This excellent thread Streamlit Deployment as an Executable File shows how to deploy a website as an executable using the smart-tool, nativefier.
nativefier --name appname http://localhost:8501 --platform windows \
--icon ../apps/icon.ico --clear-cache --single-instance
The command above generates an executable appname.exe which when double-clicked will open localhost:8501, or other website indicated by the url-link above.
For a website on localhost, you need to start the local server beforehand. This issue on nativefier github issue # 639 implies I should be able to start the local server before I navigate to localhost:8501. However, the link is broken and I cannot locate the info on nativerfier's docs.
I simply would like to start the streamlit local server:
streamlit run app.py --server.headless true
before navigating to the localhost:8501 using the executable generated by nativefier. thanks for any pointers.
