Izpack Information

IzPack is a tool that will help you to solve your software installation problems. It is a JavaTM based software installer builder that will run on any operating system coming with a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) that is compliant with the Sun JVM 1.5 or higher. Its design is very modular and you will be able to choose how you want your installer to look and you will also be able to customize it using a very simple Application Programming Interface (API) . Although IzPack is essentially a JavaTM only application (it can run on virtually any operating system), it can interact in a clean way with the underlying operating system. Native code can interact with it on a specific platform without disturbing the operation on incompatible operating systems. For instance, you can develop Unix-specific code that will be silent if run on Windows. To put it in a nutshell, whereas most of the other JavaTM installers force you to go their way, IzPack will let you go your way. Some respectable companies have been using it in order to produce customized installers for their very specific needs. "So, if it's so good, how much is it ?" : well, you can get it for free. BUT IzPack is not a freeware. It's not free as in "free beer" but "free as in free speech". So it's neither freeware nor public domain. It is software covered by the Apache Software License 2.0. You have access to the IzPack source code and you can modify it to make it suit your needs. You are not required to publish your modifications per the terms of the Apache Software License. However if you have made general-purpose changes, please consider contributing them back as it will benefit to the larger IzPack community.