Open Source Archiving Software

Info-ZIP portable compression/archiver utilities (Zip, UnZip, WiZ, etc.)

Jar Installer is a java based program for creating self-extracting installation packages through a GUI. Just select your files, logo and create a jar file which can be double clicked for installation.

A simply installer that based on zlib 1.2.1 as the compression library. Target OS - Win32, language - C++ (MS VC++ 6). It has a simple script language (like MSDOS batch language) and uninstaller. Can write to registry and access to environment variables.

BatExe is an open source program that enables you to convert an arbitrary set of data files and a batch script into a single Microsoft Windows executable.

Moved to: https://github.com/vanderlee/Plugin-Setup Windows Setup tool specifically designed for installing PhotoShop compatible plug-ins. Will recognize all Windows PhotoShop plug-in compatible hosts and allow the user to pick which hosts the plug-in should be installed for.

Extended Slackware package management tools, added new features like those in other distro's package tools (ie rpm, deb, slp, etc..) and provide multiple interfaces including console, Gnome, and KDE.

SystemImager is software that makes the installation of Linux to masses of similar machines relatively easy. It makes software distribution, configuration, and operating system updates easy, and can also be used for content distribution.

The Rembo Wizard is a program for network based PC disk image management. It is based on a commercial product, called Rembo Toolkit. All current and future Rembo users are encouraged to try this highly automated Rembo Toolkit program.

m23 is a free software distribution system (license: GPL), that installs (via network, starting with partitioning and formatting) and administrates (updates, adds / removes software, adds / removes scripts) clients with Debian, (X/K)Ubuntu and LinuxMint. It is used for deployment of Linux clients in schools, institutions and enterprises. The m23 server is controlled via a web interface. A new m23 client can be installed easily in only three steps. Group functions and mass installation tools make managing a vast number of clients comfortable. The integration of existing clients (with .deb-based distributions) into the system is possible, too. Client backup and server backup are included to avoid data loss. With the integrated virtualisation software, m23 can create and manage virtual m23 clients, that run on real m23 clients or the m23 server. Scripts and software packages (for installation on clients) can be created directly from the m23 web interface.

This project has a lively SVN repository for build recipes, over 1000 F/OSS softwares are available. The tool "pkgbuild" is for building packages on Solaris 11/OpenIndiana from RPM-like spec files. The tool also runs on OmniOS. If you want, you can create new style IPS packages and old style SVR4 packages for Solaris 10. The tool is not updated frequently, but the following "build recipes" for pkgbuild is updated every day. For a few hundred build-recipes see the sub-project "spec-files-extra" or "SFE". We already have stacks of e.g. multimedia players mplyer/vlc or postfix/dovecot/cyrus-sasl/spamfiltering. But there is so much more to be added! Volunteers to the build-recipes are always welcome. Please ask on the mailing list or irc://irc.freenode.org/#pkgbuild Please proceed now with the link below and remember to visit "SFE" on the left and browse through the available packages list in SVN. Or go for one of the binary repositories with ready-to-use IPS packages.

sfxPackager is a Windows installer creation tool designed around a simple idea: building an installer shouldn't be harder than building the application it installs. Create a project, add your files, configure your package visually, and build. When you need more than the basics, sfxPackager includes an integrated JavaScript environment and installer API that let you customize installation behavior without giving up the simplicity of the project-based workflow. The result is a compact, self-contained Windows installer that doesn't require your users to install a separate runtime, bootstrapper, or packaging framework.

ReHash is an easy-to-use console-based hash calculation tool written in C++. It supports many algorithms and output formats and it can be fully configured using some of the many command-line arguments which can be passed to the tool.

Jar Ajar is a JAR-based self-extractor for zip files. Zip up files and package them with descriptive images and text using Jar Ajar's graphical interface. When recipients launch the resulting JAR, Jar Ajar guides users through the unzip process.

Payload Delivery Vehicle (PDV) is a program that builds an executable that contains a complete package (e.g. and RPM, System V package or tar file) and the commands required to install it. When the executable is run it will extract and execute the payloa

AVD is a continuation of the swim project. The goal is to create a suitable SQL server from swim's not-installed DB, and to maintain the swim client. AVD will be used as a gBootRoot method.

Xinstaller is a program written in C for Linux. It will allow you to make an installer file for your programs. The user will have only to start the executable and to answer some easy questions(mostly "next" :)).

Enables conversion of an applet into a normal Java application/Windows/Linux executable.For this application, the target user is an applet developer. Once he has completed the applet development, he can use this application to create an executable file.

Build System for Java offers an enhanced build environment that ties together deployment instructions, environment configuration and source code as a releaseable entity. A new paradigm for configuration management!

bdiff is a tool to create a patch that can be used to transform one binary file into another (related) binary file, similiar to what "diff" does with text files.

This program will allow users to avoid redownloading whole binary files. Instead if they already have an older file, they can just download a patch, created with BinaryPatch and use it, with the old file, to create a new file.

BlackPack is a utility to aid in creating installable RedHat packages (.rpm). The goal behind the project is to make developing for RedHat based Linux distributions more appealing, with an easy to use interface for packaging applications, artwork, media, themes, etc.

A system for tracking the steps to compile and install software. Inspired by the "Linux From Scratch" book. Addresses issues: "What steps did I use to compile 'foo'?, what files did it install? I need to recompile but don't like typing all commands over.

BTS is a Build Template System designed for building packages for th common packing systems in use by current distributions based on a single XML package description. We are finally restarting development after a long break due to NeOS work.

Carpathia Backup is a Windows user profile backup tool. It allows easy store, restore and domain/AD migration functions for profiles. Also join and unjoin functions for AD/domains, to support the PC replacement process of companies.

Chestnut package manager is a utility to handle executables and resource files in a transparent, platform independent and relocatable way. Its concept is similar to Apple bundles and Java archives.