py2win

Utility to create a stand-alone distribution of a Python program, either a console or GUI program. py2win uses Python embedded distribution and pip to create the stand-alone distribution. Dependencies are therefore installed as they would be with a full Python distribution.

Installation

You need:

• Python >= 3.6
• Microsoft Visual Studio, compatible with your current Python installation

Then simply run:

pip install py2win

How to use

As a command in setup.py

1. Define at least one entry point in your setup.py.

setup(
    ...
    entry_points={
        'gui_scripts': ['sample-gui=sample.gui:main'],
        'console_scripts': ['sample-console=sample.console:main'],
    },
    ...
    )

2. Run the bdist_windows command

python setup.py --command-packages py2win bdist_windows

As a separate script to create an embedded distribution

In a separate Python script (e.g. a release.py file in the root directory), you can define the embed process using the EmbedPython class and call the run method.

from py2win.embed import EmbedPython

embed = EmbedPython('sample', '1.2.0')
embed.add_wheel(filepath_to_wheel_of_your_project)
embed.add_requirement('PyQt5')
embed.add_script(module='project.gui', method='main', executable_name='project-gui', console=False)
embed.run(destination_directory)

Release notes

0.4.0

• Fix issue with distribution zip where zip content included extra folders
• Fix issue where compilation files/folders were not removed

0.3.0

• Remove deprecation warning with distutils

0.2.0

• Add support for arguments in console script (PR#1)
• Use pathlib for paths
• Use pytest for tests
• Use black for formatting

0.1.0

• First release

Contributors

• @trollfred

License

The library is provided under the MIT license.

Copyright (c) 2017 - , Philippe Pinard