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Tool to unpack installers created by Inno Setup. Version 1.9 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25.
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Package summary
Tool to unpack installers created by Inno Setup
Project links
Commands and aliases
- innoextract
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Project history and usage
innoextract is a command-line utility for unpacking installers created by Inno Setup without running the installer executable under Windows or Wine. Its official site describes support for standard Inno Setup installers, modified variants, and game installers distributed by GOG.com and others.
Project history
The project was published by Daniel Scharrer in 2012 and uses the zlib/libpng license. The official page records a 2012-03-01 publication date and describes innoextract as developed on Linux but intended to be cross-platform through CMake, Boost, liblzma, and optional iconv.
The changelog shows steady expansion from basic Inno Setup extraction toward compatibility with newer Inno Setup data versions, Unicode and non-ASCII filename handling, external data slices, encrypted installers, password checking, GOG Galaxy file parts, and platform-specific binary fixes.
Adoption history
innoextract became widely packaged because it solves a practical Linux and macOS packaging problem: extracting Windows installer payloads without executing untrusted setup programs. The official package table lists many distro and package-manager entries, and Homebrew metadata also lists broad availability across Alpine, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Pacman, Scoop, Ubuntu, WinGet, and openSUSE.
How it is used
The manual documents three primary modes: extract files, list installer contents, or test checksums. Users commonly run `innoextract installer.exe`, optionally adding an output directory, language selection, collision handling, password options, or GOG-specific extraction flags.
Why package nerds care
Package maintainers care about innoextract because it turns proprietary Windows installer formats into inspectable archives. It is especially useful for repackaging games, verifying vendor payloads, and avoiding Wine in build scripts or reproducible extraction workflows.
Timeline
- 2012: Official site records innoextract publication.
- 2012: Version 1.3 adds support for Inno Setup 5.5.0 installers.
- 2015: Version 1.5 adds GOG game ID support, GOG extraction helpers, language listing, include/exclude options, and collision handling.
- 2018: Version 1.7 adds encrypted installer support, password checking, installer info output, and GOG Galaxy file-part handling.
- 2019: Version 1.8 adds Inno Setup 6.0.0 support and broader modified-installer handling.
- 2020: Version 1.9 adds preliminary Inno Setup 6.1.0 support and more path/encoding fixes.
Related projects
- Related projects and formats include Inno Setup itself, My Inno Setup Extensions, GOG.com installers, AGS games, Arx Libertatis workflows, Wine as an avoided runtime dependency, and unrar/unar for some GOG extraction paths.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
innoextract | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.9
manager updated2026-06-25
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:innoextract |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.9 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://constexpr.org/innoextract/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/dscharrer/innoextract |
| Last updated | 2026-06-25T08:00:45-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation