Top 10 Open-Source Alternatives to Hirens BootCD

The top open-source alternatives to Hirens BootCD are Ventoy, Rufus, and UNetbootin. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Ventoy Landing Page
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Ventoy

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Utilities #Boot Disk Utilities #Bootable USB 170 social mentions
Rufus Landing Page
2

Rufus

Rufus is a piece of software that allows you to transform a portable drive, like a flash drive or other USB drives, into a bootable drive that can be used for a variety of purposes. Read more about Rufus.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Utilities #Boot Disk Utilities #Bootable USB 6 social mentions
UNetbootin Landing Page
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UNetbootin

UNetbootin is a utility for creating live bootable USB drives. The name of the software is short for Universal Netboot Installer, and its most prevalent use has been to create bootable versions of Linux distributions on a USB drive.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Utilities #Bootable USB #Boot Disk Utilities 59 social mentions
fogproject.org
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FOG Project

A free open-source network computer cloning and management solution
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Cyber Security #Backup & Restore #Antivirus 69 social mentions
Raspberry Pi Imager Landing Page
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Raspberry Pi Imager

We’ve made a simpler way to image your microSD card with Raspbian, the official Raspberry Pi operating system, and other operating systems.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Bootable USB #Cyber Security #CD Image Creator 1 social mentions
Stellar Landing Page
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Stellar

Recover lost or deleted data from any Windows device
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Backup And Disaster Recovery #Data Recovery Software #File Recovery
GenieACS Landing Page
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GenieACS

A fast and lightweight TR-069 Auto Configuration Server (ACS)
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Network Automation #Configuration Auditing #Change Management
BleachBit Landing Page
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BleachBit

When your computer is getting full, BleachBit quickly frees disk space.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Utilities #Data Cleansing #Hard Disk Management 3 social mentions
Oxidized Landing Page
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Oxidized

configuration backup software (IOS, JunOS) - silly attempt at rancid
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Network Automation #Configuration Auditing #Change Management 18 social mentions
NetDisco Landing Page
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NetDisco

Netdisco is an Open Source web-based network management tool first released publically in 2003.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Network Automation #Configuration Auditing #Change Management 16 social mentions