ANN: Inno Setup 6.5.0 released

[Martijn Laan]

Hi everyone,

Inno Setup 6.5.0 has been released, on which we spent a great amount of time and effort to bring you a wide array of improvements and new features. We are also introducing commercial licenses today.

• Introducing commercial licenses If you or your organization benefit from using Inno Setup in a commercial context, we kindly ask that you purchase a license. Thank you for helping ensure the continued development of this software. Licenses can be purchased from our new order page, which includes more questions and answers. All commercial licenses are perpetual and require a single payment. They include two years of updates, major and minor. After this period, your current version will remain licensed and functional as-is.
  
  
• Improved archive extraction It's now possible to extract password-protected archives, multi-volume archives, and multiple extra archive formats such as .zip. Additionally, the [Files] section now supports archive extraction. Writing Pascal Script to extract an archive is no longer necessary. All of this is optional and does not increase the size of Setup if not used.
  
  
• Improved file downloads The [Files] section now supports file downloads. Writing Pascal Script to download a file is no longer necessary. Archives can be downloaded and extracted using a single [Files] section entry. New DownloadFiles.iss example script demonstrates how to download a file, or to download and extract an archive, with verification.
  
  
• New signature-verification capability Inno Setup now includes an integrated signature-verification capability that can be used to detect corruption or tampering in your files at compile time, before files are included in an installer being built, or during installation, before Setup copies external files onto a user's system. There is no cost involved. Note, however, that these signatures cannot be used to eliminate an "Unknown publisher" warning message shown by Windows when an installer or other EXE file is started.
  
  
• And many more improvements, such as support for encryption of the entire installation and full dark mode support for the Compiler IDE, and improved support for high-contrast themes and screen readers.

Download: https://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php

For the complete list of what's new/changed, see: What's new in this version?.

Inno Setup is still free for non-commercial use, and donations of any amount, from both non-commercial and commercial users, are still accepted and appreciated. Please note: if you have donated in the last two years, you qualify for a free single user license, regardless of the donated amount. Please see this Q&A. Thank you very much for your support.

Greetings,
Martijn Laan & Jordan Russell

[Martijn Laan]

Hi all,

I have done a relatively small fix to 6.5.0: Using the /CC command line option in the Compiler IDE to compile a script no longer causes an error.

You can download an update from: https://files.jrsoftware.org/is/dev/innosetup-6.5.1-dev.exe

This is not yet an official release but is safe to use in production.

Also, thank you so much to everyone who has already purchased a commercial license! Both Jordan and I deeply appreciate your support. It truly helps secure the continued development and future of Inno Setup. If you haven’t considered a license yet, your support makes a real difference.

Greetings,
Martijn

Op 12-8-2025 om 20:08 schreef Martijn Laan:

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[m. e.l.]

> "We are also introducing commercial licenses today."

An era is coming to it's end.

[Andrew Truckle]

I would say that an era is expanding. The software is still free, and for commercial enterprises they are encouraged and not forced.

My software is donationware and I get hardly any donations. I get maybe half of the cost for my webspace. Let alone all other costs. So maybe it has been the same for Inno itself.

[Dave White]

I disagree. A lot of commercial users would probably love to donate to support this product, but many companies aren't set up to make donations. If I were to try to donate and expense the donation, it would be refused. However, my company would have no problem paying for an "official" license.

[Eivind Bakkestuen]

License shall be ordered forthwith. :thumbsup:

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[Martijn Laan]

Thanks Eivind! 👍

Op vr 15 aug , Eivind Bakkestuen <eivind.b...@gmail.com> schreef:

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[Tommi Prami]

Yellow,

Licence for up to 5 paid and received... Glad to support good work.

-Tee-

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[Martijn Laan]

Thanks for your support, it is appreciated! The good reception so far will help our development tremendously for sure.

Greetings,

Martijn

Op vrijdag 15 augustus 2025 om 08:03 schreef Tommi Prami <tommi...@gmail.com>:

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[ASSE André]

Ici, le problème qu'on est celui de la devise qui le franc cfa. 

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[Martijn Laan]

Hi,

Op 12-8-2025 om 23:06 schreef ASSE André:

Ici, le problème qu'on est celui de la devise qui le franc cfa. 

I think you're saying you want to use a currency that is not supported by Paddle? If so, I'm sorry they don't.

What might work is to use a payment option that can handle the conversion for you, like PayPal, if they support that currency?

Greetings,
Martijn Laan