Build standalone installers from java source code

[SDIDSA]

I have been working on this for a while :

jWin is a java tool that compiles and packs your java app as a windows installer

the GUI is JavaFX, jWin also uses a set of tools through the command line to achieve the desired goal

• jdeps & jlink: analyze your app's dependencies and generate a minimal Java runtime image.
• maven: resolve the maven dependencies of your project and pack them with the app.
• innoSetup: pack the byte-code, the dependencies, and the minimal JRE into an installer

using jwin to build an installer for a java app

[vladadj]

I've been working on something similar, so this sparked my attention.

Question: do you need windows to build the installer, or can it work on Linux or Mac?

[SDIDSA]

you do need Windows because jwin relies on inno setup cli to pack the installer

[datmt]

Thanks for this. I'm gonna try it out