pyexecutable-gen 0.0.3

A Python wrapper for PyInstaller to programmatically generate an executable from a Python script

pyexecutable_gen

A lightweight, configurable PyInstaller wrapper for Python developers who want to package their scripts into standalone executables using Python code instead of CLI.

Author: its-me-abi
Date: May 14, 2025

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📦 What is this?

pyexecutable_gen.py provides a builder class to programmatically invoke PyInstaller with custom configurations,
by doing it we can turn a python script into a executable file
supporting:

• One-file / one-dir builds
• Hidden imports
• Data folder mapping
• Custom icons and console toggling
• Clean builds and custom PyInstaller flags

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🤝 Documentation

full documentation is available in wiki

🛠 Installation

pip install pyexecutable_gen

or download this project by git comand (or download by browser as zip and extract )

git clone https://github.com/its-me-abi/pyexecutable_gen.git

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🚀 Quick Start

from pyexecutable_gen import builder

b = builder("your_script.py")
b.set_console(True)
b.set_onedir(True)
b.set_icon("icon.ico")
b.set_loglevel("DEBUG")
b.set_data_folders("assets", "assets")
b.set_hidden_import("your_dynamic_module")
# b.set_extra_args("--heloo its_extra_argument")  # you can set more argumnts as string.only use when functionality not available by api
b.set_collect_all("a_big_package_with_submodules")
if b.build_executable():
    print("✅ Build succeeded!")
    print(f"✅ Build executable path is {b.get_executable_path()}")
else:
    print("❌ Build failed.")

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🔧 Features

• ✅ No CLI required
• 📂 Cross-platform data folder support
• 🪄 Hidden import handling
• 🖼 Set icon with .ico file
• 🧵 Toggle between GUI and console mode
• 🔍 Control build verbosity via log levels
• 🧹 Optional clean builds

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🪪 License

MIT License – See LICENSE.md for details.