electron-builder vs WiX Toolset
electron-builder
electron.build
WiX Toolset
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| Figure | electron-builder | WiX Toolset |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $541.67/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Spec score · Software Packaging Tools | 7.8 (#12) | 7.7 (#17) |
| Purpose | electron-builder packages and builds Electron apps for distribution. | WiX lets developers create installers for Windows Installer, the Windows installation engine. |
Plans
WiX Toolset
- WiX Toolset source codeFree
- Personal Consultation$650, paid once
- Code Review$1,500, paid once
- WiX Developer Direct$6,500 a year
In their own words
electron-builder
electron-builder is a free, open-source tool for packaging Electron apps for distribution on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It creates installers, portable builds, and archives, with targets ranging from DMG, PKG, AppImage, and DEB to NSIS, MSI, ZIP, and other formats. Command-line packaging and silent installation are supported. The electron-updater package provides differential updates, staged rollouts, and documented providers including GitHub Releases, Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, Cloudflare R2, Keygen, and generic HTTP(S) servers. Update manifests may be signed with Ed25519 and checked against a public key embedded in the app. Configured credentials enable macOS notarization and Windows Authenticode signing; ASAR integrity hashes are enabled by default, and Electron Fuses can disable selected features at package time. GitHub Actions guidance covers CI/CD builds and publishing. In v27, publishing must be explicitly requested. One build constraint matters: macOS signing requires macOS, and native dependencies generally need compilation on the target platform unless prebuilt binaries are used.
WiX Toolset
WiX Toolset has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.