# Install innoextract with Homebrew
Tool to unpack installers created by Inno Setup. Version 1.9 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25.
## Install
```sh
sudo av install brew:innoextract
```
Additional install commands:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install innoextract
```
Evidence: provider-native install command
## Package facts
- **Package key:** brew:innoextract
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.9
- **Source summary:** Tool to unpack installers created by Inno Setup
- **Homepage:**
- **Repository:**
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T08:00:45-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00
## Executables
- innoextract (alias)
## Install behavior
- Bottle: not available
## Freshness
- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.9
## 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.
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## Security Notes
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
## Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/innoextract.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/innoextract.yml)
## Sources
- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation