https://github.com/marcelotduarte/cx_Freeze

Create standalone executables from Python scripts, with the same performance and is cross-platform.
https://github.com/marcelotduarte/cx_Freeze

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Create standalone executables from Python scripts, with the same performance and is cross-platform.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/marcelotduarte/cx_Freeze
• Owner: marcelotduarte
• License: other
• Created: 2017-01-22T04:25:52.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-04-14T00:19:46.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-14T04:08:25.312Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: cx-freeze, freeze, freezing-python-scripts, python
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://marcelotduarte.github.io/cx_Freeze/
• Size: 6.31 MB
• Stars: 1,238
• Watchers: 27
• Forks: 207
• Open Issues: 59
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE.md

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README

        
**cx\_Freeze** creates standalone executables from Python scripts, with the

same performance, is cross-platform and should work on any platform that Python

itself works on.

#

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# Installation

In a virtual environment, install by issuing the command:

```

pip install --upgrade cx_Freeze

```

To install the latest development build:

```

pip install --force --no-cache --pre --extra-index-url https://marcelotduarte.github.io/packages/ cx_Freeze

```

Please check the

[installation](https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html)

for more information and how to install in other environments such as pipenv,

conda-forge, etc.

# Documentation

The official documentation is available

[here](https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io).

If you need help you can also ask on the

[discussion](https://github.com/marcelotduarte/cx_Freeze/discussions) channel.

# What's New v7.2:

- Improved bdist_dmg

- Add license for msi (bdist_msi)

- Minor improvements in bdist_appimage

- Drop rpm2_mode in bdist_rpm

- Use an optimized mode as default for pip installations of selected packages

- hooks: support numpy 2.0, rasterio, multiprocess (a multiprocessing fork), etc

- Regression fixes, bug fixes and improvements

# What's New v7.1:

- Added new option --zip-filename in build_exe

- Bug fixes and improvements

# What's New v7.0:

- Added support for [pyproject.toml](https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io/en/stable/setup_script.html)

- Create Linux AppImage format: [bdist_appimage](https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io/en/stable/bdist_appimage.html)

- Create an DEB distribution: [bdist_deb](https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io/en/stable/bdist_deb.html)

- Improved bdist_mac

- New and updated hooks, including support for QtWebengine on macOS

- Python 3.12 support.

- Improved tests and coverage ( >80% ).

- Bug fixes and improvements

# License

cx\_Freeze uses a license derived from the

[Python Software Foundation License](https://www.python.org/psf/license).

You can read the cx\_Freeze license in the

[documentation](https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io/en/stable/license.html)

or in the [source repository](LICENSE.md).