PyInstaller runs in Windows 8 and newer. It can create graphical windowed apps (apps that do not need a command window).
PyInstaller runs on macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or newer. It can build graphical windowed apps (apps that do not use a terminal window). PyInstaller builds apps that are compatible with the macOS release in which you run it, and following releases. It can build x86_64
, arm64
or hybrid universal2 binaries on macOS machines of either architecture. See macOS multi-arch support
for details.
PyInstaller requires the ldd
terminal application to discover the shared libraries required by each program or shared library. It is typically found in the distribution-package glibc
or libc-bin
.
It also requires the objdump
terminal application to extract information from object files and the objcopy
terminal application to append data to the bootloader. These are typically found in the distribution-package binutils
.
Users have reported success running PyInstaller on these platforms, but it is not tested on them. The ldd
and objdump
commands are needed.
Each bundled app contains a copy of a bootloader, a program that sets up the application and starts it (see The Bootstrap Process in Detail
).
When you install PyInstaller using pip, the setup will attempt to build a bootloader for this platform. If that succeeds, the installation continues and PyInstaller is ready to use.
If the pip setup fails to build a bootloader, or if you do not use pip to install, you must compile a bootloader manually. The process is described under Building the Bootloader
.