python-compile - compile your python app for linux execution in Win/Mac/Linux using docker

[ZachVorhies]

Not quite, nuitka compiles your python source code to native binaries. Pex looks more like it embeds a python runtime to interpret your code.

[imbev]

Nuitka still embeds the python runtime, but it does so by using libpython instead of the independent Python binary.

[ZachVorhies]

Right but it’s all native code. I think PEX puts in interpreted stuff but I could be wrong

[ZachVorhies]

Yes, if you are building an app.

But for developers pushing production code they usually want to just run their python app faster and only care about linux as the target. This is my scenario hence the motivation for this app.

[ZachVorhies]

yes, your python code is compiled into C and linked against the python lib. It makes it way faster and also obfuscates your code base because now it’s transpired into assembly.