NsisToolset

简体中文

NsisToolset packages NSIS as a portable toolset for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Download and extract it to use NSIS without installation.

Use

Download nsis-toolset-<version>.zip from the matching GitHub Release.

Verification (optional)

Download the .sha256 file to verify the ZIP.

Windows:

$version = '<version>'
$expected = (Get-Content "nsis-toolset-$version.zip.sha256").Split()[0]
$actual = (Get-FileHash "nsis-toolset-$version.zip" -Algorithm SHA256).Hash
if ($actual -ne $expected) { throw 'checksum mismatch' }

Linux:

sha256sum --check nsis-toolset-<version>.zip.sha256

macOS:

shasum -a 256 --check nsis-toolset-<version>.zip.sha256

Run

Windows:

.\makensis.cmd path\to\installer.nsi

Linux or macOS:

./makensis path/to/installer.nsi

The launcher automatically selects the compiler for the current host and configures NSISDIR.

FAQ

Permission denied on Linux or macOS

If the extraction tool did not preserve executable permissions, run:

chmod +x makensis hosts/*/makensis

Linux compatibility

The Linux hosts require glibc 2.17 or later. Alpine Linux and other musl-based systems are not supported.

Release process

1. Register the config by following Register an upstream release; skip this step if the release version already has a config.
2. (Optional) Run the local tests: python -m unittest discover -s tests -v
3. Push a tag in the v<upstream-version>-<local-label> format (for example, v3.12-r1), and the workflow will publish and test the Release automatically.

License

Repository automation uses the MIT License. The NSIS license is included as common/COPYING.