Open Source Installers

Zero Install is a decentralised cross-distribution software installation system. Create one package that works everywhere! With dependency handling and automatic updates, full support for shared libraries, and integration with native package managers

Both forward-chaining and backward-chaining rules (which may include python code) are compiled into python. Can also automatically assemble python programs out of python functions which are attached to backward-chaining rules. See pyke.sourceforge.ne

Fink brings the full world of Unix Open Source software to Darwin and macOS. Packages are downloaded and built automatically and installed into a tree managed by dpkg, all with full dependency tracking.

NSISBI aims to remove the current 2GB limit found in NSIS. This version adds support for using a separate file for storing the install data, therefore allowing installer sizes up to a theoretical max size of 8EB (this is controlled by NSIS_CONFIG_EXTERNAL_FILE_SUPPORT, this is turned on by default). On versions before 7069-1, the compiler (makensis) is designed to run on 64 bit machines as this is the feature needed to make installers bigger than 2GB. On versions before 7208-1, source files added to the installer are limited to 2GB per file (this is controlled by NSIS_CONFIG_LARGE_FILE_SUPPORT, this is turned on by default). This project is the result of several different experiments focused on relieving the 2GB limit in NSIS, so it's still a work in progress. I'll try to keep it up to date with each major NSIS release.

Appupdater provides advanced functionality to Windows, similar to apt-get or yum on Linux. It automates the process of installing and maintaining up to date versions of programs. It is fully customizable for use in a corporate environment.

Great and powerful application to generate stable and multi-platform java installers. Watch a demo of DCP Setup Maker's installer being made in 2 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmF5Kyla7Hg Its intuitive UI and exceptional ease of use makes it very easy to build complex installers with large amounts of files. The whole process is done step by step through a wizard-like interface, filling in fields and setting up files to finally build your package. *Required: Java 1.6+ Powered by Java, IzPack, Apache Pivot, Apache Ant, Nuget, launch4j and Stax. Source code migrated to https://github.com/DevComPack/setupmaker

-PROJECT CLOSED- The Krysalis Community Project -was- the home of projects that follow, and can help to follow, Apache-style project guidelines.

PHP Packager is a dynamic application for PHP developers and web developers alike. It's basically a ONE file installer program, so no messy extractions, etc, just place in the directory you want to install to and you're done!

A high-quality JNLP client that can also be used as a component to provide applications with Java Network Launching Protocol features and support. Netx downloads code over the network, caches it, and runs it in a secure sandbox environment.

A Stuffit archive containing files and instructions needed for installing the Debian GNU/Linux operating system on an iMac, or really most any PowerPC PowerMac. The instructions are oriented towards machines that don't have floppy drives.

RDI is a library that gives your application the ability to install its dependencies at runtime. Perfect for plugins oriented architectures. Many kind of deps: RPMs, DEBs, .so, .dll, RubyGems... Easily extensible to new kinds.

Andutteye is an open source systems management platform that automates enterprise data centers and keeps them running. With Andutteye you can control your Linux and Unix system from a central point of operation.

ApacheBuilder builds Apache (with optional modules of Mod_SSL and Mod_Perl) from sources, prompting for config params of location, etc. When done, it starts Apache and verifies it all works ok.

The Build Installer provides a lightweight GUI installer application to go over an existing configure/make/install source package. Its purpose is to make installing software from source easier and faster for end users, particularly non-developers.

This framework provides the easiest way to build cross platform installers based on Java technologies. Due to its extensible architecture, it can be easily adjusted to fit your needs and allows nice UI interfaces implemented with Groovy or JavaFX.

EclipseCppPack is a distribution of Eclipse, CDT, MinGW, GDB and wxWindows for Windows. All is packed together with some batch-files. It aims to be a simple C/C++ IDE with a very simple installation process. All parts are set up to work properly together

The InstallGuru is a program written in Java for creating installers for Java and non-Java applications. Since this install application is written in Java, it can run almost on any operating system where there is a JRE.

This toolkit consists of three small tools which enable the user to deploy, overview and undeploy any JSR88/J2EE1.4 conformant application into any JSR88/J2EE1.4 conformant app. server. Our target is to become the I******Shield of the J2EE world.

This project consist of a library for handling Debian packages - parsing and building - as well as Maven plugin for using the functionality of the library in your build process. The library and the Maven plugin are 100% native Java and don't need any dpkg binary files or Linux system. Build Debian packages on whatever system you like.

Lopica is a collection of scripts, code snippets, extension installers, FAQs, how-tos, and other goodies for Java Web Start/JNLP.

Collection of re-usable ControlTier modules and solution libraries providing build and deployment automation components for many individual technologies as well as integrated multi-tiered application platforms

Monolithor creates monolithic installers for Windows from a dependency tree of intermediate binary packages. Currently NSIS is used for creating the installer and the supported packages are the RPMs built by openSUSE.

NetDist is a configuration management/distribution solution. It can handle the distribution of configuration files to any number of hosts, can be set up to generate configuration files automatically, and provides a central location for configs.

A GUI for universal package manager, nhopkg (http://nhopkg.sourceforge.net).

Nixstaller is an Open Source project with the goal to create user friendly and flexible installers that work on various UNIX like systems. Some of its features are: small size overhead, large compatibility, Lua scripting and few dependencies.