Alternatives to Igir
Zero-setup command line ROM collection manager. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Igir
Zero-setup command line ROM collection manager.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Igir.
RomVault
ROM auditing and sorting tool driven by DAT files.
RomVault offers a graphical interface for DAT-driven auditing and sorting with multi-threaded scanning, but it is closed source, Windows focused and conceptually demanding for newcomers.
clrmamepro
The long-standing ROM manager for auditing collections against DAT files.
clrmamepro brings decades of refinement in auditing and rebuilding sets and handles MAME merged and split sets, but it is closed source, Windows focused and has a dense interface.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Rom Patcher JS
Applies and creates ROM patches in the browser, with nothing uploaded.
Skraper
Scrapes artwork and metadata for game collections from ScreenScraper.
RomM
Self-hosted web ROM library with in-browser play.
ES-DE
Emulator front end with 150 systems preconfigured and a built-in scraper.
