Draft:InstallBuilder

InstallBuilder is a commercial development tool for creating cross-platform installation programs and software packages.

InstallBuilder builds software installers for Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD and other UNIX platforms.... It can also be used to generate RPM and Debian packages.

Over the years, it has been promoted by different media sources such as linux.com and Linux_Journal.

In addition to commercial licenses, it also offers free licenses for opensource projects. One of the most commonly known open source users is XAMPP, which provides Windows, Linux and macOS installers built with InstallBuilder.

History
In 2003, Daniel Lopez Ridruejo founded BitRock. A few months later, the first version of InstallBuilder was released.

In February 22, 2005, BitRock released its first opensource stack, built using InstallBuilder and packaging popular opensource components. This stack, would be the beginning of what will later become Bitnami. Bitnami kept distributing popular opensource stacks packed with InstallBuilder until they were recently discontinued.

On May 15, 2019, VMware acquired BitRock (doing business as Bitnami), incorporating InstallBuilder to its store and rebranding it to VMware InstallBuilder

On Dec 15 2022, InstallBuilder was again acquired by Backstaff Software, which is still maintaining it and focusing on support and new features.