PyInstaller VS packaging

Compare PyInstaller vs packaging and see what are their differences.

PyInstaller

Freeze (package) Python programs into stand-alone executables (by pyinstaller)

packaging

Core utilities for Python packages (by pypa)
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PyInstaller packaging
105 4
11,167 575
1.5% 2.6%
9.6 8.0
7 days ago 15 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.

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.

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.

What are some alternatives?

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

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.

PyOxidizer - A modern Python application packaging and distribution tool

py2exe - modified py2exe to support unicode paths

py2app

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

pynsist - Build Windows installers for Python applications

Poetry - Python packaging and dependency management made easy

fastapi - FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production

dh-virtualenv - Python virtualenvs in Debian packages

fbs-tutorial - Tutorial for creating Python/Qt GUIs with fbs

pyinstxtractor - PyInstaller Extractor

conda - A system-level, binary package and environment manager running on all major operating systems and platforms.