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'''Nullsoft Scriptable Install System''' (NSIS), is an [[open source]], script-driven installation system with minimal overhead backed by [[Nullsoft]], creators of [[Winamp]]. NSIS 1 is in many ways similar to the classic [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] installer, but it is more easily scriptable and supports more compression formats. NSIS 2 has a new streamlined [[GUI|graphical user interface]], supports [[LZMA]] compression, multiple languages, and an easy plugin system. The NSIS script compiler compiles on [[POSIX]] platforms.

==History==

NSIS was created to distribute [[Winamp]]. It is based on a previous [[Nullsoft]] product, PiMP (plugin Mini Packager), also a [[Nullsoft]] creation, and is also known as SuperPiMP. After version 2.0a0, the project was moved to [[SourceForge]] where developers outside of [[Nullsoft]] started working on it on a regular basis. NSIS 2.0 was released approximately two years later.

===POSIX===