Open Source Windows Application Packaging Software

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. 7-Zip works in Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP / 2022 / 2019 / 2016 / 2012 / 2008 / 2003 / 2000. You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip. And there is command line version for Linux and macOS. Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license. The unRAR code is under a mixed license with GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions. Check the license for details.

KGB Archiver is the compression tool with unbelievable high compression rate. It surpasses even such efficient compression tool like 7zip and UHARC in terms of the abilities. KGB Archiver uses AES-256 encryption to encrypt archives.

IsoCreator (could also be called Folder-to-ISO or Directory-to-ISO) C#.NET 2.0 application which creates ISO 9660 Joliet CD images from a given folder or volume. Can also create ISO with virtual files, given a tree representing a directory structure.

This command line interface enables you to package your Node.js project into an executable that can be run even on devices without Node.js installed. Make a commercial version of your application without sources. Make a demo/evaluation/trial version of your app without sources. Instantly make executables for other platforms (cross-compilation). Make some kind of self-extracting archive or installer. No need to install Node.js and npm to run the packaged application. No need to download hundreds of files via npm install to deploy your application. Deploy it as a single file. Put your assets inside the executable to make it even more portable. Test your app against new Node.js version without installing it. pkg was created for use within containers and is not intended for use in serverless environments. For those using ZEIT Now, this means that there is no requirement to use pkg in your projects as the benefits it provides are not applicable to the platform.

Reads and writes archives used in many popular games. Great for mod development and game translations. Supports over 5200 games, with more games added through small plugins. Also shows file previews and converts them to different formats.

IMPORTANT NEWS: UPX has moved to GitHub https://upx.github.io ========================

bfs2pack is a packer and unpacker for flatout2 bfs archives. It comes with a small gui (ready to use) and a commandline interface. Moved to github: https://github.com/synopia/bfs2pack

Zip-Ada is a library for .zip archives. Full sources are in Ada and are unconditionally portable. Input and output can be any stream (file, buffer,...) for archive creation as well as data extraction. Task safe and endian-neutral. More information on: http://unzip-ada.sf.net Alire crate: https://alire.ada.dev/crates/zipada Mirror: https://github.com/zertovitch/zip-ada/

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.

It supports files and folders multi-compression (UPX, ZIP, 7Z) and archives extraction (several formats). It includes an intelligent UPX compression mode, self-extracting archive creation, encryption/decryption, external compressors and much more.

Moved to GitHub.com/gdraheim/zziplib/ The ZZIPlib provides read access on ZIP-archives. The library uses only the patent-free compression-algorithms supported by Zlib. It provides functions that transparently access files being either real files or zipped files, both with the same filepath

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.

AZip is a free Zip Archive Manager with unique features such as: built-in content Search, smart archive Update, archive Recompression. The goal is to keep the user interface as simple as possible and bother the user the least possible with options or useless gadgets. More details and screenshots on the AZip Web site: http://azip.sf.net Alire crate: https://alire.ada.dev/crates/azip Mirror: https://github.com/zertovitch/azip

An advanced management and packaging utility for Oblivion (TES4) mods/enhancements.

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.

7zSFX, Constructor, SFX, Crypto, Vip, Key, Full

PimpBot is a graphical interface, which let's the user create a Nullsoft Installer (NSIS) for various Winamp plugins with just a few mouse-clicks.

UPX Tool is a GUI for the popular UPX EXE Compressor. Windows Programs and Dlls, and DOS Programs can be compressed.

a Java utility for comparing the contents of any two zip files. It can also be used to compare EAR files, WAR files, or JAR files.

BiGZiP is a graphically rich, Java based compression tool. It is developed around a user interface that is easy and intuitive to navigate. It fully supports zip compression and allows for the development of new compression schemes via it’s APIs

An easy-to-use, user-friendly GUI for archived file formats (jar, zip, tar). Explorer-type archive browsing with all the archiving functionality offered through a much easier, quicker & more understandable manner than its command-line counterpart. This project has been replaced by Archive Buddy [http://sourceforge.net/projects/archivebuddy]

A win32 GUI shell for the UPX executable packer.

A simple tool which search, and unzips all ZIP-files, starting in a given initial directory, without changing the directory structure; which means that every ZIP-file in multiple subdirectories, will be unzipped in the overlaying directory, without creating new (sub-) directories. Simply by executing one single command. No libraries, or installation required; simply execute Xtractor, and start with mass unzipping every single ZIP-file elsewhere in your directory, without changing its structure.

GoodMerge is the ultimate space-saving companion tool to Cowering's Good ROM Renamer suite. It takes a ROM image collection (raw or compressed) and a “*Have.txt” file and packages each game along with only its variants.

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.