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InstallForge vs Makeself

A side-by-side look at InstallForge and Makeself. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

InstallForge

InstallForge

Development

InstallForge is a software installation authoring tool that allows you to quickly and easily create installers, setup packages, and executables for deploying software on Windows systems. It provides an intuitive visual interface for defining installation steps including file extraction, shortcuts, registry edits, custom actions, etc.

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Makeself

Makeself

Os & Utilities

Makeself is a small shell script that generates a self-extractable tarball for Unix. It packages software into a single executable file for easy distribution and installation.

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