Shed Skin AlternativesCompilers and other similar apps like Shed Skin

Shed Skin is described as 'Experimental compiler, that can translate pure, but implicitly statically typed Python (2.4-2.6) programs into optimized C++. It can generate stand-alone programs or extension modules that can be imported and used in larger Python programs' and is a Compiler in the development category. There are five alternatives to Shed Skin for Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Python. The best Shed Skin alternative is Cython, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Shed Skin are PyInstaller, Numba, PyPy and py2exe.

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    Cython

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    Cython is a language that makes writing C extensions for the Python language as easy as Python itself. Cython is based on the well-known Pyrex, but supports more cutting edge functionality and optimizations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     

    • Cython is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Shed Skin.

    • Cython is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Shed Skin.

    • Cython is Free and Open SourceShed Skin is also Free and Open Source
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    PyInstaller

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    PyInstaller is a program that freezes (packages) Python programs into stand-alone executables, under Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Solaris and AIX.

    5 PyInstaller alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
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    Numba

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    Numba gives you the power to speed up your applications with high performance functions written directly in Python. With a few annotations, array-oriented and math-heavy Python code can be just-in-time compiled to native machine instructions, similar in performance to C, C++ and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    PyPy

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    PyPy is a fast, compliant alternative implementation of the Python language (2.7.1). It has several advantages and distinct features:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     

  6. py2exe

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    A distutils extension to create standalone Windows programs from Python scripts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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