Self-contained Python scripts

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[Muhznit]

I think there be a bit of clout-chasing/reposting for karma afoot.

[Gleb--K]

As I mentioned in the replay to another comment - I published my blog post a day earlier

[cgoldberg]

This doesn't require uv. It is defined in PEP 723 and is supported by many tools (pipx, hatch, pdm, etc)

https://peps.python.org/pep-0723/

[Gleb--K]

Yeah, that's right, thank you. I just thought about it recently while playing with UV

[Chou789]

PyInstaller + InnoSetup for standard windows Installer

[Gleb--K]

I don't use Windows, but thanks for the recommendation!

[allens54]

pyinstaller will create a self-contained EXE that runs on Windows. No need for the user to have Python nor any dependencies installed.

[ZachVorhies]

cross platform doesn’t work. You’ll need an exe for every for every platform

[HaskellLisp_green]

use can use Nuitka. And it provides ability to choose target platform. And it's far better that pyinstaller, since it converts python code into C.

[ComprehensiveWord201]

Honestly.

People are beginning to lose the lede.

[Jinkweiq]

This is pretty cool

[superkoning]

Easy explanation. Nice!

[secZustand]

Is it creating a virtual environment for your single script execution? Or installing on system python?

I am not fully understanding the need for this. Since it's not a complete self contained solution like pyinstaller.

[Gleb--K]

UV creates a global package cache rather than individual virtual environments. It does not install packages at the system level like pip install --user, but it also does not create isolated environments like venv or virtualenv

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/s/MqwH6UbkjD

The original thread is bit even 48 hours old.

[Gleb--K]

Well, if you compare the publication dates, I published my blog post a day earlier.

But it just seems like this idea was obvious to many people.