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Most of them are open-source and support Unicode NSIS.
nsisXML
This plugin lets you manipulate XML data using Windows MSXML library.
Typically, you can create/load/modify/save XML files, create/remove/search XML nodes, get/set nodes content or attributes
nsisDDE
This plugin sends DDE client requests to currently running applications matching a given DDE server.
Typically, you can close running instances of an application, bring a running application to the foreground, or have an application open a document...
nsisFirewall
This plugin allows you to easily add/remove an application in Windows Firewall exception list.
nsisSlideshow
This plugin displays fading banners/slideshow (JPEG, PNG, GIF, ...) during installation.
Slideshow can be synchronized to your script, or runs automatically in background, cycle to beginning or not. It can adapt to different languages by displaying specific pictures, subtitles, with configurable delays for each frame...
nsisStartMenu
This plugin will help you ensure a given order of the shortcuts you add in Start Menu/Programs, instead of the standard alphabetical sort.
Typically, you can make your main program shortcut appear first and the shortcut for the uninstaller appear last.
nsisFile
This plugin manipulate file content, especially sequences of bytes in binary files.
Typically, you can read/write/patch bytes in binary files, search for binary patterns...
WPatch
This is a complete and optimized incremental patch system.
Typically, you can automatically establish the differences between "old" and "new" version of your program directories, and create an NSIS script to update the "old" version on your users' computer.