InstallAware AlternativesSoftware Installers and other similar apps like InstallAware

InstallAware is described as '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' and is a software installer in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to InstallAware for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Wine and BSD apps. The best InstallAware alternative is Inno Setup, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like InstallAware are NSIS, WiX, Advanced Installer and Wix#.

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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...

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InstallAware alternatives page was last updated Jul 11, 2019
  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
    Compiler

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
    Inno Setup iconInstallAware Icon

    Inno Setup VS InstallAware

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    • Inno Setup is the most popular Windows alternative to InstallAware.

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

    • Inno Setup is Free and Open SourceInstallAware is Paid and Proprietary
  2. NSIS icon
     65 likes

    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
    Installer example: Winamp

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    NSIS Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Portable
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    NSIS VS InstallAware

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  3. WiX icon
     20 likes

    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
    WiX screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    WiX Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  WixPie IDE
    3.  WixEdit
    WiX iconInstallAware Icon

    WiX VS InstallAware

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  4. Advanced Installer icon
     16 likes

    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.

    44 Advanced Installer alternatives
    Advanced Installer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Advanced Installer iconInstallAware Icon

    Advanced Installer VS InstallAware

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  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.

    21 Wix# alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Wix# iconInstallAware Icon

    Wix# VS InstallAware

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  6. DCP Setup Maker icon
     4 likes

    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.

    15 DCP Setup Maker alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine

    DCP Setup Maker Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Nuget
    DCP Setup Maker iconInstallAware Icon

    DCP Setup Maker VS InstallAware

    Is DCP Setup Maker a good alternative to InstallAware?
     
    • DCP Setup Maker is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to InstallAware.

    • DCP Setup Maker is Free and Open SourceInstallAware is Paid and Proprietary
  7. Makeself icon
     3 likes

    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.

    36 Makeself alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Makeself Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Command line interface
    Makeself iconInstallAware Icon

    Makeself VS InstallAware

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    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...

    25 alien pkg convert alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    InstallAware Icon

    alien pkg convert VS InstallAware

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  9. Effing Package Management! icon
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    The packaging formats used by different distributions of Linux can be a pain point for software developers wishing to release their projects in an easily consumable way. Debian and Ubuntu rely on .deb packages, while Fedora and RedHat both use .rpm style packaging systems.

    25 Effing Package Management! alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • OpenSolaris
    Effing Package Management! iconInstallAware Icon

    Effing Package Management! VS InstallAware

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  10. IzPack icon
     9 likes

    IzPack is a one-stop solution for packaging, distributing and deploying applications.

    34 IzPack alternatives
    IzPack screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
    IzPack iconInstallAware Icon

    IzPack VS InstallAware

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  11. PACE Suite icon
     4 likes

    PACE Suite is an advanced software packaging tool with intuitive user interface and set of features providing (re)packaging in Windows installer and various virtualization formats. As an alternative to Wise Package Studio, PACE is out-of-the-box solution that doesn't need...

    17 PACE Suite alternatives
    MSI generator - part of PACE Suite

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    PACE Suite Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Software Deployment
    PACE Suite iconInstallAware Icon

    PACE Suite VS InstallAware

    Is PACE Suite a good alternative to InstallAware?
     
    • PACE Suite is the most popular commercial alternative to InstallAware.

    • PACE Suite is Paid and ProprietaryInstallAware is also Paid and Proprietary
  12. SFX Tool icon
     2 likes

    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.

    42 SFX Tool alternatives
    SFX Tool screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    SFX Tool Features

    1.  Package Installing
    2.  Auto-installer
    Discontinued

    The project has been discontinued. Last version, 2006-01-28, can be still downloaded from SourceForge

    SFX Tool iconInstallAware Icon

    SFX Tool VS InstallAware

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