FWIW, on Windows there is py2exe[1], but it is nowhere nearly as convenient as what you have in mind. It basically wraps your script along with any dependencies

FWIW, on Windows there is py2exe[1], but it is nowhere nearly as convenient as what you have in mind. It basically wraps your script along with any dependencies and the python runtime into a folder. But at least you can copy that folder to any other Windows machine and run the executable, and it will mostly "just work". http://www.py2exe.org/ http://www.py2exe.org/