The Best 46 InstallShield Alternatives

  • Inno Setup

    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.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • NSIS

    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.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • WiX

    The Windows Installer XML (WiX) is a toolset that builds Windows installation packages from XML source code.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • Advanced Installer

    Advanced Installer is a powerful and easy to use setup authoring tool which offers full Windows Installer support and more.

    Freemium Windows

  • IzPack

    IzPack is a one-stop solution for packaging, distributing and deploying applications. It is fully cross-platform and generates a single installer. As such, it is an...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Java

  • Debreate

    Debreate is a utility to aid in building Debian packages (.deb). The goal behind Debreate is to make developing for Debian based Linux distributions more appealing, with...

    Free Open Source Linux

  • HM NIS EDIT

    hm nis edit is the best editor/ide for nsis . it's useful for experts and beginners in the creation of setup programs with the...

    Free Open Source Windows

  • InstallBuilder

    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.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • InstallForge

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

    Free Windows

  • Wix#

    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...

    Free Open Source Windows

  • ClickTeam Install Creator

    Spend your time developing your creations not building the installers. Download the fully functional freeware version of Install Creator and create your first...

    Freemium Windows

  • CyberInstaller Suite

    CyberInstaller Suite is a packetization and installation software, oriented to every kind of developer. Thus, it can be applied to any language or development...

    Freemium Windows

  • PACE Suite

    PACE Suite is an advanced software packaging tool with intuitive user interface and set of features providing (re)packaging in Windows installer and various...

    Commercial Windows

  • DCP Setup Maker

    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...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • CreateInstall

    Professional installer software is an essential component for any software developer. The ideology behind the CreateInstall installer is based on two main principles....

    Freemium Windows

  • GUI Debian Package Maker

    A Debian package builder based on Debian Package Maker (http://debianpackagemaker.blogspot.com ).

    Free Open Source Linux

  • InstallSimple

    InstallSimple - installation package maker that lets you create installer for your files. If you have made a program that you want to distribute, you can use this...

    Freemium Windows

  • Makeself

    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.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Linux BSD

  • Packin

    Packin is a graphical Linux package creator wizard which compiles packages in the popular debian package format (.deb files). Packin creates complete debian packages...

    Free Open Source Linux