Welcome Package

Minimal TUI ready for cross-platform packaging as a pure-Python zipapp.

Usage

1. Download welcomepackage.pyz
2. Run python welcomepackage.pyz

Development workflow

Requires pdm and pdm-packer.

To run from source:

pdm sync --dev
pdm run welcomepackage

To package for distribution:

pdm pack
# generates welcomepackage.pyz
# that's it!

To package as an executable with a portable shebang:

pdm pack --exe -i "/usr/bin/env python3"
# You can now drop this in ~/.local/bin

References

• https://textual.textualize.io/guide/app/#widgets
• https://github.com/frostming/pdm-packer

Other options for zipapp packaging include pex and shiv. For a tutorial, try https://realpython.com/python-zipapp/

Even more options for Python packaging and distribution are covered in PyOxidizer: Comparisons to Other Tools.

Sharing and contributions

Welcome Package
https://lofidevops.neocities.org
Copyright 2023 David Seaward and contributors
SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0

You can copy and modify this project freely and without credit. It's mostly uncopyrightable anyway.