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

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

InstallShield

InstallShield is designed to enable development teams to be more agile, collaborative and flexible when building reliable InstallScript and Windows Installer (MSI)...

Commercial 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

InstallAware

InstallAware provides Windows Installer (MSI) authoring, MSI compression, and MSI repackaging solutions. Tools include: InstallAware for Windows Installer, Setup...

Commercial 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

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

Basic Setup Builder

Dont waste your time. Create your installer in minutes with Basic Setup Builder 1.0, a no script-based setup-maker with a fully integrated help system and step by step...

Commercial 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