InstallAware Alternatives

InstallAware is described as 'Creates Windows Installer MSI packages, repackages third-party setups, compresses installers, supports custom dialogs, patching, scripting, and automation' and is a software installer in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to InstallAware for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Wine and BSD apps. The best InstallAware alternative is Inno Setup. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Inno Setup or NSIS. Other great apps like InstallAware are DCP Setup Maker, Py2MSIX, Setup Factory and Advanced Installer.

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  1. After putting a lot of effort into your software, it's time to distribute it. Don't spend weeks wrestling with a complicated installation builder when you are so close to being done. Centurion Setup is extremely easy to use, and you can have a professional installation...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
     
  4. CreateInstall icon
     5 likes

    Professional installer software is an essential component for any software developer. The ideology behind the CreateInstall installer is based on two main principles. Complete control over the installation process and unlimited scalability.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Spend your time developing your creations not building the installers. Download the fully functional freeware version of Install Creator and create your first installation in less than one minute!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. CyberInstaller Suite is a packetization and installation software, oriented to every kind of developer. Thus, it can be applied to any language or development environment (.Net, C++, C#, Delphi, Java, PHP, Visual Basic, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • OpenSolaris
     
  8. InstallSimple icon
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    InstallSimple - installation package maker that lets you create installer for your files.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. SFX Tool icon
     3 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. PACE Suite icon
     5 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...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Debreate icon
     7 likes

    Debreate is a utility to aid in creating installable Debian (.deb) packages. The goal behind the project is to make developing for Debian based Linux distributions more appealing, with an easy to use interface for packaging applications, artwork, media, themes, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  12. 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.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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