Chimera Alternatives

Chimera is described as 'Hackintosh bootloader that merges the best features from various branches of Chameleon bootloader, into a new branch based on the latest Chameleon 2.0 RC5 trunk version. It is designed for maximum compatibility across platforms' and is a Boot Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Chimera for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Oracle Solaris apps. The best Chimera alternative is GNU GRUB, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Chimera are EasyBCD, Libreboot, EasyUEFI and coreboot.

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  1. B

    burg

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    Burg is a brand-new boot loader based on GNU 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.

    19 burg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  2. BootIt Bare Metal icon

    BootIt Bare Metal

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    BootIt Bare Metal is a boot manager and partition manager software utility. Whither you want to do non-destructive repartitioning or boot multiple operating systems, this is the product for you.

    16 BootIt Bare Metal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Edit Boot Menu Item
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  4. OSL2000 Boot Manager icon

    OSL2000 Boot Manager

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    OSL2000 is an advanced multi boot manager. Using OSL2000 boot manager, you can directly install, boot and manage upto 100 independent OSs in your computer.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Menu
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  5. DualBootPRO icon

    DualBootPRO

     3 likes

    A boot editor for the Windows 7/Vista bootloader. Takes the pain out of BCDEDIT.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    DualBootPRO screenshot 1
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  6. Extended Operating System Loader icon

    Extended Operating System Loader

     3 likes

    Written in C++ and licensed under GNU GPL, XOSL (eXtended Operating System Loader) is a user-friendly, window-based graphical boot manager handling large disks and over 30 different operating systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Main dialog
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  8. Y

    Yaboot

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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.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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