Python Obfuscator Decorator — Skip Selected Strategies

Identity decorators so Python Obfuscator can leave chosen functions and classes untouched.

Install with pip install python-obfuscator-decorator. You need this package only to run original source. The obfuscator reads @obfuscator.skip from the AST, applies the skip, then strips the decorator and unused import obfuscator lines. Obfuscated output has no runtime dependency on this package.

More about Python Obfuscator:

https://www.pelock.com/products/python-obfuscator

Install

pip install python-obfuscator-decorator

Import package name: obfuscator. PyPI distribution name: python-obfuscator-decorator.

Usage

import obfuscator

@obfuscator.skip(obfuscator.ENCRYPT_STRINGS, obfuscator.STATE_MACHINE)
def handshake(secret: str) -> str:
    return secret

@obfuscator.skip()
class LicenseCheck:
    def verify(self):
        return True

Also valid:

• @obfuscator.skip("encrypt_strings") — string keys match engine strategy names
• @obfuscator.skip (bare, no call) — skip every mutating strategy on that construct
• import obfuscator as alias then @alias.skip(...)

CODE_VIRTUALIZATION skips all virtualization modes (FSA, VM, flatten) on that function or class.

What skip cannot cover

• Module-level statements (x = "secret" at top level) have no decorator
• Lambdas cannot be decorated
• Skipping rename of a function keeps its name; callers must keep using that name
• Skipping self_defending on one method does not remove the module-level integrity probe

After obfuscation

Shipped scripts do not import obfuscator. Markers are removed from the emitted source.