{"id":37097,"date":"2017-07-18T23:01:12","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T15:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=37097"},"modified":"2023-04-06T19:20:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T11:20:20","slug":"create-portable-apps-cameyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/create-portable-apps-cameyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Create Portable Apps with Cameyo – No Installation Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portable apps<\/a> are the applications that run directly on any Windows system without the need of installation<\/strong>. This makes it possible to carry these apps on a flash drive and use them on any Windows system, at the office, in your school lab, or in a public cyber cafe. And when it comes to portable apps, I find Cameyo<\/a> to be the best tool for that.<\/p>\n

Cameyo simplifies your software needs by allowing you to carry your favorite or essential apps with you<\/strong>. It also helps free up storage space on your computer while liberating you from installing and uninstalling rarely used apps. You can make portable bundles for occasionally needed applications<\/strong> and run their portable editions<\/strong> when you actually need them.<\/p>\n

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The created portable apps can also run in HTML5 browsers<\/strong> like Firefox, Chrome, and Safari etc. You just need to connect to the Internet and launch those apps from Cameyo\u2019s server on the target computer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Cameyo vs. Others<\/h2>\n

Cameyo creates portable packages with advanced virtualization<\/strong> technology that makes them portable on various Windows systems. It is a free alternative to various enterprise-grade premium portable app creators like VMware ThinApp, and Spoon (formerly Xenocode Virtual Application Studio)<\/strong>, etc.<\/p>\n

Cameyo also competes well with various free application virtualization tools such as PortableApps.com, Evalaze, and Enigma Virtual Box<\/strong>, etc.<\/p>\n

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Cameyo\u2019s strengths<\/h2>\n

1. Standalone<\/h3>\n

Portable apps created using Cameyo can be used on any system<\/strong> without the need of installing the software. It creates truly portable packages, which don\u2019t even require any plugins or agents <\/strong>for executing on the target Windows system.<\/p>\n

2. Cloud packaging<\/h3>\n

Cameyo can be used to create cloud packages of applications, which can easily run in any HTML5-compatible browsers<\/strong>. It allows you to run your portable apps on various target platforms without the need of installing any third-party software <\/strong>like Wine, etc. The cloud packaging feature is exclusive to Cameyo and is not available in other app packages.<\/p>\n

3. Data encryption<\/h3>\n

Cameyo allows you to encrypt your data in the portable package, thus securing it against un-authorized use<\/strong>. This feature too is not available in other portable app creators.<\/p>\n

4. Run on all popular OSs<\/h3>\n

Cameyo\u2019s cloud packaging feature allows its applications to run on any popular operating system, name it Windows, MacOS or Linux<\/strong> and on any HTML5 browser on these OS. This is not possible in other portable app builders as their portable packages can run only on Windows platforms.<\/p>\n

5. App data on USB\/Dropbox<\/h3>\n

Cameyo\u2019s created portable apps can store their data and settings on a USB drive or Dropbox <\/strong>online storage service for later use.<\/p>\n

6. BYOD-friendly (Admin-less)<\/h3>\n

The portable software packages created by Cameyo are truly BYOD-friendly (Bring Your Own Device). It\u2019s possible because these portable apps require neither administrator rights nor installation <\/strong>of some agents or plugins on the target system.<\/p>\n

7. Portable app creation by restricted users<\/h3>\n

Cameyo allows even the restricted users and non-administrators to create portable applications<\/strong> on a system. This feature is either not available in other portable app creators or may require admin privileges<\/strong> for creating portable editions of some applications.<\/p>\n

8. Create user restrictions<\/h3>\n

Cameyo allows developers to create various types of user restrictions<\/strong> on the portable packages like active directory group, expiration, password, scripting, etc.<\/p>\n

9. Multiple Virtualization Modes<\/h3>\n

The portable applications created by Cameyo can run in two virtualization modes<\/strong> \u2013 RAM and hard disk. This allows people to run these portable apps on Windows systems having less RAM or memory. You would not find this dual-mode functionality in other portable app makers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

10. Software Developer\u2019s Kit (SDK)<\/h3>\n

With Cameyo you can create SDK for portable apps easily and flexibly. It offers advance APIs that allow developers to add\/remove files from existing packages<\/strong>, list virtual apps running on a system or web service to trigger virtual packaging, etc.<\/p>\n

11. Public app directory<\/h3>\n

You can publicly access Cameyo\u2019s online directory of portable applications. This online library allows you to download portable packages of various popular and commonly used open source and free applications<\/strong>. You can simply download portable packages<\/a> according to your requirements without the hassle of creating them yourself.<\/p>\n

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Cameyo\u2019s weaknesses<\/h2>\n

1. App Menu<\/h3>\n

Cameyo lacks an app menu<\/strong> that can be used to list and search for installed or stored portable applications<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2. Automatic Updater<\/h3>\n

Another thing that Cameyo misses out on is an automatic updater for portable packages<\/strong>, which can be used to auto-update the portable versions of the software when the original software gets an update.<\/p>\n

Creating portable apps with Cameyo<\/h2>\n

In the following tutorial, I\u2019ll create a portable edition of Notepad++<\/strong> (a popular file editor), and the same procedure can be used for any other software. For that, I am using Cameyo 2.7 running on Windows 8.1<\/strong>, and it is supposed to work as efficiently for other versions of Cameyo and Windows operating system.<\/p>\n

Remember that the application you want to make portable shouldn\u2019t be already installed on your system<\/strong> and running any other software during the process of creating the portable apps<\/strong> may get you into problems.<\/p>\n

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