Advanced Installer Alternatives

Advanced Installer is described as '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' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Advanced Installer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Wine and PortableApps.com apps. The best Advanced Installer alternative is Inno Setup, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Advanced Installer are NSIS, WiX, DCP Setup Maker and Wix#.

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Advanced Installer alternatives page was last updated Sep 2, 2021
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  1. Inno Setup icon
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    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.

    55 Inno Setup alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine

    Inno Setup VS Advanced Installer

     
    • Most users think Inno Setup is a great Advanced Installer alternative.

    • Inno Setup is the most popular Windows alternative to Advanced Installer.

    • Inno Setup is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Advanced Installer.

    • Inno Setup is Free and Open SourceAdvanced Installer is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. NSIS icon
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    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.

    55 NSIS alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    NSIS Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Portable

    NSIS VS Advanced Installer

     
  3. WiX icon
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    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.

    40 WiX alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    WiX Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  WixPie IDE
    3.  WixEdit

    WiX VS Advanced Installer

     
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • MA flagMorocco

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine

    DCP Setup Maker Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Nuget

    DCP Setup Maker VS Advanced Installer

     
    • DCP Setup Maker is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Advanced Installer.

    • DCP Setup Maker is Free and Open SourceAdvanced Installer is Freemium and Proprietary
  5. Wix# icon
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Wix# VS Advanced Installer

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

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Setup Factory VS Advanced Installer

     
    • Setup Factory is the most popular commercial alternative to Advanced Installer.

    • Setup Factory is Paid and ProprietaryAdvanced Installer is Freemium and Proprietary
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    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...

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    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Centurion Setup Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Multiple languages
    3.  Graphical User Interface
    4.  Package Installing
    5.  No dependencies

    Centurion Setup VS Advanced Installer

     
  8. DeployMaster icon
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    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.

    License model

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    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows

    DeployMaster VS Advanced Installer

     
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    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...

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    Country of Origin

    • RO flagRomania
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Configurable

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Ide integration
    3.  Continuous Integration

    Visual & Installer VS Advanced Installer

     
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    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...

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    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    RayPack Studio VS Advanced Installer

     
  11. Makeself icon
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    makeself.sh is a small shell script that generates a self-extractable tar.gz archive from a directory. The resulting file appears as a shell script (many of those have a .run suffix), and can be launched as is.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Makeself Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Command line interface

    Makeself VS Advanced Installer

     
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    Advanced BAT to EXE Converter quickly converts your batch scripts to .EXE files. Even the most complex batch files can be converted to executables with Intelli-Parse technology which reduces development time.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Advanced BAT to EXE Converter VS Advanced Installer

     
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