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...

Free Open Source Windows

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...

Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com

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...

Commercial Windows

Debreate

Debreate is a utility to aid in building Debian packages (.deb). The goal behind Debreate is to make developing for Debian based Linux distributions more appealing, with...

Free Open Source Linux

CreateInstall

Professional installer software is an essential component for any software developer. The ideology behind the CreateInstall installer is based on two main principles....

Freemium Windows

InstallForge

InstallForge is a very easy-to-use and flexible tool for creating fast installation packages for Windows.

Free Windows

InstallBuilder

Modern, easy to use crossplatform installation tool similar to InstallShield multiplatform and InstallAnywhere. It works across Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. Free...

Commercial Mac Windows Linux

IzPack

IzPack is a one-stop solution for packaging, distributing and deploying applications. It is fully cross-platform and generates a single installer. As such, it is an...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Java

HM NIS EDIT

HM NIS Edit is the best Editor/IDE for NSIS . It's useful for experts and beginners in the creation of Setup programs with the...

• Discontinued The project is no longer developed. Last version, 2.0.3, released in March 2005, can be still downloaded from the official website.

Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com

Excelsior Installer

Create setup packages in a matter of minutes Free software for people who need an easy way to make high-quality and convenient installers for Windows applications....

• Discontinued The product seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 2.2, released in September 2011, can be still downloaded from the official website.

Freemium Windows

InstallSimple

InstallSimple - installation package maker that lets you create installer for your files. If you have made a program that you want to distribute, you can use this...

Freemium Windows

CyberInstaller Suite

CyberInstaller Suite is a packetization and installation software, oriented to every kind of developer. Thus, it can be applied to any language or development...

Freemium Windows

InstallShield

InstallShield is designed to enable development teams to be more agile, collaborative and flexible when building reliable InstallScript and Windows Installer (MSI)...

Commercial Windows

Deb-o-Matic

Deb-o-Matic is an easy to use utility to build Debian source packages, meant to help developers to automate the building of their packages with a tool that requires...

Free Open Source Linux

GUI Debian Package Maker

A Debian package builder based on Debian Package Maker (http://debianpackagemaker.blogspot.com ).

• Discontinued Last release in December 2009

Free Open Source Linux