marcelotduarte/cx_Freeze

Creates standalone executables from Python scripts with the same performance as the original script. It is cross-platform and should work on any platform that Python runs on.

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marcelotduarte.github.io/cx_Freeze/
cx-freeze
freeze
freezing-python-scripts
python

README

cx_Freeze Creates standalone executables from Python scripts with the same performance as the original script.

It is cross-platform and should work on any platform that Python runs on.

PyPI version PyPi Downloads Conda Version Conda Downloads Python Actions status CodeQL Coverage Ruff Documentation Status

Installation

Choose the Python package manager according to your system. See how the installation works with the most common ones, which are pip and conda.

To install the latest version of cx_Freeze using pip into a virtual environment:

pip install --upgrade cx_Freeze

To install the latest development build:

pip uninstall cx_Freeze
pip install --extra-index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ cx_Freeze --pre --no-cache

Installing cx_freeze from the conda-forge channel can be achieved with the command:

conda install conda-forge::cx_freeze

[!NOTE] For more information, please check the installation.

[!IMPORTANT] If you are creating "service" standalone executables, see this readme.

Changelog

Changelog

Documentation

Documentation.

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

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.

Contributors

(top 30 of 107)

marcelotduarte

1,573 commits

anthony-tuininga

496 commits

dependabot[bot]

309 commits

marcelotduarte/cx_Freeze

Creates standalone executables from Python scripts with the same performance as the original script. It is cross-platform and should work on any platform that Python runs on.

1,561

stars

2,724

commits

Python

primary language

Sep 7, 2026

updated

marcelotduarte.github.io/cx_Freeze/
cx-freeze
freeze
freezing-python-scripts
python

README

cx_Freeze Creates standalone executables from Python scripts with the same performance as the original script.

It is cross-platform and should work on any platform that Python runs on.

PyPI version PyPi Downloads Conda Version Conda Downloads Python Actions status CodeQL Coverage Ruff Documentation Status

Installation

Choose the Python package manager according to your system. See how the installation works with the most common ones, which are pip and conda.

To install the latest version of cx_Freeze using pip into a virtual environment:

pip install --upgrade cx_Freeze

To install the latest development build:

pip uninstall cx_Freeze
pip install --extra-index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ cx_Freeze --pre --no-cache

Installing cx_freeze from the conda-forge channel can be achieved with the command:

conda install conda-forge::cx_freeze

[!NOTE] For more information, please check the installation.

[!IMPORTANT] If you are creating "service" standalone executables, see this readme.

Changelog

Changelog

Documentation

Documentation.

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

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.

Contributors

(top 30 of 107)

marcelotduarte

1,573 commits

anthony-tuininga

496 commits

dependabot[bot]

309 commits

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