List of installation software

The following is a list of applications for building installation programs, organized by platform support.

Cross-platform

Name Developer Platforms Status License
Installer VISE MindVision Software Windows, Mac OS X Discontinued Trialware
NSIS Nullsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux Active Multiple (free software licenses, primarily the zlib license.[1])

Linux

Windows

Name Developer Status License Can build
Windows Installer
packages? 		Can build MSIX
packages? 		Can Capture ?
IExpress Microsoft (Part of Windows) Active Freeware (proprietary) No No
Inno Setup Jordan Russell and Martijn Laan Active Modified BSD license No No
InstallAware InstallAware Software Active Trialware Yes Yes Yes
InstallCore InstallCore[2] Discontinued Software as a service No
InstallShield Flexera Software Active Trialware Yes Yes No
NSIS Nullsoft Active zlib License No No
Orca (Part of Windows SDK) Microsoft Active Freeware (proprietary) Yes; exclusively
Wise Wise Solutions, Inc. Discontinued Non-free No
WiX Outercurve Foundation Active Ms-RL (previously CPL) Yes; exclusively Yes No

macOS

Name Developer Status License
Installer Apple Inc. Active Included with macOS
Remote Install Mac OS X Apple Inc. Discontinued Included with Mac OS X

AmigaOS

Name Developer Status License
InstallerLG Ola Söder Active AROS Public License
Installer Commodore International Discontinued Included with AmigaOS

See also

References

  1. ^ "NSIS licence page". NSIS.
  2. ^ "Installcore installation platform".