Best GNU xorriso Alternatives in 2026
Taken from ISO Creation Software, where GNU xorriso is listed too, in the same order.
- 1 7.8 Club score
PowerISO
PowerISO handles disc burning and imaging, archive and image-file processing, virtual drives, and bootable USB creation.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux
- 2 7.7 Club score
Express Burn
Express Burn writes audio, video and data to CD, DVD and Blu-ray discs on Windows and macOS.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS
- 3 7.7 Club score
Alcohol 52%
Alcohol 52% creates virtual CD/DVD-ROM drives so users can mount disc images and access discs without the physical media.
- Free plan
- Windows
- 4 7.7 Club score
mkpsxiso
mkpsxiso builds PlayStation CD images from an XML document, outputting .bin/.cue or .iso files for use in an emulator or for CD burning.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux
- 5
7.5 Club scoreAnyToISO
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS
- 6
7.5 Club scoreSysTools ISO Creator
SysTools ISO Creator creates and edits ISO files from local files and folders on Windows and macOS.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS
- 7 7.5 Club score
Active@ ISO Manager
Active@ ISO Manager is a free Windows utility for authoring, editing, extracting, rebuilding, and burning ISO images compatible with ISO 9660 and Joliet.
- Free plan
- Windows
- 8
7.4 Club scoreOpen Burning Suite
Open Burning Suite is free, open-source software for burning, reading, building, and verifying CD, DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-ray discs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux
- 9 7.4 Club score
- 10 7.3 Club score
ImgBurn
ImgBurn is a free application for burning CD, DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray discs on Windows, with Linux and other x86 Unix systems supported through Wine.
- Free plan
- Windows · Linux
- 11
7.3 Club scoreAnyBurn
AnyBurn is Windows software for burning optical discs, working with disc images, and creating bootable USB drives.
- Free plan
- Windows
- 12 7.3 Club score
InfraRecorder
InfraRecorder is a free CD/DVD burning program for Microsoft Windows.
- Free plan
- Windows
- 13 7.2 Club score
gBurner Virtual Drive
gBurner Virtual Drive is a free Windows utility for creating and managing virtual CD/DVD drives, letting users access disc images without burning them to physical discs.
- Free plan
- Windows
- 14 7.2 Club score
BurnAware
BurnAware is Windows software for burning optical discs and creating or burning ISO images.
- Free plan
- Windows
- 15 7.1 Club score
UUByte ISO Editor
UUByte ISO Editor is a Windows and Mac toolkit for creating, burning, extracting and editing ISO images.
- Free trial
- Windows · macOS
- 16 7.1 Club score
- 17
7.1 Club scoreDeepBurner
DeepBurner is Windows software for burning CDs and DVDs, making ISO images, and handling related disc tasks.
- Free plan
- Windows
- 18 7.0 Club score
Nero Burning ROM
- Free trial
- Windows
- 19 6.9 Club score
bchunk
bchunk is a free command-line utility that converts CD images in BIN/CUE format into ISO images and CDR tracks.
- Free plan
- macOS · Linux
- 20 6.9 Club score
ISO Workshop
- Free trial
- Windows