Can Django be used with py2exe?

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We'd like to create a Django Intranet application for mass market. We only need to support Windows users, and it needs to be very easy for a Windows admin (or "technical user") to deploy (baring in mind that most Windows admins/users have little experience with Python, etc).

Is Django + py2exe the answer? Do we need something extra, or something else?

Yeah, but we were wondering how we might package this to make it easier for the end user :) — Nick Bolton, Nov 01 '09 at 12:46

Radek · Accepted Answer · 2009-11-01T12:45:52.113

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Yes, you require:

Python 2.5.2
Django (svn version at least 2008-06-05)
CherryPy (web server)
Py2Exe

Tutorial

edited Nov 01 '09 at 12:45

answered Nov 01 '09 at 12:40

Radek

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Related question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1317899/django-projects-as-desktop-applications-how-to – Radek Nov 01 '09 at 12:44
I think this is slightly different to the related question, since it involves needing a web server. But thanks for the link. – Nick Bolton Nov 01 '09 at 12:47
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Ok, Nick then checkout this: http://www.appcelerator.com/products/titanium-desktop/ – Radek Nov 01 '09 at 12:49
I was looking at something similar using PyInstaller but it only supports up to Python 3.6 - does Py2Exe have a similar limitation/issue? – Bendy Jun 23 '17 at 14:24

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 07 '15 at 00:28

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PyInstaller has builtin support for Django applications. It will do most of the magic by itself.

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answered Dec 16 '09 at 22:38

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 18 '13 at 15:23

I recently did this with Django 1.5 and python 2.7. I didn't embed a webserver, because I really just wanted the ORM.

Here are the options I used in setup.py:

options = {
 "py2exe":{
           "includes": ["Cookie","htmlentitydefs"],
           "packages":["django","sqlite3","email"],
           }
 }

Can Django be used with py2exe?

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