Wax VS Squirrel

Compare Wax vs Squirrel and see what are their differences.

Wax

An interactive editor for WiX setup projects. (by tom-englert)

Squirrel

An installation and update framework for Windows desktop apps (by Squirrel)
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Wax Squirrel
0 37
219 7,128
- 1.0%
1.8 6.0
over 2 years ago 2 months ago
C# C++
MIT License MIT License
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Wax

Posts with mentions or reviews of Wax. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning Wax yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

Squirrel

Posts with mentions or reviews of Squirrel. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-11.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Wax and Squirrel you can also consider the following projects:

AutoUpdater.NET - AutoUpdater.NET is a class library that allows .NET developers to easily add auto update functionality to their classic desktop application projects.

Wix Toolset

Chocolatey - Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows

Clowd.Squirrel - Quick and easy installer and automatic updates for cross-platform dotnet applications

NetSparkle - NetSparkle is a C# cross-platform software update framework for .NET developers compatible with .NET 4.6.2/.NET 6+, WinForms, WPF, and Avalonia; uses Ed25519 or DSA signatures! View basic usage here in the README or visit our website for code docs.

wixsharp - Framework for building a complete MSI or WiX source code by using script files written with C# syntax.

Onova - Unintrusive auto-update framework

omaha - Google Update for Windows

winsparkle - App update framework for Windows, inspired by Sparkle for macOS

dotnet-script - Run C# scripts from the .NET CLI.