cx-Freeze 6.8

Create standalone executables from Python scripts

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.

Highlights of Version 6.2 up to 6.8:

• Support for pathlib.Path
• New or improved hooks, with emphasis on matplotlib, numpy, PyQt5 and PySide2
• New ModuleFinder engine uses importlib.machinery
• Refactored Freezer
• New support for package metadata improving Module and new DitributionCache
• Enhanced support for Python 3.8 and Python 3.9, including MSYS2 and Anaconda distributions
• Improvements for multiprocessing
• Optimizations in detection and distribution of libraries
• Integrated to setuptools and importlib-metadata
• Code modernization
• Various bug fixes.

Installation

In a virtual environment, install by issuing the command:

pip install --upgrade cx_Freeze

To install beta versions:

pip install --upgrade cx_Freeze --pre

Please check the installation in documentation for requirements.

Documentation

The official documentation is available here.

If you need help you can also ask on the discussion channel: https://github.com/marcelotduarte/cx_Freeze/discussions

License

cx_Freeze uses a license derived from the Python Software Foundation License. You can read the cx_Freeze license in the documentation or in the source repository.