# zipapp

Published: 13 October 2020, 18:00

The module [zipapp](https://docs.python.org/3/library/zipapp.html) can pack a python module into a zip archive that can be executed directly by a Python interpreter. It is a good way to ship CLI tools:

```bash
$ mkdir example
$ echo 'print("hello, @pythonetc!")' > example/__main__.py
$ python3 -m zipapp example
$ python3 example.pyz
hello, @pythonetc!
```