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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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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install innoextract

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install innoextract

MacPorts ports tree · archivers/innoextract/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add innoextract

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · innoextract · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install innoextract

Debian stable package indexes · innoextract · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install innoextract

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · innoextract · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#innoextract

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/in/innoextract/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S innoextract

Arch Linux sync databases · innoextract · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install innoextract

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · innoextract · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Chocolateyverified · 92%
choco install innoextract

Chocolatey community package catalog · innoextract · source: community.chocolatey.org

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/innoextract

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/innoextract.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id dscharrer.innoextract -e

Windows Package Manager source index · dscharrer.innoextract · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Tool to unpack installers created by Inno Setup

Commands and aliases

  • innoextract

history

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.

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 post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

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

CommandKindExposureNote
innoextractcliglobal executable

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 generated2026-07-08
manager version1.9
manager updated2026-06-25
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://constexpr.org/innoextract/

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:innoextract
Version1.9
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/innoextract
Homepagehttps://constexpr.org/innoextract/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/dscharrer/innoextract
Upstream docshttps://constexpr.org/innoextract
LicenseZlib
Source archivehttps://constexpr.org/innoextract/files/innoextract-1.9.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-25T08:00:45-04:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesboost, xz
Build dependenciescmake
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameinnoextract
Version Scheme0
Revision13
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

innoextract 1.9-0.1+b1

Tool for extracting data from an Inno Setup installer

http://constexpr.org/innoextract/

sudo apt install innoextract
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: innoextract
  • 7 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Innoextract
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: innoextract from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

innoextract

nix profile install nixpkgs#innoextract
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Innoextract
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/in/innoextract/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

innoextract 1.9-0.1build1

Tool for extracting data from an Inno Setup installer

http://constexpr.org/innoextract/

sudo apt install innoextract
  • Section: universe/utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 7 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Innoextract
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: innoextract from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

innoextract 1.9-r10

A tool to extract installers created by Inno Setup

https://constexpr.org/innoextract/

sudo apk add innoextract
  • License: Zlib
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: innoextract
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Innoextract
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: innoextract from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

innoextract-doc 1.9-r10

A tool to extract installers created by Inno Setup (documentation)

https://constexpr.org/innoextract/

sudo apk add innoextract-doc
  • License: Zlib
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: innoextract
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Innoextract
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: innoextract-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

innoextract 1.9-19.fc44

Tool to extract installers created by Inno Setup

https://constexpr.org/innoextract/

sudo dnf install innoextract
  • License: zlib
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: innoextract
  • 9 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Innoextract
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: innoextract from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

innoextract 1.9-16

A tool to extract installers created by Inno Setup

https://constexpr.org/innoextract/

sudo pacman -S innoextract
  • License: ZLIB
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Innoextract
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: innoextract from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

innoextract 1.9-4.5

A tool to extract Inno Setup installers under non-windows systems

http://constexpr.org/innoextract/

sudo zypper install innoextract
  • License: Zlib
  • Category: Productivity/Archiving/Backup
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: innoextract
  • 8 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Innoextract
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: innoextract from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

innoextract

sudo port install innoextract
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Innoextract
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: archivers/innoextract/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Chocolatey95%

innoextract

choco install innoextract
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Innoextract
Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: innoextract from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','iis-externalcache'
Scoop95%

main/innoextract

scoop install main/innoextract
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Innoextract
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/innoextract.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

dscharrer.innoextract

winget install --id dscharrer.innoextract -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Innoextract
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: dscharrer.innoextract from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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