Alternatives to RomVault
ROM auditing and sorting tool driven by DAT files. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
RomVault
ROM auditing and sorting tool driven by DAT files.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as RomVault.
clrmamepro
The long-standing ROM manager for auditing collections against DAT files.
clrmamepro is another closed-source Windows DAT auditor with decades of refinement and correct handling of MAME merged and split sets, though its interface is equally dense.
Igir
Zero-setup command line ROM collection manager.
Igir is an open-source GPL-3.0 command line manager for Windows, macOS and Linux that needs Node.js but sorts a collection with one command and no setup.
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.
