Zero Install
IObit Software Updater
Patch My PC
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Avira Software Updater
OUTDATEfighter
UCheck
HEIMDAL FREE
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Advanced Installer
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InstallForge
InstallShield
CreateInstall
IzPack
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Zero Install Inno SetupBased on our record, Inno Setup seems to be a lot more popular than Zero Install. While we know about 46 links to Inno Setup, we've tracked only 4 mentions of Zero Install. 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.
Sounds like https://0install.net which has been around for a while. Personally I prefer to avoid 'installing' anything: if something's written in Java, its launcher should reference some specific java binary; if something's written in Python, it should reference some specific python3 binary; etc. For example, my job is mostly writing Scala and building it with Maven; yet I have neither installed system-wide.... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
It seems more like a package manager. https://0install.net/. Source: over 1 year ago
The article mentions Snap, AppImage and FlatPak, but there is also a much older system called 0install (zero install) that was started in 2003 or so [1]. I wonder why that never took off. [1] https://zero-install.sourceforge.net/roadmap.html (note this is the old website; the new website is https://0install.net - looks like it's still getting releases in October this year). - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
That's true, future app distributions should utilize web 3.0, e.g. decentralization. There is 0install ( https://0install.net/ ), for example, it is better. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
I’ve had to do this before and it some what sucks but if you do have a look at Inno Setup. Source: 5 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: almost 1 year 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
IObit Software Updater - IObit is an application that updates the software of your PC to keep all the software properly working.
Advanced Installer - Advanced Installer is a Windows installer authoring tool for installing, updating, and configuring your products safely, securely, and reliably.
Patch My PC - Patch My PC Updater is a free, easy-to-use program that keeps over 300 apps up-to-date on your computer.
NSIS - NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a professional open source system to create Windows...
Ninite - Ninite is the easiest way to install software.
InstallForge - A very simplistic and streamlined program for creating installation files.
