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




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, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like InstallAware are NSIS, WiX, DCP Setup Maker and Py2MSIX.
Modern, easy to use crossplatform installation tool similar to InstallShield multiplatform and InstallAnywhere. It works across Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. Free Licenses for open source projects.




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.
SuperOrca is a direct replacement to the Orca MSI Editor from Microsoft. SuperOrca may be used to examine and modify any MSI database.

Make installers and 7-zip Self-Extracting archives for file and software distribution on Windows. Lots of features to create fully-customized installers and SFX packages for professional file and software delivery.




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.
A database table editor for creating and editing Windows Installer packages. Is notoriously difficult to find and install.
Visual Installer brings latest installation technology to you and your customers.
Visual Installer is a powerful but easy-to-use setup tool. You can create a distributable setup package and a visual setup wizard in minutes, without any programming. A created setup package can be deployed via a CD, DVD, USB stick or the Internet.

Gobi is a alternate installation builder tool to publish your Linux application in a simple archive Tarball file. runs on Linux versions like Debian, Fedora, OpenSuse, Mageia, Mx-Linux, Ubuntu (Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Kubuntu), Uruk , *




NDJS uses NWJS or Electron to create visually appealing software installers while using the NPM and Bower eco-systems. Develop with your favorite web IDE and enjoy full debugging and testing capabilities

If you want to create installers for software that you created on the Windows platform it's most likely that you tried to use the Wix-Toolset.



Easy gui to build rpm package from binary (developed and tested on Fedora 18). Attention: This software can run also on windows but works only for linux!
