Boot Manager Software
Alternatives to EasyBCD
The tools Specifiction weighs against EasyBCD, from its list of boot manager software, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.
- 01 Boot-US
Boot-US suits people who need to choose among operating systems on an x86 machine, including users running separate Windows installations.
Free plan Windows · Linux9.0 Visit Specs - 02
GitHub CodeQL From $30/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.5 Visit Specs - 03 Avidemux Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.3 Visit Specs
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BootIt Bare Metal Free trial Windows · Linux8.3 Visit Specs - 05
BootIt UEFI Free trial Windows · Linux8.3 Visit Specs - 06
Launchpad Launchpad suits open-source projects and community contributors who need code hosting, bug tracking, package building, localization, and project planning.
Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted8.3 Visit Specs - 07 rEFInd
rEFInd suits users of EFI-based computers who want to choose among detected operating systems or utilities at startup.
Free plan Open source Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted8.3 Visit Specs - 08 Clover Bootloader
Clover suits users who need to boot macOS, Windows or Linux on UEFI- or BIOS-based Macs and PCs.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux8.0 Visit Specs - 09 EasyUEFI Free trial Windows7.9 Visit Specs
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Easy2Boot Easy2Boot suits people who want to boot multiple installers, live systems or utilities from a USB drive.
Free plan Windows · Linux7.8 Visit Specs - 11 Boot-Repair
It suits Linux users repairing GRUB, multiboot, UEFI, or BIOS startup problems.
Free plan Linux7.7 Visit Specs - 12 OpenCore
OpenCore suits users looking for a bootloader with UEFI and BIOS support, multiboot, and boot-entry and boot-menu controls.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted7.6 Visit Specs - 13 Plop Boot Manager
Plop Boot Manager suits people who need to boot multiple operating systems or devices, including USB or optical media without BIOS boot support.
Free plan Windows · Linux7.6 Visit Specs - 14
SARDU MultiBoot Creator SARDU suits people who need bootable maintenance media for Windows and Linux systems, including tools for recovery, backup, installation, and hardware checks.
Free plan Windows · Linux7.5 Visit Specs - 15 Super Grub2 Disk
It suits users troubleshooting systems that fail to boot normally and who need automatic or manual boot options.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux7.5 Visit Specs - 16 efibootmgr Free plan Linux7.4 Visit Specs
- 17 Petitboot
Petitboot suits Linux and self-hosted environments that need multiboot menus, boot-entry editing, and network image loading.
Free plan Linux · Self-hosted7.4 Visit Specs - 18 QEFI Entry Manager
QEFI Entry Manager suits users who need graphical or command-line control of EFI entries and partitions on supported systems.
Free plan Windows · Linux7.4 Visit Specs - 19
Ventoy Ventoy suits users who need a multiboot drive for operating-system images across Windows or Linux management environments.
Free plan Windows · Linux7.3 Visit Specs - 20 Visor Boot Manager
Visor may suit Linux users who want a graphical UEFI menu with snapshot and OSTree options, and who use x86_64 or AArch64 hardware.
Free plan Windows · Linux7.3 Visit Specs - 21 SYSLINUX
It suits users configuring Linux boot environments across FAT, network, CD-ROM, and ext2/ext3 media.
Free plan Windows · Linux7.2 Visit Specs - 22 YUMI
YUMI suits people assembling USB media for multiple operating systems, installers, rescue tools, or utilities.
Free plan Windows · Linux7.2 Visit Specs - 23 efiboots Linux7.0 Visit Specs
- 24 go-boot Self-hosted7.0 Visit Specs
- 25 systemd-boot
systemd-boot suits people configuring a UEFI system with multiple boot choices and entries they want to edit.
Windows · macOS · Linux6.9 Visit Specs - 26 UEFI Boot Manager Windows · Linux6.7 Visit Specs
- 27 GNU GRUB Windows · Linux5.7 Visit Specs
- 28 Limine Linux5.5 Visit Specs