Basic Setup Builder Alternatives

Basic Setup Builder is described as 'Dont waste your time. Create your installer in minutes with Basic Setup Builder 1.0, a no script-based setup-maker with a fully integrated help system and step by step guides' and is a software installer in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Basic Setup Builder for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, PortableApps.com and Wine. The best alternative is Inno Setup, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Basic Setup Builder are NSIS, Advanced Installer, WiX and IzPack.

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Basic Setup Builder

Paid • Proprietary
Software Installer
Windows

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Inno Setup
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Free • Open Source
Software Installer
Windows
Wine
54 alternatives to Inno Setup
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.
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NSIS
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Free • Open Source
Software Installer
Windows
PortableApps.com
54 alternatives to NSIS
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.
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NSIS Features
1. Support for scriptingNSIS supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
2. PortableNSIS can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Advanced Installer
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
44 alternatives to Advanced Installer
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.

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WiX
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Free • Open Source
Software Installer
Windows
40 alternatives to WiX
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.
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1. Command line interfaceWiX either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
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IzPack
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Free • Open Source
Software Installer
Mac
Windows
Linux
Java
33 alternatives to IzPack
IzPack is a one-stop solution for packaging, distributing and deploying applications.

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install4j
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Paid • Proprietary
Software Installer
Mac
Windows
Linux
18 alternatives to install4j
install4j is a powerful multi-platform Java installer builder that generates native installers and application launchers for Java applications.

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DeployMaster
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Paid • Proprietary
Software Installer
Windows
25 alternatives to DeployMaster
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.

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InstallForge
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
Wine
26 alternatives to InstallForge
InstallForge is a very easy-to-use and flexible tool for creating fast installation packages for Windows.
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SFX Tool
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Free • Open Source
Windows
42 alternatives to SFX Tool
SFX Tool is a graphical user interface and script generator for the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System. It allows the user to create simple setup files in minutes without writing a line of code. Advanced users may also edit the install script before it is compiled.

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Discontinued
The project has been discontinued. Last version, 2006-01-28, can be still downloaded from SourceForge
Makeself
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Linux
BSD
36 alternatives to Makeself
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.

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