pyinstaller-plus 0.1.8

PyInstaller wrapper that runs DistroMate packaging/publish after build

pyinstaller-plus

pyinstaller-plus is a PyInstaller-compatible wrapper that keeps your existing PyInstaller workflow and then runs DistroMate packaging or publishing.

Features

• Compatible with standard PyInstaller arguments
• Runs distromate package after a successful PyInstaller build
• Supports publish mode (distromate publish)
• Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux
• Auto-detects DistroMate CLI and falls back to installer scripts when needed

Install

pip install pyinstaller-plus

Quick Start

1. Log in to DistroMate:

distromate login

2. Create a distromate.yml in your project root.

3. Build and package:

pyinstaller-plus --dm-version 1.2.3 your.spec

4. Build and publish:

pyinstaller-plus --publish --dm-version 1.2.3 your.spec

CLI Behavior

pyinstaller-plus executes this flow:

1. Run python -m PyInstaller ...
2. Resolve DistroMate CLI from:
   • PATH
   • bundled binary in this package
   • OS-specific installer fallback
3. Resolve release version from:
   • --dm-version
   • pyproject.toml -> project.version
4. Run one of:
   • distromate package -v <version>
   • distromate publish -v <version>

Extra Arguments

• --publish / --dm-publish: publish mode
• -p: publish shorthand when used as a standalone flag
• --dm-version <version>: release version passed to DistroMate

Note: -p <path> is still treated as the original PyInstaller -p option. Use --publish if you want unambiguous publish mode.

Example distromate.yml

appid: your_appid
name: MyApp
description: My desktop app

package:
  name: myapp
  executable: dist/myapp.exe
  target: dist
  publisher: MyApp Publisher
  language: english

preservePaths:
  - config
  - data

ignores:
  - "*.log"
  - temp/
  - "__pycache__/"
  - "*.pyc"

Multi-Platform Distribution (Maintainers)

This repository builds platform-specific wheels via GitHub Actions:

• Workflow: .github/workflows/build-distributions.yml
• Tool: cibuildwheel
• Outputs:
  • py3-none-win_amd64.whl
  • py3-none-macosx_*.whl
  • py3-none-linux_*.whl
  • source distribution (sdist)

Before wheel build, CI runs scripts/prepare_distromate_binary.py.

Optional environment variables:

• DISTROMATE_CLI_PATH: local distromate executable path
• DISTROMATE_CLI_URL: shared download URL for all platforms
• DISTROMATE_CLI_VERSION: auto-generate platform download URL in CI
• DISTROMATE_CLI_BASE_URL: base URL for versioned downloads (default: https://static.distromate.net/distromate-cli)
• DISTROMATE_CLI_OS: optional OS override for versioned download URL
• DISTROMATE_CLI_ARCH: optional arch override (x64 / arm64)
• DISTROMATE_WINDOWS_URL: Windows-specific download URL
• DISTROMATE_MACOS_URL: macOS-specific download URL
• DISTROMATE_LINUX_URL: Linux-specific download URL
• DISTROMATE_SKIP_AUTO_INSTALL=1: disable installer fallback
• DISTROMATE_STRICT_BUNDLE=1: fail build when bundling is unavailable

If DISTROMATE_CLI_VERSION is set (and no explicit URL env is provided), the CI helper tries versioned paths like:

<base>/<version>/<os>/<arch-dir>/distromate-<os-or-darwin>-<arch>[.exe]

• arch-dir defaults to x64 / arm64
• for x64, filename arch fallback is amd64 then x64
• on macOS, filename prefix fallback is darwin then macos

Example (version=ci-20260226-44d0c86, os=windows, arch-dir=x64):

https://static.distromate.net/distromate-cli/ci-20260226-44d0c86/windows/x64/distromate-windows-amd64.exe

Automatic PyPI Publish

The same workflow can publish to PyPI automatically.

Trigger rules:

• Push a tag that matches v* (recommended for releases)
• Or run build-distributions manually with publish=true

Authentication options:

• PYPI_API_TOKEN repository secret (token upload)
• Trusted Publishing (OIDC) if no token is provided

Published files include all wheel artifacts and the sdist.

Local Build for This Package

Use the helper script:

./build.ps1

It can clean, build, run twine check, and upload.