packaging vs py2exe

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Core utilities for Python packages (by pypa)

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modified py2exe to support unicode paths (by goatpig)

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packaging		py2exe
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4	Mentions	-
584	Stars	17
2.6%	Growth	-
7.8	Activity	0.0
9 days ago	Latest Commit	about 10 years ago
Python	Language	Python
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	Mulan Permissive Software License, Version 1

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packaging

Posts with mentions or reviews of packaging. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-24.

pip3 install sendgrid fails with "TypeError"?
1 project | /r/learnpython | 14 Jul 2022
Alpine Linux 3.15 Released
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Nov 2021

> You can't use wheels
musl wheel support was added some time ago:
https://github.com/pypa/packaging/releases/tag/21.0
No idea how many packages actually build musl wheels though. From a quick glance at least cryptography and lxml has musl wheels.
Alpine Linux: Proposal to move Rust to main
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Sep 2021

Python supports Alpine just fine; indeed, the standard Docker Python images include Alpine variants.
If you mean binary wheels, PyPA packaging added support for Alpine wheels a few months ago (https://github.com/pypa/packaging/pull/411), and auditwheel support for the same just shipped today.
find key in a list of dict and get the value.
1 project | /r/learnpython | 25 Jun 2021

You can use the packaging module to compare versions. It's used by setuptools so you probably have it already installed. The the rest is pretty straightforward imho:

py2exe

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing packaging and py2exe you can also consider the following projects:

pyarmor - A tool used to obfuscate python scripts, bind obfuscated scripts to fixed machine or expire obfuscated scripts.

PyInstaller - Freeze (package) Python programs into stand-alone executables

Nuitka - Nuitka is a Python compiler written in Python. It's fully compatible with Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, and 3.11. You feed it your Python app, it does a lot of clever things, and spits out an executable or extension module.

py2app

dh-virtualenv - Python virtualenvs in Debian packages

PyOxidizer - A modern Python application packaging and distribution tool

pynsist - Build Windows installers for Python applications