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Development & Contribution Guide

Thank you for contributing to PyInstaller GUI. You can help the project in the following ways:

  • Submit bug reports with clear reproduction steps
  • Suggest new features or optimizations (please open an issue first)
  • Improve documentation
  • Contribute code, UI improvements, or .spec parsing enhancements

Setting Up

git clone https://github.com/294Ryan/PyinstallerGUI.git
cd PyinstallerGUI

Installing Requirements

This project uses Python standard library only — no pip install is required to run from source.

Name Requirement
Python 3.x
PyInstaller Required only if you intend to run actual builds: pip install pyinstaller

Technologies Used

Name Description
tkinter / ttk UI framework; part of Python's standard library — no external GUI dependency.
subprocess Invokes the pyinstaller command and streams stdout/stderr to the log panel in real time.
threading Runs the build process on a background thread to keep the UI responsive.
shutil / os Handles post-build artifact relocation and optional cleanup of build/ and .spec.
re Parses .spec files to extract Analysis, EXE, datas, hiddenimports, and excludes fields.

Project Structure

PyinstallerGUI/
├── images/
│   ├── Banner.png
│   └── tk_app.png
├── .gitignore
├── icon.ico
├── CONTRIBUTING.md
├── LICENSE
├── README.md
├── tk_pyinstaller_gui.py      # Single-file application entry point
└── tk_pyinstaller_gui.spec    # .spec file

Notes

  • Please comply with the terms of the license during development. See LICENSE.
  • For usage and feature overview, refer to the README.