Inductively stabilized discharges are developed for the rare‐gas halide minilasers. 6.8 mJ per pulse with 40‐ns full width at half‐maximum pulse lengths and 3.7 mJ per pulse with 60‐ns full width at half‐maximum pulse lengths are obtained for KrF. 3.1 mJ per pulse with 40‐ns full width at half‐maximum pulse lengths and 1.7 mJ per pulse with 60‐ns full width at half‐maximum pulse lengths are obtained in XeCl. The discharge dimensions are 2.5‐mm electrode separation by 4 mm wide and 27.6 cm long. Orders of magnitude increases in pulse repetition frequency are obtained in devices that do not utilize gas flow.