Welcome to cx_Freeze’s documentation!

cx_Freeze creates standalone executables from Python scripts with the same performance as the original script. It is cross-platform and should work on any platform that Python runs on.

The current version of cx_Freeze is 8.6 that supports Python 3.10 to 3.14, including free-threading versions.

Changed in version 8.5: cx_Freeze was separated into two distinct packages: cx_Freeze and freeze-core. Therefore, support for different platforms depends on freeze-core.

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
• Versions of cx_Freeze
• Development
  • Getting started
  • Setup
  • Conda-forge
  • Contributing
• Licensing
  • License for cx_Freeze

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page