The Best Open Source Recuva AlternativesTop File & Hard Disk Recovery Tools like Recuva

The best open source alternative to Recuva is TestDisk. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Recuva and 16 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Recuva are PhotoRec, Digler, Autopsy Forensic Browser and GNU ddrescue.

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  1. TestDisk icon

    TestDisk

     396 likes

    Recovers lost partitions, repairs non-booting or damaged disks, restores deleted partition tables, supports FAT, NTFS, ext, and exFAT file systems, operates via command-line, converts dynamic disks to basic, runs cross-platform without installation.

    144 TestDisk alternatives

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    Comments about TestDisk as an Alternative to Recuva
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
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    The best one out there. It can edit/restore partitions, list and copy files and folders and it's very fast.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Top Negative Comment
    Guest
    3

    It's focused in recovering partitions, not files. So it lists partitions with not much info about the files inside.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    merih coban
    Positive
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    It can recover FILES. When you select your partition press P for list files option. It will show you all your files and folders. Then you can browse your files and select the folder you want to recover. For example your Users folder. Press C to copy selected files to another location. Yes the user interface is not super beginer friendly but it can recovery your files. It also recover file names and folder structure.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think TestDisk is a great Recuva alternative.

    • TestDisk is Free and Open SourceRecuva is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. PhotoRec icon

    PhotoRec

     183 likes

    PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from hard disks, CD-ROMs, and lost pictures.

    142 PhotoRec alternatives

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    Photorec is simple, light, yet powerful, but it recovers files roughly, without names and metadata.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks PhotoRec is a great Recuva alternative.

    • PhotoRec is Free and Open SourceRecuva is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. Digler icon

    Digler

     25 likes

    Forensic disk analysis and file recovery solution supporting a wide range of disk image formats and raw devices, file system-agnostic recovery, metadata-independent scans, DFXML reporting, plugin extensibility, intuitive CLI, and integration for diverse forensic needs.

    50 Digler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Autopsy Forensic Browser icon

    Autopsy Forensic Browser

     23 likes

    Autopsy® is a digital forensics platform and graphical interface to The Sleuth Kit® and other digital forensics tools. It can be used by law enforcement, military, and corporate examiners to investigate what happened on a computer.

    101 Autopsy Forensic Browser alternatives

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  6. GNU ddrescue icon

    GNU ddrescue

     18 likes

    Command-line utility to copy and recover data from failing drives or files, efficiently tracking progress with logfiles, auto-resuming recovery, merging multiple damaged sources, and providing fill mode to overwrite, mark, or repair sectors for advanced recovery cases.

    25 GNU ddrescue alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  7. RecoveRx icon

    RecoveRx

     4 likes

    RecoveRx allows to rescue erased files like digital photos, documents, music and videos from memory cards, MP3 music players, USB flash drives, external hard drives and solid state drives.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  9. Kickass Undelete icon

    Kickass Undelete

     12 likes

    Kickass Undelete is a free, fully featured, file recovery tool for Windows. Accidentally deleted a file? Never fear; the data is probably still on your drive and may be recoverable. Kickass Undelete finds all of the deleted files on your hard drive, flash drive or SD card and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  10. TOKIWA DataRecovery icon

    TOKIWA DataRecovery

     6 likes

    DataRecovery is freeware and made by TOKIWA to undelete accidentally deleted files even from recycle bin.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    FreeRecover

     7 likes

    FreeRecover is a free file recovery program for NTFS drives. It allows you to search though and preview deleted files to find lost data. It also estimates the integrity of the deleted files, as well as retrieves their original file paths.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  12. Scrounge NTFS icon

    Scrounge NTFS

     5 likes

    Data recovery program for NTFS file systems. Reads each block of the hard disk to and retrieves rebuilds file system tree on another partition.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  13. Foremost icon

    Foremost

     9 likes

    Foremost is a console program to recover files based on their headers, footers, and internal data structures. This process is commonly referred to as data carving. Foremost can work on image files, such as those generated by dd, Safeback, Encase, etc, or directly on a drive.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  14. safecopy - Data Recovery

     3 likes

    safecopy is a data recovery tool which tries to extract as much data as possible from a problematic (i.e. damaged sectors) source - like floppy drives, hard disk partitions, CDs, tape devices, ..., where other tools like dd would fail due to I/O...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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