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WiX (Windows Installer XML) is a toolset that allows developers to build Windows installation packages through source codes.Pricing:
- Open Source
While Microsoft's WiX system for building MSI installers does have an open-source cross-building implementation for POSIX platforms in the form of msitools (Note that wixl is split out into a separate package on Debian-family distros), the documentation for WiX Toolset reminds me of the early years that made Git infamous.
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Inno Setup is a free installer for Windows programs.
Godot_game.iss (Example project file for an Inno Setup installer for Windows).
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Flatpak is the new framework for desktop applications on LinuxPricing:
- Open Source
My example Flatpak project files for Godot's tutorial game (Flatpak being the distro-agnostic Linux packaging solution that was developed by Freedesktop.org rather than being Canonical's latest attempt to PR their way into controlling a core part of the ecosystem like they did with Snap, Upstart, and Mir, or something that's basically "GOG.com's LD_LIBRARY_PATH-based solution, but more difficult to delete bundled libraries when a distro upgrade starts causing segfaults on startup" like AppImage.).
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Linux apps that run anywherePricing:
- Open Source
My example Flatpak project files for Godot's tutorial game (Flatpak being the distro-agnostic Linux packaging solution that was developed by Freedesktop.org rather than being Canonical's latest attempt to PR their way into controlling a core part of the ecosystem like they did with Snap, Upstart, and Mir, or something that's basically "GOG.com's LD_LIBRARY_PATH-based solution, but more difficult to delete bundled libraries when a distro upgrade starts causing segfaults on startup" like AppImage.).
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