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CDBurnerXP vs Brasero: catalog facts
CDBurnerXP	Brasero
Free Free to use under a freeware licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0-or-later licence.
Windows	Linux
Burns CD, DVD, Blu-ray and HD-DVD Free to use	Data, audio and copy jobs in one tool Audio CD burning with CD-TEXT
Windows only Closed source freeware	Original wiki homepage is retired Optical discs only, no USB writing
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License: Freeware	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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