# Creating standalone Mac OS X applications with Python and py2app

DevFeed: [Creating standalone Mac OS X applications with Python and py2app](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/creating-standalone-mac-os-x-applications-with-python-and-py2app-31828.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.metachris.dev/2015/11/create-standalone-mac-os-x-applications-with-python-and-py2app/>)

Author: Chris Hager

Published: 2015-11-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Chris Hager](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chris-hager.md>)

Topics: [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [mac os](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mac-os.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ui.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>)

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## AI overview

A tutorial on using py2app to package Python 2 or 3 source code, including a Tkinter interface, as standalone Mac OS X applications. It covers setup, development and testing with alias mode, deployment builds, data files, and troubleshooting a known bug.

## Source excerpt

In this tutorial we'll be using py2app to create a standalone OSX application from a Python 2 or 3 source code with a simple Tkinter user interface. "py2app is a Python setuptools command which will allow you to make standalone application bundles and plugins from Python scripts. py2app is similar in purpose and design to py2exe for Windows." Relevant links about py2app: Documentation Source on BitBucket (last commit 2015-05-05) Issue Tracker, Mailing List This guide is loosely based on the official tutorial.