Installer Creation Utilities

Say you’re ready to release a brand new piece of software into the world, and you want it to be as accessible as possible. The most important thing after being easy to download is being easy to install. That’s where these utilities come in to play! From Windows-based solutions like Inno Setup, to Linux-based .deb installer creators such as Debreate, there several solutions to creating easy-to-use installers for your new app!

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  1. Inno Setup icon
     112 likes

    Inno Setup is a free installer for Windows programs. First introduced in 1997, Inno Setup today rivals and even surpasses many commercial installers in feature set and stability.

    Compiler
    Best alternatives are NSIS iconNSISandWix# iconWix#55 alternatives
  2. NSIS icon
     66 likes

    NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a professional open source system to create Windows installers. It is designed to be as small and flexible as possible and is therefore very suitable for internet distribution.

    Installer example: Winamp
    Best alternatives are Inno Setup iconInno SetupandWiX iconWiX55 alternatives
  3. WiX icon
     20 likes

    The Windows Installer XML (WiX) is a toolset that builds Windows installation packages from XML source code. The toolset supports a command line environment that developers may integrate into their build processes to build MSI and MSM setup packages.

    WiX screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Inno Setup iconInno SetupandNSIS iconNSIS40 alternatives
  4. Powerful simple-to-use application to generate stable and multi-platform installers. Its intuitive user interface and exceptional ease of use makes it very easy to build complex desktop or web installers with large amounts of files.

    Scan
    Best alternatives are Inno Setup iconInno SetupandNSIS iconNSIS15 alternatives
  5. Advanced Installer is a powerful and easy to use setup authoring tool which offers full Windows Installer support and more. You can configure every aspect of your installer through a simple graphical user interface or through its command line.

    • FreemiumProprietary
    • Windows
    Advanced Installer screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Inno Setup iconInno SetupandNSIS iconNSIS44 alternatives
  6. Wix# icon
     5 likes

    WixSharp enables creating MSI files or WiX source code by using C# source code. Upon execution, the C# code is transformed into a MSI file or WiX source code. Thanks to C# features such as inheritance, it becomes easy to create installers.

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Windows
    Best alternatives are Inno Setup iconInno SetupandNSIS iconNSIS21 alternatives
  7. Setup Factory icon
     5 likes

    Setup Factory Software Installer Builder for Windows. Advanced installer builder makes software installation programs for Windows. Award winning. Easy to Use.

    Setup Factory screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Inno Setup iconInno SetupandNSIS iconNSIS48 alternatives
  8. After putting a lot of effort into your software, it's time to distribute it. Don't spend weeks wrestling with a complicated installation builder when you are so close to being done. Centurion Setup is extremely easy to use, and you can have a professional installation...

    Centurion Setup screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Inno Setup iconInno SetupandWiX iconWiX18 alternatives
  9. DeployMaster icon
     3 likes

    DeployMaster is the no-nonsense software installer builder from Just Great Software. Deliver your applications to customers and prospects with a good first impression. Easy to use for both the developer and the end user.

    Best alternatives are Inno Setup iconInno SetupandNSIS iconNSIS25 alternatives
  10. Visual Studio extension for creating NSIS and Inno Setup installers. It integrates NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) and Inno Setup with Microsoft Visual Studio IDE and allows you to create and build NSIS and Inno Setup projects right within Visual Studio getting all...

    Visual & Installer screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Inno Setup iconInno SetupandNSIS iconNSIS15 alternatives
  11. RayPack Studio provides a set of software products and components for professional enterprise software packaging. Next to software packaging and virtualization, RayPack Studio considers all packaging-related tasks: conflict and compatibility checks of software applications and...

    RayQC
    Best alternatives are Inno Setup iconInno SetupandNSIS iconNSIS38 alternatives
  12. The packaging formats used by different distributions of Linux can be a pain point for software developers wishing to release their projects in an easily consumable way. Debian and Ubuntu rely on .deb packages, while Fedora and RedHat both use .rpm style packaging systems.

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • OpenSolaris
    Best alternatives are Inno Setup iconInno SetupandNSIS iconNSIS25 alternatives
  13. IzPack icon
     9 likes

    IzPack is a one-stop solution for packaging, distributing and deploying applications.

    IzPack screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Inno Setup iconInno SetupandNSIS iconNSIS34 alternatives
  14. PACE Suite icon
     4 likes

    PACE Suite is an advanced software packaging tool with intuitive user interface and set of features providing (re)packaging in Windows installer and various virtualization formats. As an alternative to Wise Package Studio, PACE is out-of-the-box solution that doesn't need...

    • Windows
    MSI generator - part of PACE Suite
    Best alternatives are Ninite iconNiniteandNSIS iconNSIS17 alternatives
  15. InstallShield icon
     6 likes

    InstallShield is designed to enable development teams to be more agile, collaborative and flexible when building reliable InstallScript and Windows Installer (MSI) installations for PCs, servers, Web and virtual applications.

    InstallShield screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Inno Setup iconInno SetupandNSIS iconNSIS53 alternatives