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Ninite: Easy PC Setup and Multi-App Installer (from BaseShield, YC W08)

133 points by skuzins 17y ago

epall 17y ago
Great, but it's not quite there. I'm a geek--I know what all of these do, but I think you've got a chance to target people who don't know what they want. Great job so far!
- prawn 17y ago
  Maybe a way for third-parties to make a Recommended Install List as a base to start from and promote it. e.g., A List for Web Developers, a Default List, an Essentials List, etc. Including comments from the list creator (a la Amazon's wishlists) explaining what the app is and why they use it or chose it for the list. e.g., I could create an install list for my family, or for clients. It's a good idea though.
pmjordan 17y ago
This looks incredibly handy for fresh Windows installs, thank you! Bookmarked for the next time I install a VM or so. I just looked up Baseshield, and I'm interested in how the two products fit together. Does installing stuff with Ninite preclude keeping it up to date with Baseshield?
jorgem 17y ago
What's the business model?
- jmtulloss 17y ago
  http://ninite.com/accounts/premium http://ninite.com/accounts/premium
- herdrick 17y ago
  It's the Windows App Store, right?
chriskelley 17y ago
Would love to see links to "more info" on the software available directly in the "Pick your software" lineup. Some of those I've never heard of, and tried to click on them (multiple times... doh) to find out more.
pc 17y ago
Would love to see a Mac version of this.
- yan 17y ago
  If you have to make your own install packages, look into /Developer/Applications/Utilities/PackageMaker.app. (Need dev tools to be installed) You can bundle all your apps and installer packages into one install package that makes roll out easier.
- aaronblohowiak 17y ago
  Wouldn't that just be a folder?
  - pc 17y ago
    If only. A significant fraction of apps use installers. Regardless, it's much easier to tick checkboxes with Ninite than it is to individually track files down.
utku_karatas2 17y ago
I hope these guys grow this to be an Appstore/APT alike software channel. There's definitely a need for that on Windows. Edit: ok, they already did that http://baseshield.com/ http://baseshield.com/
kbrower 17y ago
Are you considering ever adding sponsored apps to the list of apps in the free version?
iamelgringo 17y ago
This just saved me hours of time. I'm flying home in a couple of weeks and reinstalling XP on 5 different computers in two days. I'm going to image the first HDD to the other 4 computers, but installing all the basic apps with one installer is a god send. Thanks!
DaniFong 17y ago
Hey guys, this looks super great :-)
rriepe 17y ago
Great idea! I'd love to see some more front-end work on the site. You guys need a logo for sure.
bayareaguy 17y ago
I'd love something like this that could install all the windows tools I use on machines at work: Emacs, Cygwin, Mercurial (TortoiseHG), Sysinternals, Wireshark, iperf, MySQL & PostgreSQL clients (e.g. pgAdminIII/phpPgAdmin) and either WAMP or XAMPP. MediaWiki, TrueCrypt and OCS Inventory would be nice too.
- lupin_sansei 17y ago
  You can suggest new apps to add at the bottom. Maybe they could deal with too many options by having expandable sections labelled "Developer" or "DBA" etc?
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patio11 17y ago
This is amazing and will probably result in Dell selling me a Windows 7 laptop about 6 months ahead of schedule, simply because I was not looking forward to doing a day of setup during which I could get no productive work done. I seriously wish there was a convenient way to give you whatever the affiliate commission on a new laptop is.
- lupin_sansei 17y ago
  Here's the opposite of Ninite for new Dell PCs http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/ http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/
AlfaWolph 17y ago
Nice. But for it to really be _there_, the tools should sync your present config files, directories, reg settings for each app and optionally apply them after install. I think that's where your premium account potential lies.
kauschovar 17y ago
Very nice. I was just starting to work on nearly the same idea. You must have had the idea before me. It looks good guys. Nice job!
sp332 17y ago
This is a nice installer, but it doesn't keep programs up to date. The FileHippo Update Checker is a very small, pretty inconspicuous program that alerts me to new versions of software I have installed, which means I can turn off the Adobe, Apple, Java, Google, etc. updaters on my PC. http://www.filehippo.com/updatechecker/ http://www.filehippo.com/updatechecker/
- DTrejo 17y ago
  Too bad it's still really annoying to turn off all those miscellaneous updaters.
zv 17y ago
Again changing names... Was previous http://getvolery.com http://getvolery.com It would be good if somebody replied to my suggestion comments on site.
ananthrk 17y ago
The url for BaseShield App Store (in baseshield.com) links to the download. Is this intentional? (I was expecting to see a list of applications in a webpage)
JMiao 17y ago
wow, really wish i had this back when i was on windows, begrudgingly formatting my hard drive every year. would have saved me so much time and hassle. nice work!
shimi 17y ago
Nice one, good job!

133 points by skuzins 17y ago

epall 17y ago

Great, but it's not quite there. I'm a geek--I know what all of these do, but I think you've got a chance to target people who don't know what they want. Great job so far!

prawn 17y ago
Maybe a way for third-parties to make a Recommended Install List as a base to start from and promote it. e.g., A List for Web Developers, a Default List, an Essentials List, etc. Including comments from the list creator (a la Amazon's wishlists) explaining what the app is and why they use it or chose it for the list. e.g., I could create an install list for my family, or for clients. It's a good idea though.

pmjordan 17y ago

This looks incredibly handy for fresh Windows installs, thank you! Bookmarked for the next time I install a VM or so. I just looked up Baseshield, and I'm interested in how the two products fit together. Does installing stuff with Ninite preclude keeping it up to date with Baseshield?

jorgem 17y ago

What's the business model?

jmtulloss 17y ago
http://ninite.com/accounts/premium http://ninite.com/accounts/premium
herdrick 17y ago
It's the Windows App Store, right?

chriskelley 17y ago

Would love to see links to "more info" on the software available directly in the "Pick your software" lineup. Some of those I've never heard of, and tried to click on them (multiple times... doh) to find out more.

pc 17y ago

Would love to see a Mac version of this.

yan 17y ago
If you have to make your own install packages, look into /Developer/Applications/Utilities/PackageMaker.app. (Need dev tools to be installed) You can bundle all your apps and installer packages into one install package that makes roll out easier.
aaronblohowiak 17y ago
Wouldn't that just be a folder?
- pc 17y ago
  If only. A significant fraction of apps use installers. Regardless, it's much easier to tick checkboxes with Ninite than it is to individually track files down.

utku_karatas2 17y ago

I hope these guys grow this to be an Appstore/APT alike software channel. There's definitely a need for that on Windows. Edit: ok, they already did that http://baseshield.com/ http://baseshield.com/

kbrower 17y ago

Are you considering ever adding sponsored apps to the list of apps in the free version?

iamelgringo 17y ago

This just saved me hours of time. I'm flying home in a couple of weeks and reinstalling XP on 5 different computers in two days. I'm going to image the first HDD to the other 4 computers, but installing all the basic apps with one installer is a god send. Thanks!

DaniFong 17y ago

Hey guys, this looks super great :-)

rriepe 17y ago

Great idea! I'd love to see some more front-end work on the site. You guys need a logo for sure.

bayareaguy 17y ago

I'd love something like this that could install all the windows tools I use on machines at work: Emacs, Cygwin, Mercurial (TortoiseHG), Sysinternals, Wireshark, iperf, MySQL & PostgreSQL clients (e.g. pgAdminIII/phpPgAdmin) and either WAMP or XAMPP. MediaWiki, TrueCrypt and OCS Inventory would be nice too.

lupin_sansei 17y ago
You can suggest new apps to add at the bottom. Maybe they could deal with too many options by having expandable sections labelled "Developer" or "DBA" etc?

deleted 17y ago

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patio11 17y ago

This is amazing and will probably result in Dell selling me a Windows 7 laptop about 6 months ahead of schedule, simply because I was not looking forward to doing a day of setup during which I could get no productive work done. I seriously wish there was a convenient way to give you whatever the affiliate commission on a new laptop is.

lupin_sansei 17y ago
Here's the opposite of Ninite for new Dell PCs http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/ http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/

AlfaWolph 17y ago

Nice. But for it to really be _there_, the tools should sync your present config files, directories, reg settings for each app and optionally apply them after install. I think that's where your premium account potential lies.

kauschovar 17y ago

Very nice. I was just starting to work on nearly the same idea. You must have had the idea before me. It looks good guys. Nice job!

sp332 17y ago

This is a nice installer, but it doesn't keep programs up to date. The FileHippo Update Checker is a very small, pretty inconspicuous program that alerts me to new versions of software I have installed, which means I can turn off the Adobe, Apple, Java, Google, etc. updaters on my PC. http://www.filehippo.com/updatechecker/ http://www.filehippo.com/updatechecker/

DTrejo 17y ago
Too bad it's still really annoying to turn off all those miscellaneous updaters.

zv 17y ago

Again changing names... Was previous http://getvolery.com http://getvolery.com It would be good if somebody replied to my suggestion comments on site.

ananthrk 17y ago

The url for BaseShield App Store (in baseshield.com) links to the download. Is this intentional? (I was expecting to see a list of applications in a webpage)

JMiao 17y ago

wow, really wish i had this back when i was on windows, begrudgingly formatting my hard drive every year. would have saved me so much time and hassle. nice work!

shimi 17y ago

Nice one, good job!