Welcome to cx_Freeze’s documentation!

cx_Freeze creates standalone executables from Python scripts with the same performance. It is cross-platform and should work on any platform that Python itself works on.

The current version of cx_Freeze is 8.4 that supports Python 3.9 to 3.13, providing on pypi, wheels for Linux (x86_64, aarch64, ppc64le), macOS (universal2) and Windows (win32, win_amd64, win_arm64).

Added in version 8.0: Python 3.13 support on all popular systems and architectures.

Added in version 8.0: Python 3.13t support (experimental free-threading) on Linux (x86_64, aarch64) and macOS (universal2).

Added in version 8.3: Support Python 3.11 to 3.13 on Windows ARM64 (win_arm64).

Changed in version 8.3: Support for Python 3.11 to 3.13 on lesser-known Linux platforms (aarch64, ppc64le) and musl variants.

cx_Freeze is distributed under an open-source PSF license.

Contents:

• Installation
  • Python requirements
  • Download the source code
  • Issue tracking
• Using cx_Freeze
• cxfreeze script
• Setup script
  • Example
  • Commands
  • cx_Freeze.Executable
• Keywords
• Creating Built Distributions
• Frequently Asked Questions
  • Problems with running frozen programs
  • Problems with freezing programs
  • Specifying modules and packages
  • Windows command prompt appears briefly
  • Freezing for other platforms
  • Using data files
  • Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package
  • Removing the MAX_PATH Limitation
  • Single-file executables
  • License for frozen programs
  • How to install Patchelf
  • Multiprocessing support
• Release notes
  • 8.x releases
• Versions of cx_Freeze
• Development
  • Getting started
  • Setup
  • Conda-forge
  • Contributing
• Licensing
  • License for cx_Freeze

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page