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TrickyInt
TrickyInt

Reputation: 157

Compiling python script to standalone program

Is it in any way possible too compile a python script into a standalone program, that would be possible to run on another machine that does not have python installed?

Preferably in a way that the script (or, compiled program) would be able to be installed on other machines, so that it's not just a random file but an actual program that can be launched from the start menu on windows.

Being able to do this in windows is the minimum, but if any cross-platform method exists that would be a big plus.

Any help appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 353

Answers (1)

Megan Caithlyn
Megan Caithlyn

Reputation: 383

Actually, there are at least two decisions, as of April, 2015 both work with both Python 2 and 3. Both I have personally used and can confirm working.

1. cx_Freeze

http://cx-freeze.sourceforge.net/

Works with Windows, OS X and Linux, although you have to compile (or should I say, "freeze") your app on each system. You may use compile your code on different machines or just use virtual machine. Beware that you should use 32-bit Python if you want your app to run on 32-bit systems and compile against it!

2. py2exe

http://www.py2exe.org/

It has added support of Python 3 just recently. The advantage is that it is possible to wrap the whole program in single executable, while with cx_Freeze you usually end up with Python itself in one file, all your dlls and pythons libraries in separate files and all your code in library.zip file, which is compiled to .pyc files, but this operation is easily reversable, so beware that some of your users might easily hack your software! The main disadvantage of py2exe is that it is Windows-only.

Upvotes: 2

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