Packaging & Distribution

There comes a point in any app's development where it needs to leave home — half the fun in writing software is being able to share it with other people. Packaging Python GUI apps can be a little tricky, but in this PyQt5 tutorial we'll cover how to package up your apps to share, whether commercially or just for fun.

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Tkinter
Tkinter Tutorial

Packaging Tkinter applications for Windows with PyInstaller & InstallForge

Turn your Tkinter application into a distributable installer for Windows
PyQt6
PyQt6 Tutorial

Packaging PyQt6 applications for Windows with PyInstaller & InstallForge

Turn your PyQt6 application into a distributable installer for Windows
PySide6
PySide6 Tutorial

The QResource System

Using the QResource system to package additional data with your applications
PySide2
PySide2 Tutorial

Packaging PySide2 applications for Windows with PyInstaller & InstallForge

Turn your PySide2 application into a distributable installer for Windows
PySide6
PySide6 Tutorial

Packaging PySide6 applications into a macOS app with PyInstaller

Turn your PySide6 application into a distributable app
PySide6
PySide6 Tutorial

Packaging PySide6 applications for Windows with PyInstaller & InstallForge

Turn your PySide6 application into a distributable installer for Windows
PyQt5

Running Python script with QProcess after freeze

Published 12.08.2021
PyQt5

Unable to implement GUI interface to Face Recognition script in PyQt5

Published 09.07.2021
PySide6
PySide6 Tutorial

Using QResource to package data files with PyInstaller

Serialize data files for easy packaging in Python
PyQt5

Problems with antivirus software and PyInstaller

Published 01.05.2021

PyInstaller 4.2 & PySide6

Published 21.04.2021
PyQt5

Errors when running .exe produced by pyinstaller with conda

Published 10.04.2021
PyQt5
PyQt5 Tutorial

Using QResource to package data files with PyInstaller

Serialize data files for easy packaging in Python
PyQt5
PyQt5 Tutorial

Packaging PyQt5 applications into a macOS app with PyInstaller

Turn your PyQt5 application into a distributable app
PySide2
PySide2 Tutorial

Packaging PySide2 applications into a macOS app with PyInstaller

Turn your PySide2 application into a distributable app
PySide2
PySide2 Tutorial

Using QResource to package data files with PyInstaller

Serialize data files for easy packaging in Python
PyQt6
PyQt6 Tutorial

Packaging PyQt6 applications into a macOS app with PyInstaller

Turn your PyQt6 application into a distributable app
PyQt5

Miscellanious questions - mainly: What can i do with my pyrcc5'ed .qrc-file

Published 19.01.2021
PyQt5

Dll loading error with pyinstaller + ctypes.cdll

Published 14.01.2021
PySide2
PySide2 Tutorial

The QResource System

Using the QResource system to package additional data with your applications
PyQt5
PyQt5 Tutorial

The QResource System

Using the QResource system to package additional data with your applications
PyQt5

Recommended way to install Pyqt5 with fbs python Macos

Published 16.10.2020
PyQt5

PyInstaller macOS issue: QCombobox not refreshing

Published 14.10.2020
PyQt5

PyInstaller on macOS frustration

Published 14.10.2020

Linux Packaging Prefered Formats

Published 05.08.2020
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