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---
layout: "programs-tplt"
group: apps
priority: 90
version: "3.4.2"
os: "Windows 2000 and later"
release-date: "2008-09-17"
title: "SIBuilder"
precis: "Creates a self-extracting program installer."
summary: "Creates a self-extracting install program for software releases."
meta-desc: "OBSOLETE program that creates rudimentary commoand line based program installers. USE INNO SETUP INSTEAD! Open source. Written in Delphi Pascal."
want-header-buttons: false
status: "obsolete"
robots: "noindex, nofollow"
redirect_from:
- /sibuilder
- /sib
- /software/sibuilder
---
<section class="panel panel-danger">
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    <h2 class="panel-title">
      Obsolete
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		<p class="lead">
			Development of <em>{{ page.title }}</em> is frozen.
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		<p>
			I developed this program to create simple, command line based installers for my programs, but my needs have changed and the program hasn't kept up. To update it would be (a) a <em>lot</em> of work and (b) pointless because the superb <a href="https://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php">Inno Setup</a> does it all so well.
		</p>
		<p>
			<strong class="text-danger"><span class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle fa-x-pad-right"></span>I strongly discourage anyone from continuing to develop this program</strong> &ndash; it's had its day. I don't even know if it runs on modern versions of Windows. Having said that if you want to look at the code you can download a copy of the final version below.
		</p>
		<p class="alert alert-warning lead glyph">
			There is no support available for this program. Please do not report any bugs or contact me about it.
		</p>
  </div>
</section>

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    <h2 class="panel-title">
      Overview
    </h2>
  </div>
  <div class="panel-body">
		<p>
			<em>SIBuilder</em> <span class="text-smallcaps">(<strong>S</strong>mall <strong>I</strong>nstallation program <strong>Builder</strong>)</span> is an open source software installation program creator that creates stand alone <em>command line based</em> install programs.
		</p>
		<p>
			Install programs are created using <em>SIBuilder's</em> Wizard style interface, as below.
		</p>
		<p>
			<img class="scale center-block" src="{{ site.data.core.software-images-base-url}}/sib.gif" alt="SIBuilder's Project Details page" title="SIBuilder's Project Details page"/>
		</p>
		<p>
			For more information please download the program's <a class="direct-dl" href="https://github.com/ddab-archive/sibuilder/raw/main/Docs/Tutorial.pdf">tutorial PDF</a>.
		</p>
  </div>
</section>

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    <h2 class="panel-title">
      Download
    </h2>
  </div>
	<div class="panel-body">
		<p>
			The <em>SIBuilder</em> source code is archived in the <a href="https://github.com/ddab-archive/sibuilder"><strong>ddab-archive/sibuilder</strong></a> repository on GitHub. The read-me file of that project explains how to get the final source code and binary release.
		</p>
		<p>
			See  <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ddab-archive/sibuilder/main/Docs/Build.txt"><code>Build.txt</code></a> in the GitHib repo for details of how to compile the program and its dependencies.
		</p>
	</div>
</section>

<section class="panel panel-default">
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    <h2 class="panel-title">
      License
    </h2>
  </div>
  <div class="panel-body">
		<p>
			<em>SIBuilder</em> is open sourced: <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ddab-archive/sibuilder/main/Docs/SIBuilder.lic">see license</a>. Much of the original source code is available under the <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/MPL/1.1/">Mozilla Public License v1.1</a>.
		</p>
  </div>
</section>

<section class="panel panel-default">
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    <h2 class="panel-title">
      Change Log
    </h2>
  </div>
  <div class="panel-body">
		<p>
			The program's change log can found <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ddab-archive/sibuilder/main/CHANGELOG.txt">here</a>.
		</p>
  </div>
</section>