TigerSetup 0.13.0

TigerSetup 0.13.0

TigerSetup is a command-line tool for Windows that builds installers. Describe
your application in a TigerSetup.toml, and tiger-setup build produces one
self-contained Setup.exe with a wizard, a quiet mode for automation, upgrade,
repair and uninstall, and no runtime prerequisites on the target machine. The
installers it builds are transactional: an install or upgrade completes or rolls
back, and each installation records what it owns, so upgrade, uninstall and
verification work from what is really installed.

What is new in 0.13.0

• Migration from Inno Setup waits for the old uninstall to finish. An
  installer that replaces an earlier Inno Setup-based installation of your
  application (a [legacy] declaration) now waits until the old uninstaller
  has really finished before it installs. Inno Setup's uninstaller hands its
  work to a second process and exits before the old installation folder is
  gone, so an installer could start while that folder was still there; the
  folder then stayed outside TigerSetup's ownership and was left behind by a
  later uninstall. The fix applies to per-user and machine installations alike.
  The engine is embedded in every installer you build, so rebuild with 0.13.0
  to get it.
• Clearer diagnostics when an old uninstaller does not finish. If it is
  still running after ten minutes, the installation stops with
  legacy_uninstall_failed and names the processes still running, instead of
  installing beside it. The machine-readable outcome also reports how many
  processes the old uninstall ran and whether its installation folder remained.

Install

Download TigerSetup-0.13.0-Setup.exe below and run it. It installs per user
by default (no administrator rights needed) or for everyone on request, and
adds tiger-setup to PATH unless you clear that option. For scripts:

TigerSetup-0.13.0-Setup.exe install --quiet
TigerSetup-0.13.0-Setup.exe install --quiet --scope machine

TigerSetup runs on Windows 10 1809 or later, Windows 11 and Windows Server 2019
or later, x64.

Verify the download

SHA256SUMS.txt lists the SHA-256 of the installer and of its WinGet manifest
set, and release-artifacts.json records the same hashes with the commit they
were built from; all four files come from one build of that commit, and the
release's tag names that record's own SHA-256. The installer is not code-signed
yet, so Windows SmartScreen may ask before running it.
tiger-setup inspect TigerSetup-0.13.0-Setup.exe decodes and checks any
TigerSetup installer without running it.