Alternatives to clrmamepro
The long-standing ROM manager for auditing collections against DAT files. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
clrmamepro
The long-standing ROM manager for auditing collections against DAT files.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as clrmamepro.
RomVault
ROM auditing and sorting tool driven by DAT files.
RomVault also audits against DAT files but sorts the whole collection rather than only reporting, with multi-threaded scanning for very large collections; it remains Windows focused and closed source.
Igir
Zero-setup command line ROM collection manager.
Igir is an open-source GPL-3.0 command line tool needing Node.js, runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and has output presets for RetroArch, MiSTer and flash carts.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Skraper
Scrapes artwork and metadata for game collections from ScreenScraper.
Rom Patcher JS
Applies and creates ROM patches in the browser, with nothing uploaded.
RomM
Self-hosted web ROM library with in-browser play.
