2013. The author suggested to check out rEFInd - Boot Manager icon rEFInd - Boot Manager , a fork of the original program.

    rEFIt iconYaboot Icon

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  10. LILO (Linux Loader) icon
     3 likes

    The development of LILO as classic bootloader for GNU/Linux systems was restarted in June 2010. Because of the simpleness LILO has some advantages comparing with Grub and Grub2. But nowadays LILO is not the bootloader for all situations. But LILO is longtime proved and stable.

    21 LILO (Linux Loader) alternatives
    LILO (Linux Loader) screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    LILO (Linux Loader) iconYaboot Icon

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  11. Visual BCD Editor icon
     9 likes

    Visual BCD Editor - advanced GUI version of bcdedit utility. Automatic boot loader creation - Windows 7|Vista|XP|VHD. Fix boot manager and dual boot problems.

    17 Visual BCD Editor alternatives
    Visual BCD Editor

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Boot from USB without BIOS
    Visual BCD Editor iconYaboot Icon

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  12.  3 likes

    Burg is a brand-new boot loader based on 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.

    22 burg alternatives
    burg screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer maintained. Last version, released on 18 October 2010, can be still downloaded from Google Code.

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