Open Source Installers Generators in Java

10 projects

Cross-platform wrapper: JARs to Windows . exe. Native splash, icon, JRE search or bundled, heap options, Ant/Maven.

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Cross-platform installer generator for Java: single installer JAR for Windows, Linux, macOS. Customizable panels; optional native integration.

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Run Java apps as Windows services or Unix daemons. Codeless launcher; JVM monitoring, restart, logging; Community Edition (GPL).

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AntInstallerInactive

Installer framework: XML defines UI, Apache Ant as backend. Self-extracting JAR; Swing GUI or command line; GUI front end for Ant builds.

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JSmoothInactive

Windows . exe wrapper for JARs: find JVM, optional JVM download, redirect to Java download page. Multiple wrapper flavours; GPL.

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AntigenInactive

Wraps Ant build script + GUI into a single executable JAR. Graphical installers from Ant; no Ant required on target machine.

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Java installer: self-extracting class files, Java 1. 1/AWT only on target, cross-platform. Swing builder; GPL.

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PackletInactive

Java installer tool: packages an app into a single executable class (J2RE). Self-extracting GUI; bzip2, templates, checksums.

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VAInstallInactive

Multi-platform Java installer: config file picks files from multiple locations; outputs class, JAR, JNLP, Windows exe, or shell script.

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Script-driven builder for self-installing Java programs; produces a single JAR runnable via double-click with wizard UI.

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