oleg-shilo/wixsharp
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Framework for building a complete MSI or WiX source code by using script files written with C# syntax.
7 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 0 stories, 7 comments · first 2020-06-16 · latest 2025-07-24
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…issues without paying us". Easily on of the worst pieces of software I've come across. Alternative: https://github.com/oleg-shilo/wixsharp/
comment by mopsi · 2025-07-24 · in Open Source Maintenance Fee -
I can recommend Wixsharp ( https://github.com/oleg-shilo/wixsharp ), you no longer have to learn the insane wix xml syntax to create an installer.
comment by zogomoox · 2024-04-06 · in Twenty years maintaining the WiX Toolset -
…code sample that specifies a complete installer in less than 20 lines, with no diagram necessary: https://github.com/oleg-shilo/wixsharp
comment by ptx · 2023-04-04 · in How to be a -10x Engineer -
…tps://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/fe45835f7cebfccd4544ae19... [2] https://github.com/libgdx/packr [3] https://github.com/oleg-shilo/wixsharp
comment by ptx · 2022-09-29 · in Paving the on-ramp to Java -
…you don't need to touch it). I wouldn't have used msilib if I had known about Wix# at the time. [1] https://github.com/oleg-shilo/wixsharp
comment by ptx · 2022-03-15 · in PEP 594 – Removing dead batteries from the standard library -
…which adds a user-friendly API on top of WiX and lets you forget about XML and databases entirely: https://github.com/oleg-shilo/wixsharp
comment by ptx · 2021-04-18 · in WinGet is terrible, I want AppGet back -
C# UWP: you need to create a .appinstaller file C# WPF/Winforms: https://github.com/oleg-shilo/wixsharp/wiki C# WPF/Winforms: Or, you can create a .vdproj which will createa an .msi ( https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Visu…
comment by photawe · 2020-06-16 · in Ask HN: How do you distribute your software releases?