microSD formatting utilities

• ​SDFormatter : software to format SD/SDHC/SDXC

• ​Minitool Partition wizard free : software for formatting in different formats

Utility for flashing an image

• ​WIN32 Disk Imager : allows you to create an image of your microSD

• Balena ​Etcher : cross-platform tool to flash an .img file on storage devices (micro-SD card/hard disk)

Utilities to decompress your archives

• ​7zip : perfect to unzip your romset in 7zip.001 7zip.002 format.

Utilities to remotely manage your recalbox under Windows

• ​WINSCP| translation

• ​Putty

• ​Notepad++​

  Consult the configuration tutorial of these utilities HERE​

Utility for checking digital signatures of bios

• ​winmd5free + Gitbook explanation page​

Arcade management utilities

• ​BestArcade4Recalbox list (document deleted since) lists the compatibility of arcade romsets for recalboxOS

• ​ClrmamePro : allows you to check the version of your romsets ; tutorial​

Utilities to manage your roms locally on your PC

• ​Skraper : Skraper is a tool allowing you to scrape your roms directories. It is based on screenscraper.fr and is available for Windows and Linux.

• ​Universal XML Scraper : Universal XML Scraper allows you to scrape your roms directories simply based on the screenscraper.fr site which is a FR (but also worldwide) (local) database.

• ​Universal XML Editor - Simply edit your xml files (local)

• ​Universal ROM Cleaner - Clean your romset in one click (local)

Utilities to manage CD format romsets (iso, img, bin)

For SegaCD, PCengineCD and PSX

• ​Daemon Tools Lite : mounting the CD images on your PC ; tutorial

• ​​IMGBurn : allows you to create an image in bin+cue format ; tutorial

• ​Monkey Audio : allows you to unzip ape files into wav files.

• ​emctools : allows to unzip the bin.ec format

• ​psx2psp : allows you to merge several CDs

• ​SegaCD Cue Maker : allows you to create missing cues for your bin Sega CD files only.

Utility to rename the internal name of the rom

​N64 Rom Renamer by Einstein II: To rename the internal name of the rom.