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copied!<p><strong><a href="http://wix.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">WiX</a></strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Very powerful and flexible</strong>.</li> <li>Can produce MSI packages (Microsoft deployment format of choice)</li> <li><strong>Almost no documentation</strong></li> <li><strong>Very steep learning curve.</strong></li> <li>XML-based.</li> <li>Recommended for very complex installators.</li> </ul> <p><strong><a href="http://www.innosetup.com/isinfo.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Inno Setup</a></strong></p> <ul> <li>Cannot produce MSI packages.</li> <li><strong>Its scripting part looks like INI files structure.</strong></li> <li>Uses Pascal Script based language for extra flexibility.</li> </ul> <p><strong><a href="http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page" rel="nofollow noreferrer">NSIS</a></strong></p> <ul> <li>Cannot produce MSI packages.</li> <li>Fully scripted, very powerful but at cost of high learning curve.</li> <li><strong>Recommened if WiX is too much and Inno Setup not enough.</strong></li> </ul> <p><strong><a href="http://www.advancedinstaller.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">AdvancedInstaller</a></strong></p> <ul> <li>Basic version is free.</li> <li>Can produce MSI packages.</li> <li><strong>Very good user-interface, almost no learning curve to get things done.</strong></li> <li>XML-based (but schema is not very user-friendly, doesn't really matter as you would use GUI editor anyway)</li> <li>The best option if you have only basic installer requirements and don't have time to learn something new.</li> </ul> <p><strong><a href="http://izpack.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">IzPack</a></strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Cross-platform</strong></li> <li>Maven integration</li> <li>Customizable actions</li> <li>Well documented</li> <li>Opensource</li> </ul>

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