wix

Tech stack & purpose

The WiX Toolset is a comprehensive set of developer tools for creating Windows installation packages, addressing the problem domain of software deployment and installation experience. Built with C++, C#, and .NET technologies, it includes multiple managed libraries for Windows Installer interaction, bootstrapper customization, compression (cabinet and zip formats), and custom action development. The toolset is maintained as an open-source project requiring Visual Studio 2026 and various .NET frameworks for development, and it operates under an Open Source Maintenance Fee model for commercial users.

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• Rob Mensching1,492 commits
• Sean Hall1,202 commits
• Bob Arnson691 commits
• Bevan Weiss37 commits
• Nir Bar16 commits
• Ron Martin12 commits
• chris_bednarski10 commits
• Andrij Abyzov5 commits
• James Parsons5 commits
• Jacob Hoover4 commits
• Alex Kubiesa3 commits
• Mark Stega3 commits
• William Kent3 commits
• Hank McCord3 commits
• Pascal Pfeil2 commits
• Eric StJohn2 commits
• Martin Broholm Andersen2 commits
• Daniel Chalmers2 commits
• StefanStojanovic2 commits
• Rami2 commits
• Ronald Martin2 commits
• Peter Hull2 commits
• Staffan Gustafsson2 commits
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• Christopher Painter2 commits
• Kaarlo Räihä2 commits
• cz-dev-ge1 commits
• Fyodor Koryazhkin1 commits
• Roman Lavrov1 commits
• Chaojie1 commits