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In this page you can find a comparison between Aaru and other dump image managers or creators.
## Comparison of optical discs image managers
| | Aaru | DiscImageCreator | CDRWin | CloneCD | Alcohol 120% | IsoBuster | WinImage |
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------|----------|----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
| Opensource | Yes | [Yes](https://github.com/saramibreak/DiscImageCreator) | No | No | No | No | No |
| Supported platforms | Windows, Linux, macOS¹ | Windows | Windows | Windows | Windows | Windows | Windows |
| Supported formats | [12](formats.md) | 3² | 1³ | 1⁴ | 1⁵ | 17⁶ | 1⁷ |
| Can dump Audio CD | Yes⁸ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Can dump Mode 0 tracks | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Can dump Mode 1 tracks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Can dump Mode 2 tracks | Yes⁸ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Can dump multisession discs | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Can dump discs with errors | Yes⁹ | Yes¹⁰ | No¹¹ | Yes¹⁰ | Yes¹⁰ | Unknown | Unknown |
| Reads subchannel | Yes | Yes | No¹² | Yes | Yes | Unknown | No |
| Reads lead-in postgap | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Supports illegal TOCs | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Supports error-based copy protections | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Supports twin sectors based copy protections | Not yet¹³ | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Supports position based copy protections | Not yet¹³ | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Supports dumping DDCD | Yes | No¹⁴ | No¹⁴ | No¹⁴ | No¹⁴ | No¹⁴ | No¹⁴ |
| Supports dumping GD | Not yet¹⁵ | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Supports dumping GameCube/Wii | Not yet¹⁵ | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Supports dumping DVD¹⁶ ¹⁷ | Yes | Partial¹⁸ | No | No | Partial¹⁸ | Partial¹⁸ | Partial¹⁸ |
| Supports dumping HD DVD¹⁶ | Yes | Partial¹⁹ | No | No | Partial¹⁹ | Partial¹⁹ | Partial¹⁹ |
| Supports dumping Blu- ray¹⁶ ²⁰ | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Supports dumping Xbox Game discs | Yes²¹ ²² | Yes²² | No | No | No | No | No |
1. macOS does not yet support dumping media, only managing existing images
2. CDRWin, CloneCD and raw
3. CDRWin
4. CloneCD
5. Alcohol 120%
6. Alcohol 120%, BlindWrite 5, BlindWrite 6, CD-i OptImage, CDRWin, CloneCD, DiscJuggler, Easy CD Creator, IsoBuster,
Nero, NTI, PlexTools, Prassi PrimoCD, Prassi PrimoDVD, raw, Virtual CD and WinOnCD
7. Raw
8. It can lose a few seconds from start of audio on some discs
9. Depending on the drive it can recover data from sectors with errors
10. Writes fake data in the place of sectors with errors
11. Ignores errors or stops on error
12. Only if it detects the disc is | No a CD+G
13. Pending format support
14. None of its supported formats support the DDCD media
15. Feature will be added in next release
16. Does not include encrypted video media
17. Includes PlayStation DVD
18. Customized PFI information, like PSN of start LBA in DVD-RAM will be lost
19. Customized PFI information, like PSN of start LBA in HD DVD-RAM will be lost
20. Includes PlayStation Blu-ray
21. XGD2 are untested
22. XGD3 are not supported