Inno Setup Alternatives

Inno Setup is described as 'Free installer for Windows programs. First introduced in 1997, Inno Setup today rivals and even surpasses many commercial installers in feature set and stability' and is a very popular software installer in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Inno Setup for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and PortableApps.com apps. The best Inno Setup alternative is NSIS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Inno Setup are Wix#, Advanced Installer, WiX and RayPack Studio.

filter to find the best alternatives

Inno Setup alternatives are mainly Software Installers, but if you're looking for Package Managers or Software Updaters you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac and Linux. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Inno Setup.
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Inno Setup alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    RPM Package Maker is a frontend for creating RPM packages quickly and easily. It requires root access.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. Packin icon
     2 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Packin is a graphical Linux package creator wizard which compiles packages in the popular debian package format (.deb files). Packin creates complete debian packages within four easy steps. Advanced options and latest specifications supported.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. Makeself icon
     3 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  4. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. SFX Tool icon
     3 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Deb-o-Matic icon
     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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 limited user interaction and a simple configuration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Bat To Exe Converter can convert BAT (.bat) script files to the EXE (.exe) format.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Deb-Creator icon
     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Deb-Creator is a tool to quickly create Debian packages. The program provides a simple graphical user interface written in C++ using Qt Creator. It uses the dpkg command in Linux to build the final Debian package.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. Action1 icon
     2 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Action1 is the #1 risk-based patch management platform for distributed enterprise networks trusted by thousands of organizations globally. Action1 helps to discover, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities in a single solution to prevent security breaches and ransomware...

    88 Action1 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Action1 is the most popular Web-based alternative to Inno Setup.

    • Action1 is Paid and ProprietaryInno Setup is Free and Open Source
    • Action1 is Privacy focusedInno Setup is not according to our users
  11. Nixstaller icon
     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Nixstaller is an Open Source project with the goal to create user friendly and flexible installers that work on various UNIX like systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  12. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Alien is a program that converts between the rpm, dpkg, stampede slp, and slackware tgz file formats. If you want to use a package from another distribution than the one you have installed on your system, you can use alien to convert it to your preferred package format and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
You are at page 4 of Inno Setup alternatives