setup

NSIS

open source | windows | setup

2.39

  • Fixed a bug that corrupted $TEMP under Windows 9x and NT and caused InitPluginsDir to fail (bug #1412159)
  • Fixed a possible buffer overflow caused by long values of $0, when using large NSIS_MAX_STRLEN builds (above 4096)

Nullsoft Installation System is a pretty small, efficient, capable installation system for win32.

  • Generates self contained, win32 executable installer.
  • Uninstall support (installer can automagically generate an uninstaller)

IzPack

*nix | java | macos | open source | windows | setup

4.0.1

  • Added Greek language support (Fabrice Mirabile, thanks to Panayotis Katsaloulis for the translation and flag).
  • New splashscreen artwork (Nicolas Deschaume).
  • Added IPAdress and ClassPath variable (Fabrice Mirabile).

IzPack is an installers generator for the Java platform. It produces lightweight installers that can be run on any operating system where a Java virtual machine is available. Depending on the operating system, it can be launched by a double-click or a simple 'java -jar installer.jar' on a shell.

ISTool

freeware | windows | setup

5.2.1

ISTool helps you create scripts for Jordan Russell's Inno Setup compiler. Inno Setup is a great compiler for very professional looking setups, and the only disadvantage is that you have to create fairly complex scripts by hand.

Inno Setup

open source | windows | setup

5.2.2

  • Support for all versions of Windows in use today -- Windows 95, 98, 2000, 2003, XP, Me, NT 4.0. (No service packs are required.)
  • Extensive support for installation of 64-bit applications on the 64-bit editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Both the x64 and Itanium architectures are supported. (On the Itanium architecture, Service Pack 1 is required to install in 64-bit mode.)

EclipseNSIS

open source | windows | setup

0.9.6

EclipseNSIS is a plugin for the Eclipse platform which enables editing, compiling and testing Nullsoft Installer (NSIS) scripts.

  • Syntax highlighting editor, with customization.

Agentix Installer

commercial | windows | setup

1.9.12

  • improved: Spanish localization for installation interface was updated

Agentix Installer is a development tool that creates Windows compatible software installations. It has the advanced set of features such as multilanguage support, .NET applications support, files compression, numerous dialogs, registry and ini-files modification, Start Menu shortcuts, and more. Setups are packed into single exe-file for easy distribution. The extractor module has extremely small size (only 48Kb overhead over compressed data size). It has several peculiar features such as CRC self-verification and two types of original user interface.

Wise Installation System

commercial | windows | setup

9.0

No other installation tool comes close to combining the advanced features, reliability, and ease-of-use of Wise Installation System. Thousands of developers have already taken a stand against hard-to-use, unreliable installation tools to make Wise Installation System the standard for script-based installations. With Wise Installation System 9, we’ve raised the bar once again.

AGIsBuilder

freeware | windows | setup

1.0

GIsBuilder is a program to create script files for AGInstaller.

  • easy access to (nearly all) AGInstaller parameters and options;
  • compile and run scripts, if AGInstaller is installed on your computer;
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