Making Windows executables from Django applications

Question

I am trying to make a Django website be a simple Windows executable. I've been told that py2exe does not work correctly, both due to Django using __import__, and to its attempting to dispatch manage.py in some obscure way. Is that the case? If so, is there an alternative tool that works better, or is there a way to work around the py2exe issues?

Answer 1

You can try Pyinstaller.

Answer 2

PyInstaller trunk has been succesfully used to build Django applications. It has builtin support for many Django magic, but requires a careful setup (have a look at the dedicated wiki page).