Why did auto-py-to-exe create so many files and such a large application?

Asked May 07 '23 at 11:51

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I used auto-py-to-exe to create an application out of a project I made. The total size of the required files is about 40MB. The libraries imported are

-pandas
-sklearn.svm
-pickle 
-joblib
-warnings
-tkinter

When I clicked "convert my .py to .exe", the program loaded a bunch of files. The final application folder is about 3GB. When I looked inside the application folder, there seemed to be a bunch of unnecessary modules and libraries, but I'm not sure. For example, there is a subdirectory called tensorflow, but I didn't use tensorflow at all in my project. I didn't create a custom working environment. The application works fine, but I would like to get the size of my application down to something reasonable.

asked May 07 '23 at 11:51

Phillip Feldman

You could also try using PyInstaller to build your exe. – 101 May 07 '23 at 12:13
Would that be easier to use and not build such a large exe? – Phillip Feldman May 07 '23 at 12:20
@101 auto-py-to-exe uses pyinstaller – Matiiss May 07 '23 at 12:37
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@PhillipFeldman auto-py-exe is just a gui for pyinstaller. You should create a virtual environment for you project and only install what is necessary for the project and then run pyinstaller. – Alexander May 08 '23 at 00:19

Why did auto-py-to-exe create so many files and such a large application?

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