Portable application creators allow the creation of
portable applications (also called portable apps). They usually use
application virtualization
Application virtualization is a software technology that encapsulates computer programs from the underlying operating system on which they are executed. A fully virtualized application is not installed in the traditional sense, although it is sti ...
.
Creators of independent portable
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agent
Agent may refer to:
Espionage, investigation, and law
*, spies or intelligence officers
* Law of agency, laws involving a person authorized to act on behalf of another
** Agent of record, a person with a contractual agreement with an insuranc ...
or
client
Client(s) or The Client may refer to:
* Client (business)
* Client (computing), hardware or software that accesses a remote service on another computer
* Customer or client, a recipient of goods or services in return for monetary or other valuable ...
is required for these (also called "
agentless" solutions):
*BoxedApp - Packer Developer Tool
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Cameyo - Application Virtualization (Free for personal use)
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Ceedo
*Enigma - Virtual Box - Application Virtualization System for Windows
*JauntePe - Free Portable App creator
*Evalaze - Application Virtualization
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InstallFree Bridge (Doesn't appear available since acquisition by Watchdox in Dec 2012)
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LANDesk Application Virtualization
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PortableApps.com
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Turbo Studio (formerly: Spoon Studio and Xenocode Virtual Application Studio)
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VMware ThinApp
VMware ThinApp (formerly ''Thinstall'') is an application virtualization and portable application creator suite by VMware that can package conventional Windows applications so that they become portable applications by running on another operat ...
(formerly: Thinstall)
Related software
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AIX 6.1 Live Application Mobility
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Citrix XenApp
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Java Web Start
In computing, Java Web Start (also known as JavaWS, javaws or JAWS) is a deprecated framework developed by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle) that allows users to start application software for the Java Platform directly from the Internet using a web b ...
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AppImage
AppImage is a format for distributing portable software on Linux without needing superuser permissions to install the application. It tries also to allow Linux distribution-agnostic binary software deployment for application developers, also ...
(Linux)
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Microsoft App-V
Microsoft Application Virtualization (also known as App-V; formerly Softricity SoftGrid) is an application virtualization and application streaming solution from Microsoft. It was originally developed by Softricity, a company based in Boston, Ma ...
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MojoPac
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Sandboxie
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Symantec Endpoint Virtualization Suite
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Systancia AppliDis
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Windows To Go
Windows To Go is a feature in Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8.1 Enterprise, Windows 10 Education and Windows 10 Enterprise versions prior to the May 2020 update, that allows the system to boot and run from certain USB mass storage devices such ...
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Zero Install
Zero Install is a means of distributing and packaging software for multiple operating systems (Unix-like including Linux and macOS, Windows).
Software
Rather than the normal method of downloading a software package, extracting it, and install ...
(Linux)
See also
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Application directory
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Application streaming
Application streaming is a form of on-demand software distribution. In these scenarios, only essential portions of an application's code need to be installed on the computer: while the end user performs actions in the application, the necessary c ...
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Application virtualization
Application virtualization is a software technology that encapsulates computer programs from the underlying operating system on which they are executed. A fully virtualized application is not installed in the traditional sense, although it is sti ...
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Comparison of application virtual machines
Application virtualization software refers to both application virtual machines and software responsible for implementing them. Application virtual machines are typically used to allow application bytecode to run portably on many different comput ...
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Desktop virtualization
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Emulator
In computing, an emulator is hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the ''host'') to behave like another computer system (called the ''guest''). An emulator typically enables the host system to run software or use peri ...
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Shim (computing)
In computer programming, a shim is a library that transparently intercepts API calls and changes the arguments passed, handles the operation itself or redirects the operation elsewhere. Shims can be used to support an old API in a newer ...
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Software as a service
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Startkey
Startkey is a USB flash storage device developed by Microsoft and SanDisk.
History
StartKey began in May 2007 when Microsoft and SanDisk made an agreement to provide unspecified software to replace U3 that was included on SanDisk flash device ...
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U3
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Virtual application
A virtual application is an application that has been optimized to run on virtual infrastructure. The application software along with just enough operating system (JeOS or "juice") is combined inside a virtual machine container in a manner that m ...
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Workspace virtualization
References
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Portable software
Virtualization software