Software Director

Software Director provides useful features for users, application developers, and support sites:

• If you are a computer user, the Software Director client allows you to check for software, driver and BIOS updates, plus news and add-ons for installed software products, without disclosing any information about yourself or about the software installed on your computer. Software Director can also help you keep all software-related files and information accessible from a single place.
• If you are a software developer, you can include the redistributable Software Director components (DLL) with your installation package, and configure your software to automatically check for updates, or to allow the user to invoke a manual check.
• If you are a hardware manufacturer you can take specific advantage of Software Director's software, driver and BIOS detection capabilities. Your customers can be guided to a one-click download of the most suitable and up-to-date files without leaving your site.
• If you are a software vendor, you can offer and sell upgrades and related products directly from the Software Director interface.

All three application scenarios share the same authoring tools and server-side data.

Software Director aims for the highest standards of security and privacy, using Authenticode integrity checks, TLS connections, and putting the user fully in control of manual and scheduled updates.

Development Status

Software Director, originally named Software Manager, has been in use by Cloanto and its partners since 2001. It has been tested on hundreds of thousands of systems, ranging from Windows 95 to Windows 11.

The version distributed by Cloanto supports:

• Currency Server, by Currency System
• Currency Clients, by Currency System
• SkinCalc, by Currency System
• MenuBox, by Cloanto
• AlphaShift/Accenti, by Cloanto IT
• Amiga Forever, by Cloanto IT
• Amiga Explorer, by Cloanto IT
• WinFellow, by WinFellow Team
• WinUAE, by WinUAE Team
• C64 Forever, by Cloanto IT
• DirectX, by Microsoft (as required by Amiga Forever, WinUAE and WinFellow)
• Add-Ons for Windows (as required by Amiga Forever, WinUAE and WinFellow)

This website will be updated as soon as Software Director is released in a commercial version that can be redistributed by third parties.

Also see:

• Software Director in Windows Startup Apps

Download

The image below reflects the current version. Click to download the Software Director standalone installer.

Software Director is a trademark of Cloanto Corporation, and Cloanto is a registered trademark of Cloanto Corporation.