Convert a project to an executable file

• windows
• pyinstaller
• installer
• executable
• exe
• cx_freeze
• py2exe
• install

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• pyinstaller
• cx_freeze (cxfreeze)
• py2exe
• pyapp (py2app)
• pynist
• nuitka
• bbfreeze
• pylunch

• Create a single executable from a Python project