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List of portable application creators

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Portable application creators allow the creation of portable applications (also called portable apps). They usually use application virtualization.

01Creators of independent portable

No agent or client is required for these (also called "agentless" solutions):

  • Cameyo - Application Virtualization
  • Ceedo (Discontinued)
  • InstallFree Bridge (Doesn't appear available since acquisition by Watchdox in Dec 2012)
  • LANDesk Application Virtualization (Discontinued? Doesn't appear in the article)
  • PortableApps.com
  • Turbo Studio (formerly: Spoon Studio and Xenocode Virtual Application Studio)
  • VMware ThinApp (formerly: Thinstall)
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