bin2whl 1.0.0b1

Build Python wheels from pre-compiled binaries

bin2whl

Build Python wheels from pre-compiled binaries. Takes any pre-compiled binary (Go, Zig, C, Rust, etc.) and packages it as a platform-specific Python wheel for distribution on PyPI. One wheel per binary, per platform.

Features

• Zero dependencies (pure Python, standard library only)
• Config file support (wheel.json) for repeatable builds
• Single binary mode for one-off builds
• Supports macOS, Linux, and Windows on x86_64 and ARM64
• Proper wheel metadata and SHA256 hashes (PEP 427)
• Entry point generation (command lands in PATH)
• Works with pip install and uv tool install

Installation

# Using uv
uv pip install bin2whl

# Using pip
pip install bin2whl

Usage

Config file mode (recommended)

Create a wheel.json:

{
    "name": "your-go-tool",
    "version": "0.1.0",
    "description": "A Go CLI tool packaged for PyPI",
    "author": "Your Name",
    "author-email": "[e-mail]",
    "binaries": {
        "linux_x86_64": "dist/tool-linux-x86_64",
        "linux_aarch64": "dist/tool-linux-aarch64",
        "macosx_10_9_x86_64": "dist/tool-macos-x86_64",
        "macosx_11_0_arm64": "dist/tool-macos-arm64",
        "win_amd64": "dist/tool-win-x86_64.exe",
        "win_arm64": "dist/tool-win-arm64.exe"
    }
}

Then build:

bin2whl

Single binary mode

bin2whl \
  --name your-go-tool \
  --version-str 0.1.0 \
  --binary dist/tool-linux-x86_64 \
  --platform linux_x86_64

Output

Each binary produces one wheel:

wheels/
├── your_go_tool-0.1.0-py3-none-linux_x86_64.whl
├── your_go_tool-0.1.0-py3-none-linux_aarch64.whl
├── your_go_tool-0.1.0-py3-none-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl
├── your_go_tool-0.1.0-py3-none-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl
├── your_go_tool-0.1.0-py3-none-win_amd64.whl
└── your_go_tool-0.1.0-py3-none-win_arm64.whl

Upload to PyPI, then users just run:

pip install your-go-tool
your-go-tool --help

Development

# Set up development environment
make dev

# Run linting and type checks
make check

# Format code
make format

# Build wheel and docs
make build

Publishing

Publishing requires cal-publish-python configuration.

# Build first
make build

# Publish wheel to PyPI and docs to GitLab Pages
make publish

Licence

Unlicense — public domain. See LICENSE.