List of optical disc authoring software explained

This is a list of optical disc authoring software.

Open source

cdrtools, a comprehensive command line-based set of tools for creating and burning CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays
cdrkit, a fork of cdrtools by the Debian project
cdrdao, open source software for authoring and ripping of CDs in Disk-At-Once mode
DVDStyler, a GUI-based DVD authoring tool
libburnia, a collection of command line-based tools and libraries for burning discs

Brasero, a GNOME disc burning utility
dvd+rw-tools, a package for DVD and Blu-ray writing on Unix and Unix-like systems
K3b, the KDE disc authoring program
Nautilus, the GNOME file manager (includes basic disc burning capabilities)
Serpentine, the GNOME audio CD burning utility
Xfburn, the Xfce disc burning program
X-CD-Roast