Inno Setup
Advanced Installer
NSIS
InstallForge
InstallShield
IzPack
CreateInstall
InstallAware
InstallBuilder
Advanced Installer
NSIS
InstallForge
InstallShield
IzPack
CreateInstall
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| Website | jrsoftware.org |
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| Website | installbuilder.com |
Based on our record, Inno Setup seems to be a lot more popular than InstallBuilder. While we know about 46 links to Inno Setup, we've tracked only 2 mentions of InstallBuilder. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
I’ve had to do this before and it some what sucks but if you do have a look at Inno Setup. Source: 4 months ago
Use Inno Setup. It's comparably sized, VSCode uses it and GOG.com uses customized builds of it (it's open-source but written in Delphi), and it has a much more declarative (though still extensible) approach that does do stuff like uninstall tracking by default. Source: 12 months ago
We eventually settled on a combination of InnoSetup with InnoSetuo Dependency Installer and NetSparkle which offered a much cleaner experience and use of AzureAD Authentication for Azure Storage Blobs (for updates) as well as InTune Deployments with proper version detection. Source: about 1 year ago
You don't typically make these things yourself from scratch, you use a tool that does it for you. E.g. InnoSetup: https://jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php. Source: about 1 year ago
The two most popular such installers are Inno Setup and NSIS. Inno is much easier to use (and will handle most tasks automatically), while NSIS creates somewhat smaller installers (but requires you to basically micromanage everything). Source: about 1 year ago
If you want an easy way to create installers for both Linux, Mac and Windows there is https://installbuilder.com/. Source: almost 2 years ago
We use InstallBuilder because the works for both Linux, Windows and Mac. Haven't tried others so don't know how it compares in terms of ease of use, features etc. Source: over 2 years ago
Advanced Installer - Advanced Installer is a Windows installer authoring tool for installing, updating, and configuring your products safely, securely, and reliably.
NSIS - NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a professional open source system to create Windows...
InstallForge - A very simplistic and streamlined program for creating installation files.
InstallShield - If your software targets Windows, InstallShield is your solution.
IzPack - IzPack is a one-stop solution for packaging, distributing and deploying applications.
CreateInstall - Professional installer software is an essential component for any software developer.
