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, PortableApps.com and Wine. The best alternative is NSIS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Inno Setup are Bat to Exe Converter, IzPack, Advanced Installer and WiX.

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InstallSimple
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
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InstallSimple - installation package maker that lets you create installer for your files.

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Visual & Installer
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Paid • Proprietary
Software Installer
Windows
15 alternatives to Visual & Installer
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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1. Syntax HighlightingVisual & Installer supports syntax highlighting for various programming and markup languages.
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InstallAware
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Paid • Proprietary
Software Installer
Windows
53 alternatives to InstallAware
InstallAware provides Windows Installer (MSI) authoring, MSI compression, and MSI repackaging solutions. Tools include: InstallAware for Windows Installer, Setup Squeezer for Windows Installer, and Setup Squeezer for InstallShield.

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MojoSetup
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Free • Open Source
Software Installer
Linux
5 alternatives to MojoSetup
The most complex and flexible opensource GUI installer for Linux.
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1. Support for scriptingMojoSetup supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
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pkgcreator
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Free • Open Source
Software Installer
Linux
27 alternatives to pkgcreator
The main objective of this project is to simplify the creation of Debian packages by providing an utility that parses a simple YAML file and generate all the file structure, DEBIAN control files and freedesktop.org menus and icons (for GUI applications).

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The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.1svn30, released in March 2011, can be still downloaded from Google Code Hosting
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SharpSetup
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Free Personal • Proprietary
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Windows
Microsoft Visual Studio
16 alternatives to SharpSetup
SharpSetup enables creation of highly flexible Windows Installer based setup solutions directly in Visual Studio. Dialog templates, controls and wizards that come with SharpSetup make creating installer an enjoyable experience.
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Graphical User Interface
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There is no information about the software on the site, and on https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=TomaszGrobelny.SharpSetup the last update was almost 10 years ago
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RayPack Studio
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Paid • Proprietary
Software Installer
Windows
38 alternatives to RayPack Studio
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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Basic Setup Builder
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Paid • Proprietary
Software Installer
Windows
40 alternatives to Basic Setup Builder
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.

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MakeMSI
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Free • Proprietary
Software Installer
Windows
11 alternatives to MakeMSI
MAKEMSI is a freeware tool which enables you to easily and reliably create low overhead "MSI" or "Windows Installer" based installers. Windows Installer is a Microsoft developed and backed installer format or technology for building reliable installation...

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WinInstall
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Freemium • Proprietary
Software Installer
Windows
28 alternatives to WinInstall
WinINSTALL provides comprehensive PC lifecycle management, enabling you to automatically deploy, update, and manage software or security for desktops, servers, and notebook computers. With its unique Client Reset Template approach, the tightly integrated WinINSTALL suite allows...

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