Themida Alternatives

Themida is described as 'Advanced Windows software protection system, developed for software developers who wish to protect their applications against advanced reverse engineering and software cracking' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Themida for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and PortableApps.com apps. The best Themida alternative is Appetize.io, which is free. Other great apps like Themida are UPX, VMProtect, FUPX and PELock.

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Themida alternatives page was last updated May 15, 2025
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  1. Appetize.io icon
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    Run iOS & Android Apps in the Browser for Preview, Support, Demos, Testing and Automation using the fastest emulators and simulators. Try the instant online demo at https://appetize.io

    18 Appetize.io alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Browser-based
    2.  Portable
    3.  Embedded tutorials
    4.  Screen Sharing
    5.  Customer Segmentation
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Support for scripting
    8.  Multiple Account support
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Live Preview
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Appetize.io VS Themida

     
    • Appetize.io is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to Themida.

    • Appetize.io is the most popular free alternative to Themida.

    • Appetize.io is Freemium and ProprietaryThemida is Paid and Proprietary
    • Appetize.io is LightweightThemida is not according to our users
  2. UPX icon
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    UPX (Ultimate Packer for eXecutables) achieves an excellent compression ratio and offers very fast decompression. Your executables suffer no memory overhead or other drawbacks for most of the formats supported, because of in-place decompression.

    12 UPX alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    UPX VS Themida

     
    Comments about UPX as an Alternative to Themida
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    Negative May 6, 2017
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    UPX is a packer, not a protector

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    • Some users think UPX is a great Themida alternative, some don't.

    • UPX is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Themida.

    • UPX is the most popular Open Source alternative to Themida.

    • UPX is Free and Open SourceThemida is Paid and Proprietary
  3. VMProtect icon
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    VMProtect Ultimate - All-In-One Solution For Software Licensing And Protection. VMProtect protects code by executing it on a virtual machine with non-standard architecture that makes it extremely difficult to analyze and crack the software.

    13 VMProtect alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    VMProtect VS Themida

     
    • VMProtect is the most popular commercial alternative to Themida.

    • VMProtect is Paid and ProprietaryThemida is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. FUPX icon
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    Graphical interface for the UPX packer which offers easy access to all documented and undocumented UPX parameters without the need for command line usage.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    FUPX Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Graphical User Interface

    FUPX VS Themida

     
  5. PELock icon
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    Software copy protection against reverse engineering with anti-cracking & anti-debugging techniques. Software license key system with time trial options.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    PELock VS Themida

     
  6. ASPack icon
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    ASPack is an advanced solution created to provide Win32 EXE file packing and to protect them against non-professional reverse engineering.

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    ASPack VS Themida

     
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    kkrunchy is a small exe packer primarily meant for 64k intros. It's relatively useless for anything else actually, because the depacker was relatively slow in older releases (about 1-2MB per second on my machine) and is dog slow in the newest version (about 90-120k per...

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    kkrunchy VS Themida

     
  8. Alienyze icon
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    Alienyze is a software packer and protection solution for native Windows 32-bit executable files. Alienyze allows developers to easily protect their software aginest cracking and reverse engineering, while also providing additional features such as executable compression...

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Alienyze VS Themida

     
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    WWPack32 - Windows executable files compressor and protector. Compressed exe and dll files run exactly as before!. This program squeezes exe files and protects Win32 applications from cracking.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    WWPack32 VS Themida

     
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    Crinkler is an executable file compressor (or rather, a compressing linker) for Windows specifically targeted towards executables with a size of just a few kilobytes. As of 2020, it is the most widely used tool for compressing 1k/4k/8k intros.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Crinkler VS Themida

     
  11. PECompact icon
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    PECompact is an advanced Windows executable compressor for use by software developers and vendors. Executable packers compress executable modules (EXE, DLL, etc..) so that their physical size is considerably smaller.

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    PECompact VS Themida

     
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    A library for some loosely related Microsoft compression formats, CAB, CHM, HLP, LIT, KWAJ and SZDD.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac

    cabextract VS Themida

     
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