Digital Create packaged installer for a standalone app

Hi, thanks a lot for this magnificent tool, very useful!

I'd like to propose creating packaged installers, so the user does not need to have Java installed, and the app is more easily accessible. There is already a .exe for Windows, but not for macOS or Linux.

I suggest using install4j. It's free for open-source projects (you have to fill in a form to get the free license) and easy to set up. I use it for one of my other projects (https://github.com/openrocket/openrocket), so I'd be happy to help with the configuration.

Nov 04 '25 11:11 SiboVG

Some of us are just allergic for prebuilt executables with contained crypto-miners ;-)

Nov 04 '25 12:11 brmarkus

Some of us are just allergic for prebuilt executables with contained crypto-miners ;-)

Darn, there goes my plan of becoming a crypto-millionaire...

Nov 04 '25 12:11 SiboVG

Is Install4j able to create a MacOs installer on a non MacOs system? There is already a java buildin solution for that called jpackage, but it needs to run on MacOS in order to create a Mac installer.

Nov 05 '25 09:11 hneemann

Is Install4j able to create a MacOs installer on a non MacOs system? There is already a java buildin solution for that called jpackage, but it needs to run on MacOS in order to create a Mac installer.

Yes, you can build the installer for any platform on any platform.

Nov 05 '25 10:11 SiboVG