Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS), is an open-source (zlib/libpng license), script-driven installation system with minimal overhead being backed by Nullsoft, creators of Winamp. NSIS 1 is in many ways similar to the classic Windows installer, but it is more easily scriptable and supports more compression formats. NSIS 2 has a new streamlined GUI, supports LZMA compression, multiple languages and an easy plug-in system. The NSIS script compiler compiles on POSIX platforms. This allows compiling Windows installers on Linux and FreeBSD without the usage of WINE.
NSIS was created because of the need to distribute Winamp. It is based on PiMP (Plug-In 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. After almost two years of alphas, betas and release candidates, NSIS 2.0 was released.
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