Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: cx-Freeze
Version: 6.6
Summary: Create standalone executables from Python scripts
Home-page: https://marcelotduarte.github.io/cx_Freeze
Author: Anthony Tuininga
Author-email: anthony.tuininga@gmail.com
Maintainer: Marcelo Duarte @marcelotduarte
License: Python Software Foundation License
Project-URL: Bug Tracker, https://github.com/marcelotduarte/cx_Freeze/issues
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Project-URL: Source Code, https://github.com/marcelotduarte/cx_Freeze
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        **cx\_Freeze** creates standalone executables from Python scripts, with the same
        performance, is cross-platform and should work on any platform that Python
        itself works on.
        
        # Highlights of Version 6.2 up to 6.6:
        - New ModuleFinder, using importlib.machinery
        - Support for package metadata
        - Enhanced support for Python 3.8 and experimental support for Python 3.9
        - Inclusive support for MSYS2 and Anaconda
        - Improvements for multiprocessing
        - Optimizations in detection and distribution of libraries
        - Integrated to setuptools and importlib.metadata
        - New or improved hooks
        - Code modernization
        - Various bug fixes.
        
        # Installation
        
        In a virtual environment, install by issuing the command:
        
        ```
        pip install --upgrade cx_Freeze
        ```
        
        Please check the installation in documentation for requirements.
        
        # Documentation
        
        The official documentation is available
        [here](https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io).
        
        If you need help you can also ask on the discussion channel:
        https://github.com/marcelotduarte/cx_Freeze/discussions
        
        # License
        
        cx\_Freeze uses a license derived from the
        [Python Software Foundation License](https://www.python.org/psf/license).
        You can read the cx\_Freeze license in the
        [documentation](https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io/en/latest/license.html)
        or in the [source repository](doc/src/license.rst).
        
Keywords: cx-freeze cxfreeze cx_Freeze freeze  python
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