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vDos VS DBGL

Compare vDos VS DBGL and see what are their differences

vDos logo vDos

vDos lets you conveniently run DOS applications by emulating a (spiced up) DOS PC in a window.

DBGL logo DBGL

DBGL is a free, open source, multiple frontends for DOSBox.
  • vDos Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-15
  • DBGL Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-03-20

vDos

Website
vdos.info
Release Date
2013 January

vDos videos

vDos Stresser Review (2015)

More videos:

  • Tutorial - How to Use vDOS to Run Old DOS Programs on Windows 10
  • Review - vDos Stresser Review (2015)

DBGL videos

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to vDos and DBGL)
Emulators
76 76%
24% 24
Gaming Software
0 0%
100% 100
Gaming
57 57%
43% 43
Games
100 100%
0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, DBGL seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 2 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

vDos mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of vDos yet. Tracking of vDos recommendations started around Mar 2021.

DBGL mentions (2)

  • DOSBox shortcut launcher?
    I recommend https://dbgl.org/ instead. It lets you graphically choose what to run from the host OS before running DOSBox. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Configuring DBLG to use different builds and forks of DosBox
    Due to Boxer (MacOS) no longer being in development, I've been on the lookout for a new front-end for DOSBox, especially after finding out about Win9x support in DOSBox-X. In my search I came across DBGL (https://dbgl.org/). Sadly I'm not sure how to configure it to use DOSBox-X instead of the bundled version DosBox. Would anyone here know how to do it? I haven't found any videos or tutorials for configuring DBLG... Source: almost 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vDos and DBGL, you can also consider the following products

DOSBox - DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library.

AmpShell - AmpShell is a DOSBox front-end for Windows.

vDosPlus - vDosPlus (formerly vDos-lfn) is a free general-purpose non-gaming DOS emulator running on Windows...

RetriX - RetriX is an emulator front end for UWP, on all the hardware platforms it supports: it serves the...

FreeDOS - . creation tool just didn't feel up to the task. So, I created a new utility that may have better results.

Terminal Launch V - For those that want a clean, simple fast emu frontend.