How to hide the source code in Python forever?

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Is there a way how to be sure, my source code is really hidden? I use pyinstaller to create exe, in order to my friends can use my app without python. My idea was to create a USB disk with all files from pyinstaller, they are locked to prevent the reading the code. This app could be started only by a shortcut on desktop. But i did not find a way how to solve it. Do somebody know a functional way to lock my python app without opportunity of reading the code in order to use it only?

You can use pyinstaller with --onefile option. So, you will have only exe file without any additional ones. — Bogdan
– Bogdan, Commented Nov 14, 2018 at 14:20
You could look into pyarmor. It obfuscates your code for you. It will make it another step harder. Creating a file with pyinstaller already makes it tough to reverse engineer it. — Stef van der Zon
– Stef van der Zon, Commented Nov 14, 2018 at 14:22

AluBhorta · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-22 12:05:49Z

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You could compile your code into "pyc" format with py_compile

import py_compile
py_compile.compile(filename, compiled_filename, optimize=2)

Note this :
You need the same version of python and all library that you use to launch this compiled file.
For load file (e.g. : open("text.txt", "r")), you need to specify all the tree (e.g. : open("C:/Users/Me/Desktop/MyProgram/test.txt", "r"))

edited Jan 22, 2021 at 12:05

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answered Nov 14, 2018 at 15:27

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