Original project's website: https://nsis.sourceforge.io
Original project's GitHub page: https://github.com/NSIS-Dev/nsis
This project was started mainly to provide early access to the NSIS 64-bit features.
It also comes with a few extra plugins and features that you might find useful.
- Native
x86
andamd64
NSIS compilers - Can produce native
x86
andamd64
installers, compatible with all Windows versions (NT4+) - Extra built-in plugins:
- NScurl - Plugin with advanced HTTP/S capabilities. Useful for file transfers, REST API calls, etc.
- NSxfer - Plugin with advanced HTTP/S capabilities (superseded by NScurl)
- NSutils - Plugin with multiple goodies packed in one basket
- ExecDos - Extended support for running child processes
- TaskbarProgress - Display installation progress in Windows taskbar
- ShellLink - Complex operations with shortcut files (
*.lnk
)
- Two new extra-large UI themes ModernXL and ModernXXL
- Advanced logging enabled (
NSIS_CONFIG_LOG
) - Larger strings (
NSIS_MAX_STRLEN=4096
)
Tip
- A GitHub Action is available to install/upgrade NSIS compiler on Windows runners
- A GitHub Action is available to install/upgrade NSIS plugins on Windows, Linux or macOS runners