# innoextract

> Unpacks Inno Setup installers on non-Windows systems without running them. It also handles modified variants, including GOG.com's Inno Setup-based game installers.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Binary
- Category: Native analysis tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://github.com/dscharrer/innoextract>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/dscharrer/innoextract/blob/6e9e34ed0876014fdb46e684103ef8c3605e382e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/innoextract/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/innoextract/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/innoextract/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Building requires Boost 1.37 or newer, CMake 2.8 or newer, and a working C++ compiler.
- liblzma is optional, but most installers made with newer Inno Setup versions cannot be extracted without it.
- Individual components cannot be selected for extraction, and filtering by name is limited.
- License: ZLIB.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/dscharrer/innoextract/blob/6e9e34ed0876014fdb46e684103ef8c3605e382e/README.md>

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