# indygreg/PyOxidizer

A modern Python application packaging and distribution tool

Repository: https://github.com/indygreg/PyOxidizer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pyoxidizer
Language: Rust
License: MPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2024-12-24T01:04:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2815, "days_push": 618, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6150, forks 258 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:36.610872+00:00)

## What it is
PyOxidizer is a Rust-based tool for packaging Python applications into self-contained binaries that embed a Python interpreter and all resources. It can produce single-file executables or libraries for embedding Python in Rust applications.

## Use cases
- distribute a python app as a single executable file
- embed a python interpreter in a rust application
- ship a python program without requiring python installed
- convert a python project to rust incrementally
- build statically linked python binaries

## When to choose
- you need a single-file, dependency-free executable of a Python application
- you want to embed Python inside a Rust codebase
- you want to incrementally migrate a Python app to Rust

## When to avoid
- you just need simple zipapp or wheel distribution
- your project depends on C extensions that are hard to statically link
- you need actively developed tooling with broad ecosystem support

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, compiler, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages, cross-platform
- platform: windows, rust, python, cli
- tags: python-packaging, single-file-executable, embedded-interpreter, rust-python-bridge, static-linking, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- indygreg/PyOxidizer (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:36.610872+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:47:31.869929+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/indygreg/PyOxidizer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:36.610872+00:00, sha 04f56b5da5c3)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/pyoxidizer (fetched 2026-08-29T08:44:19.354144+00:00, sha bbbff9846ab1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.