packaging VS PyInstaller

Compare packaging vs PyInstaller and see what are their differences.

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packaging PyInstaller
4 105
584 11,271
2.6% 1.4%
8.0 9.6
3 days ago 3 days ago
Python Python
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

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.

PyInstaller

Posts with mentions or reviews of PyInstaller. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-08.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing packaging and PyInstaller 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.

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

PyOxidizer - A modern Python application packaging and distribution tool

dh-virtualenv - Python virtualenvs in Debian packages

py2exe - modified py2exe to support unicode paths

pynsist - Build Windows installers for Python applications