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

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)

• AIX 6.1 Live Application Mobility
• Citrix XenApp
• Java Web Start
• AppImage (Linux)
• Microsoft App-V
• MojoPac
• Sandboxie
• Symantec Endpoint Virtualization Suite
• Systancia AppliDis
• Windows To Go

• Application directory
• Application streaming
• Application virtualization
• Comparison of application virtual machines
• Desktop virtualization
• Emulator
• Shim (computing)
• Software as a service
• U3
• Virtual application
• Workspace virtualization
• Low code