Hello, I'm happy to announce PyInstaller 1.4, the first formal release after several years of quiet development. http://www.pyinstaller.org === What it is === PyInstaller is a program that converts (packages) Python programs into stand-alone executables, under Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. It's similar to py2exe/py2app, but it is multiplatform and with many advanced features. The main goal of PyInstaller is to be compatible with 3rd-party packages out-of-the-box. This means that, with PyInstaller, all the required tricks to make external packages work are already integrated within PyInstaller itself so that there is no user intervention required. You'll never be required to look for tricks in wikis and apply custom modification to your files or your setup scripts. === Features === * Packaging of Python programs into standard executables, that work on computers without Python installed. * Multiplatform: works under Windows, Linux and Irix. Experimental Mac OS X support available. * Multiversion: works under any version of Python from 1.5 up to 2.6. NOTE: Support for Python 2.6+ on Windows is not included in this release yet. Please see this page for a working patch: http://www.pyinstaller.org/wiki/Python26Win * Flexible packaging mode: * Single directory: build a directory containing an executable plus all the external binary modules (.dll, .pyd, .so) used by the program. * Single file: build a single executable file, totally self-contained, which runs without any external dependency. * Custom: you can automate PyInstaller to do whatever packaging mode you want through a simple script file in Python. * Explicit intelligent support for many 3rd-packages (for hidden imports, external data files, etc.), to make them work with PyInstaller out-of-the-box. * Full single-file EGG support: .egg files are automatically packaged by PyInstaller as-is, so that all features are supported at runtime as well (entry points, etc.). * Automatic support for binary libraries used through ctypes (see http://www.pyinstaller.org/wiki/CtypesDependencySupport for details). * Support for automatic binary packing through the well-known UPX compressor. * Support for code-signing executables on Windows. * Optional console mode (see standard output and standard error at runtime). * Selectable executable icon (Windows only). * Fully configurable version resource section in executable (Windows only). * Support for building COM servers (Windows only). === ChangeLog === For those already using older versions of PyInstaller, the full changelog for this release can be found here: http://www.pyinstaller.org/browser/tags/1.4/doc/CHANGES.txt === Feedback === We're eager to listent to your feedback on using PyInstaller: Ticketing system: http://www.pyinstaller.org/newticket Mailing list: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/PyInstaller -- Giovanni Bajo :: Develer S.r.l. rasky@develer.com :: http://www.develer.com Blog: http://giovanni.bajo.it Last post: ctypes support in PyInstaller