On Friday, March 31, 2023 at 1:09:12 PM UTC+1, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 at 23:01, Jim Schwartz <jsc...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > I want a windows installer to install my application that's written in > > python, but I don't want the end user to have access to my source code. > > > > > > > > Is that possible using python? I was using cx-freeze, but that has the > > source code available. So does pyinstaller. I think gcc does, too. > > > > > > > > Does anyone know of a way to do this? > > > Fundamentally no, it's not. Python code will always be distributed as > some form of bytecode. The only way to make it available without > revealing anything is to put it on a server and let people access it > without running it themselves. > > But why is that a problem? Copyright law protects you from people > stealing your code and making unauthorized changes to it, and if > you're not worried about them making changes, there's no reason to > hide the source code (whatever you distribute would be just as > copiable). Are you concerned that people will see your bugs? We all > have them. > > ChrisA
The OP is asking for source code not to be available, not bytecode. There are obfuscating tools like PyArmor you might want to have a look at. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
