Ibex

Ibex, published by DevCentr and currently available at version 0.2.0 (with one version on record), is an Install Builder Extension designed for authoring installer packages and placing tools on the system PATH. Rather than acting as a software catalog installer, Ibex focuses on the authoring side of software distribution: it scaffolds installer.kdl projects, giving developers a structured starting point for defining how their tools should be packaged and installed. Once a project is scaffolded, Ibex builds packages through a plugin-based architecture, supporting a range of output formats across platforms, including zip archives, NSIS installers, Inno Setup packages, MSI and MSIX packages, and AppImage bundles. This breadth of formats makes it relevant to developers targeting Windows, Linux, and cross-platform distribution scenarios. Ibex also emits CI workflows, enabling teams to integrate package building directly into their continuous integration pipelines so that installers can be produced automatically as part of an existing build process. A further capability is its "Install in-place" feature, which can append a folder to the user PATH, making command-line tools immediately accessible from the terminal after installation without manual environment configuration. Within a software catalog, Ibex fits the developer tooling and build/packaging category, aimed at software authors who need to produce distributable installers for their own applications rather than end users looking to install software from a catalog. Its combination of project scaffolding, multi-format package building via plugins, CI workflow generation, and PATH management positions it as a utility for streamlining the packaging and distribution workflow from a single tool. Given that the project is at version 0.2.0 with only a single recorded release, Ibex is in an early stage of development, and users evaluating it should be aware that its feature set and interfaces may evolve as subsequent versions are published by DevCentr.

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