Open Source Java Installers

YAJSW is an Apache licensed pure java alternative for tanuki java service wrapper. It implements a multitude of additional functions and can be easily extended with groovy scripts. JSW configurations can be easily ported.

Configurable tool which allows Java applications to be installed and controlled like native NT or Unix services. Includes fault correction software to automatically restart crashed or frozen JVMs. Critical when app is needed 24x7. Built for flexibility.

JSmooth creates standard Windows executable files (.exe) that smartly launch java applications. It makes java deployment much smoother and user-friendly, as it is able to find and run Java VMs by itself, or help the user get one if none are available.

One-JAR(TM) is a simple solution to a vexing problem in Java: how to distribute an application as a single jar-file, when it depends on multiple other jar-files. One-JAR uses a custom classloader to discover library jar files inside the main jar.

WinRun4J is a Windows native launcher for your Java application. The goal is to provide a more professional deployment mechanism for Java apps on Windows.

The Indian Linux Project Goal is to build a Indian language enabled Linux distro & applications with support for Indian Languages

Great and powerful application to generate stable and multi-platform java installers. Watch a demo of DCP Setup Maker's installer being made in 2 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmF5Kyla7Hg Its intuitive UI and exceptional ease of use makes it very easy to build complex installers with large amounts of files. The whole process is done step by step through a wizard-like interface, filling in fields and setting up files to finally build your package. *Required: Java 1.6+ Powered by Java, IzPack, Apache Pivot, Apache Ant, Nuget, launch4j and Stax. Source code migrated to https://github.com/DevComPack/setupmaker

SmartFrog (Smart Framework for Object Groups) is a framework for configuring and automatically activating distributed applications. The SmartFrog framework is released under LGPL license. More info at: www.smartfrog.org

A high-quality JNLP client that can also be used as a component to provide applications with Java Network Launching Protocol features and support. Netx downloads code over the network, caches it, and runs it in a secure sandbox environment.

dismGUI is a Graphical User Interface written in Java for Microsofts command-line tool "dism" (Deployment Image Servicing and Management). Features are developed on request only.

Creates Installers using Ant by configuring an XML file (no java required): The installer collects user input, then run specific Ant targets from a build.xml file. Runs in a Swing GUI or on the command line.

A CLI Java front-end to Ninite.com, a webapp that makes single-file web-installers for a select number of windows applications. This program makes it easy to generate (download) installers with a single command line, versus working through a browser. The packages downloaded are genuine Ninite installers, so all the same functionality is available, such as detecting installed apps and updating, as well as 64-bit detection. In addition, mimite supports installing apps that are not available through the web interlace, but are still able to be generated, namely the contents of the "pro" user list of apps. (https://ninite.com/applist/pro.html)

A Windows/Linux build automation tool to consolidate scripts and custom programs under a single location, intermix any languages (scripted or compiled) to perform tasks, allow common GUI interaction in all languages, and enable remote task execution.

UberImaging centrally controls the disk imaging process of many nodes on a network. Clients booted via PXE are served a small initrd image containing udpcast, a client module, and other tools allowing clients to be remotely controlled by a portable GUI.

quattor is a system administration toolkit providing a powerful, portable and modular toolsuite for the automated installation, configuration and management of clusters and farms running UNIX derivates like Linux and Solaris. Quattor no longer uses SourceForge for hosting, please see http://github.com/quattor for source code and http://www.quattor.org for more up-to-date information about the project.

This software records and replays user interaction with the computer. It can be interfaced through voice commands.

This program teaches you how to install some Windows games on Mac using Wineskin, and makes somethings easier, like put a company name, choose an icon or create a drive_d. It gives you some YouTube tutorials links too. The Appleverse new edition was released, Gamma Studio: http://gammastudio.sourceforge.net/

AutoUpdater is a Java API and a program to automatically install code from a web server to a client. Clients running it will mirror the target directory structure from the server. Supports compressed server files and incremental updates.

Jink provides an easy way to launch applications with different configurations. Jink uses a gui to display and edit the application parameters and also manages the application processes started.

Multicast BOOTP Java server and C client

SWT Web Installer is a Java library that helps to install Java applications based on SWT. With it, it is the application itself that downloads and installs the right version of the SWT library for the PC in which is running.

UBCD Creator is a Java graphical interface for extracting, creating, patching, and applying plugins to an Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD) CD image. The plugins allows adding additional open source software or commercial software to UBCD.

jared (just another registry editor) is a java library for editing the windows registry offline. It reads a registry file into memory, and allows modifications and rewriting the hive. Has command line program for mods using a .reg file. Supports gcj.