GeNSIS

Whether you are a programmer or an administrator, you may have to create various installers over time. Without denying that there are multiple ways you can go around this, one of the most straightforward is via NSIS scripts, especially since they leave a lot of room for customization.

GeNSIS is a tool designed to simplify the process of creating installers even further by automating the writing of the NSIS scripts.

The app comes with a user-friendly interface that features five tabs, each representative for the process of creating NSIS scripts. Simply go through each tab, one by one, and fill in the necessary information to get started. For starters, you need to specify the files, registry shortcuts, user interface elements and configure installation options for the installer.

As with any other NSIS script, you can customize the appearance, configure conditional installations steps as well as define actions to perform during installation. If you are satisfied with the results, you can easily generate the script with just one click. Lastly, you need to use a specialized tool to compile the script. Take note that, unfortunately, the app doesn’t feature a NSIS compiler, so you will need to look for other third-party apps.

GeNSIS is a simple and straightforward tool that makes the creation of NSIS convenient and less time-consuming. The tool can be useful if you are not really familiar with how to write code in the NSIS scripting language.

Despite the fact that the application automates most of the things when creating scripts, you still need to know the basics behind NSIS. Not only can this help you further customize the installer so that users face no issues, but it can also come in handy for troubleshooting and testing, for instance.