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I want to understand shiv, but I just can't grok it. I've successfully made a PyInstaller executable in the past.

Do you have any good sources for learning shiv? The docs are very sparse & lack examples and there aren't as many blogs discussing shiv as I'd hoped.

Also, do you know if shiv works on Windows?

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Unfortunatly no, plus the docs are indeed not great and the UI itself is lacking.

But yes, unlike pex, shiv works on windows.

It's very different than pyinstaller in the sense that:

- it uses a standard (the zipapp format from python stdlib)

- it assumes python is already installed (it's not stand alone)

I definitely should write on article on that on Bite Code on day. Adding it to the list.

I'd read it! :) I want to understand Shiv, but I haven't even gotten it to work after a few hours tinkering, and that's usually where I give up and look to another tool.

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