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Brasero vs K3b: catalog facts
Brasero	K3b
Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0-or-later licence.	Free Free and open source as part of KDE.
Linux	Linux
Data, audio and copy jobs in one tool Audio CD burning with CD-TEXT	Burns data and audio projects to CD, DVD and Blu-ray Disc copying, DVD formatting and audio CD ripping
Original wiki homepage is retired Optical discs only, no USB writing	Linux only Needs an optical drive, which many current computers lack
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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