WiX Alternatives

WiX is described as 'The Windows Installer XML (WiX) is a toolset that builds Windows installation packages from XML source code. The toolset supports a command line environment that developers may integrate into their build processes to build MSI and MSM setup packages' and is a software installer in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to WiX for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Wine and PortableApps.com apps. The best WiX alternative is Inno Setup, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WiX are NSIS, Pixpa, DCP Setup Maker and Py2MSIX.

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  1. IzPack icon
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    IzPack is a one-stop solution for packaging, distributing and deploying applications.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
     
  2. PACE Suite icon
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    PACE Suite is an advanced software packaging tool with intuitive user interface and set of features providing (re)packaging in Windows installer and various virtualization formats. As an alternative to Wise Package Studio, PACE is out-of-the-box solution that doesn't need...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  3. SFX Tool icon
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    SFX Tool is a graphical user interface and script generator for the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System. It allows the user to create simple setup files in minutes without writing a line of code. Advanced users may also edit the install script before it is compiled.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  4. InstallShield icon
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    InstallShield is designed to enable development teams to be more agile, collaborative and flexible when building reliable InstallScript and Windows Installer (MSI) installations for PCs, servers, Web and virtual applications.

    48 InstallShield alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  5. Squirrel is both a set of tools and a library, to completely manage both installation and updating your Desktop Windows application, written in either C# or any other language (i.e., Squirrel can manage native C++ applications).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
     
  6. CreateInstall icon
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    Professional installer software is an essential component for any software developer. The ideology behind the CreateInstall installer is based on two main principles. Complete control over the installation process and unlimited scalability.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  7. Makeself icon
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    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.

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    install4j is a powerful multi-platform Java installer builder that generates native installers and application launchers for Java applications.

    18 install4j alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. CyberInstaller Suite is a packetization and installation software, oriented to every kind of developer. Thus, it can be applied to any language or development environment (.Net, C++, C#, Delphi, Java, PHP, Visual Basic, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  10. HM NIS EDIT icon
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    HM NIS Edit is the best Editor/IDE for NSIS . It's useful for experts and beginners in the creation of Setup programs with the NSIS. Its Script Wizard will help you to create standard Setup programs with only few clicks, also its...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  11. This application allows you to create MSI packages manually using a visual editor or automatically using the capturing technology. Both approaches are easy-to-use and don't require any special training, so you can successfully use the application even if you don't have...

    27 EMCO MSI Package Builder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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