Overview

A python script that creates a self-contained zip application from a specified python script.

Usage Examples

Suppose you want to bundle in your python script dependencies.

Assume you store these modules under a folder named 'lib'

You can easily create your zip app as follows:

mkdir lib
pip install -t lib -r requirements.txt
make-zipapp -f myscript.py

By default, the program will bundle in anything located in the local 'lib' folder

You can also specify multiple dependencies, folders or files, as follows:

make-zipapp -f myscript.py -d lib conf config.ini

The script will create a zip application named after the specified python file, with the file extension stripped.

So the above command will produce a binary file named myscript

From Windows

If you invoked make-zipapp from a posix-compliant system, the resulting zip application is made executable, and can be called by its path, e.g.

./myscript

I've accomplished the same from a Windows machine using cmder, which includes git-bash but one caveat:

I had to nest the lib folder in the directory I was to include, e.g.

|_ myscript.py
|_includes
	|_lib
|_conf
|_config.ini

make-zipapp -f myscript.py -d includes conf config.ini

You can also call the zipapp via the python executable if all else fails, as with:

python ./myscript