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.

Installation

In a virtual environment, install by issuing the command:

pip install --upgrade cx_Freeze

To install the latest development build:

pip install --force --no-cache --pre --extra-index-url https://marcelotduarte.github.io/packages/ cx_Freeze

Please check the installation for more information and how to install in other environments such as pipenv, conda-forge, etc.

Documentation

The official documentation is available here.

If you need help you can also ask on the discussion channel.

What's New v7.2:

• Improved bdist_dmg
• Add license for msi (bdist_msi)
• Minor improvements in bdist_appimage
• Drop rpm2_mode in bdist_rpm
• Use an optimized mode as default for pip installations of selected packages
• hooks: support numpy 2.0, rasterio, multiprocess (a multiprocessing fork), etc
• Regression fixes, bug fixes and improvements

What's New v7.1:

• Added new option --zip-filename in build_exe
• Bug fixes and improvements

What's New v7.0:

• Added support for pyproject.toml
• Create Linux AppImage format: bdist_appimage
• Create an DEB distribution: bdist_deb
• Improved bdist_mac
• New and updated hooks, including support for QtWebengine on macOS
• Python 3.12 support.
• Improved tests and coverage ( >80% ).
• Bug fixes and improvements

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.