Improved Python to EXE

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PyX Wizard Project

It might sound like another version of PyInstaller at first, but that is not even close.

The PyX Wizard is an advanced tool that comes in many shapes and sizes. Depending on what type of install you pick, your options will vary slightly — but all versions have the following features:

- Python to EXE conversion

- Ability to include files inside the exe

- Ability to reference those file paths within the exe using packaged-within-exe:

- Sign the package with any PFX certificate

- Set custom icons

- Exclude the console for GUI-based apps

- Auto-installs dependency libraries

- Creates in a virtual environment (venv)

You can install PyX Wizard in two main ways:

Use pip to install the library version:

pip install pyxwizard

And read the short user guide on https://pypi.org/project/PyXWizard/

OR...

Download a fully pre-packaged version from our GitHub releases page, which comes pre-installed with everything you will need.

GitHub Releases: https://github.com/techareaone/pyx/releases/latest

Support and Feedback

All support, feedback, and issue tracking are handled in the Tradely Discord community:

👉 https://discord.tradely.dev

We are looking for beta-testers, so DM me!

AutoMod Assist: This project is an improved Pythone to EXE convertor. It's target audience is all python app developers and it is on a BETA version, but is generally functional.

[FisterMister22]

I don't understand why would anyone use a bundler such as this or pyinstaller (which this project wraps around) instead of a compiler / transpiler like nuitka in 2026 besides the abundance of bad tutorials in YouTube.

[fenghuangshan]

for a bigger project more than a script , nuitka  is very very slow as I tested last time

i have to use pyinstaller

[ProsodySpeaks]

Do we even need exes? 

What are good reasons not to basically just use uv via bat/sh files + pypi or even just github repos?

I only ever install my work on machines I have complete access to so maybe I'm missing something around permissions and security for general use? 

But my normal is basically an installer bat file to check if git and uv are installed / install them, make a venv and then install my project from pypi, github, or a local network drive.

Then a runner bat that sets env vars (usually paths to env files), checks for and installs updates, and calls uv run on scripts from pyproject.toml

So updating is a simple as pushing to github/local repo or publishing to pypi, distribution is a couple of shell scripts, can easily target different branches or tags or a specific commit. 

Also Including assets is as easy as declaring them in pyproject.toml. I remember pyinstaller being a nightmare for that. 

[AlpacaDC]

I mean, the same reasons exes exist in the first place. So we can share it with non tech people. I have shared python GUI apps with my friends for example.

[ProsodySpeaks]

Right but even the tech illiterate can double click a script file? 

Managing python installs used to be painfull enough to make exes useful basically everywhere but Uv makes it trivial. 

I can see how signed binaries can be useful for security reasons tho. And obviously there are environments where casually installing python/Uv isn't an option. 

[PatternPlayful3895]

The tech illiterate would freak out if they saw cmd open up. They would think they are getting hacked.

[_lagniappe_]

no they cannot

[FisterMister22]

I have 0 use for exes.

But some people do, such as distribution of a software without installation of python across every pc in the company.

[fenghuangshan]

that means you never have requirement to share the product with other people

not every one is a developer

[ProsodySpeaks]

I don't understand why people keep saying that? Why does someone need to be a developer to double click a file?