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S Andrew
S Andrew

Reputation: 7218

How to convert python scripts to binary executable using PyInstaller

I am working on a project which has below directory structure

MyPythonProject
    -> configs
        -> appconfig.json
    -> logs
        -> app.log
    -> src
        -> file1.py
        -> file2.py
        -> file3.py 
    app.py

app.py is the main executable file which is also depended on python files inside src. I want to convert app.py to app.exe which I can easily do using pyinstaller app.py. This creates a dist folder which has python and all the packages. I can simply copy paste the src, configs and logs into dist and can easily share it with everyone.

But the problem is I do not want to share python files inside src as it is because it can easily accessed by anyone. I want to convert it into binary executable so that no one can convert or de-compile back into .py files.

For this, I can use auto generated .pyc files but I believe this can also be de-compiled back to py. Is there any way I can convert into some kind of binary which can never be de-compiled. Does pyinstaller do this. Is there any command available in pyinstaller which while converting app.py also converts rest of the python files into executable. Please help. Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3562

Answers (1)

PacketLoss
PacketLoss

Reputation: 5746

If you are importing the additional scripts, pyinstaller will gather those imports and automatically include them.

You can use --onefile to ensure only the exe is created for distribution.

pyinstaller --onefile app.py

Upvotes: 2

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