Nullsoft - (Open Source)
NSIS is a professional tool that helps creating very easily Windows installers.
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System), developed by the publisher of Winamp , is a professional open source system that allows creating distribution of software over the Internet in a very flexible and easy possible manner.
A safe and effective installer is a major thing for users during the first installation, so NSIS installs the software as desired.NSIS is based on scripts to handle the most complex installation tasks starting with creation of web installers, communication with Windows and other software components, installation or update of shared components etc.
NSIS 2.32 is released. This release is powered by PNG for Vista icon support
and Subversion for development joy. As always, various bug fixes and
improvements are served for no extra charge.
Release Notes
* Vista PNG icons are now supported without the need for any special
tricks.
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Changes:
Major Changes
* Added support for mismatching installer and uninstaller icons
* NSIS source code is now hosted on Subversion instead of CVS
Minor Changes
* Fixed synchronization that could allow the user to cause extraction
errors in rare cases (reported in the forum)
* Fixed syntax validation of Var
* Modern UI 2 beta: Fixed 3-line title on welcome/finish page
* Modern UI 2 beta: Fixed components page description and lock
* Modern UI 2 beta: Fixed default language selection from registry
* Modern UI 2 beta: Fixed MUI_DIRECTORYPAGE_BGCOLOR
* Minor documentation improvements (including bug #1811876, bug #1819946)
Utilities and Plug-ins
* nsDialogs: Added link support
Translations
* Bulgarian corrections
* Fixed Japanese and Norwegian Nynorsk MUI line breaks (bug #1817289)
Build System
* Check compiler's -m32 flag before the linker's to avoid gcc segfault