https://cassiobotaro.dev/en/tags/zipapp/Recent content in Zipapp on cassiobotaroHugoenSat, 25 Jul 2026 13:06:19 -0300https://cassiobotaro.dev/en/posts/running-a-zip-with-python/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://cassiobotaro.dev/en/posts/running-a-zip-with-python/<h2 id="the-problem"> The problem <a class="heading-link" href="#the-problem"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <p>You have a Python application spread across several files and you want to ship everything as a single file. What if you could package it into a <code>.zip</code> and run it with <code>python app.zip</code>?</p> <h2 id="the-tip"> The tip <a class="heading-link" href="#the-tip"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <p>You can, and it is simpler than it looks. Python knows how to execute a <code>.zip</code> directly, as long as there is a <code>__main__.py</code> inside it. Let&rsquo;s start from scratch.</p>