InstallJammer is a multi-platform GUI installer written in Tcl/Tk and designed to work on Windows, OS X and virtually any flavor of UNIX / Linux.  OS X is not currently supported but is slated for later release.

Current release is 1.2b1, May 28, 2007.

It features:

   * A full-featured install builder.
   * Installs are packaged in single binary executables for each platform making web distribution easy.
   * Features specific to Tcl/Tk software and programs.
   * Support for multiple install themes.
   * Default install themes that resemble popular, commercial installers.
   * A high level of configurability.  Install panes can actually be modified right down to the Tcl/Tk code.
   * Built-in support for Windows install conventions.
   * Automatic creation of an uninstaller.
   * Currently supported platforms are Windows and Linux.

Mailing List:

mailto:installjammer-devel@lists.sourceforge.net (used for development)
   * Subscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/installjammer-devel

mailto:announce@installjammer.com (used only for announcing new releases)
   * Subscribe: mailto:announce-subscribe@installjammer.com


Downloads are available on SourceForge at:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=148203

Documentation is online at:

http://www.installjammer.com/docs/

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[Kevin Walzer] InstallJammer is a very nice tool, with a shallow learning curve. As far as I know, it is unique among open-source install tools in supporting both Windows and Linux.
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[APN] [Windows Inspection Tool Set] is planning on using InstallJammer. I checked out other open source installers as well - WiX[http://wix.sourceforge.net/], INNO[http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php] and NSIS[http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page] (I'm only interested in Windows). WiX was the only other one in serious contention. It is more tightly integrated with Windows (no surprise given it comes from Microsoft) and has a lot of ongoing support and a large user community. I went with InstallJammer because (a) it is much easier to get started with, (b) is Tcl based, and (c) all other things being equal, might as well pick a cross-platform tool. As Kevin said, it is a very nice tool.

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Summer 2006:  "the german linux magazine had an article about installers for linux featuring InstallJammer, and quoted it as 'first of its breed' at least for the open source sector, there seem to be some commercial offerings
. . . they mention two commercial alternatives Bitrock installer[http://bitrock.com] and Plaasoft installer[http://www.plaasoft.de/?mod=content&id=installer]"

The article is in Issue 08/2006 p.126-128.

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