Powerful and versatile as it is, Python lacks a few key capabilities out of the box. For one, there is no native mechanism for compiling a Python program into a standalone executable package.
To be fair, the original use case for Python never called for standalone redistributables. Python programs have, by and large, been run in place on systems where a copy of the Python interpreter lived. But as the language’s popularity grew, there was also a growing demand for running Python applications on systems with no installed Python runtime.
Several third parties have engineered solutions for deploying standalone Python applications. The most popular solution, and the most mature, is PyInstaller. PyInstaller doesn’t make the process of packaging a Python application totally painless, but it goes a long way.
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