Optimised Build Script to reduce exe size

Author: theJayTea

pyinstaller-build-script.py

@@ -1,33 +1,103 @@
-import os
-import subprocess
-
-def run_pyinstaller_build():
-    pyinstaller_command = [
-        "pyinstaller",
-        "--onefile",
-        "--windowed",
-        "--icon=icons/app_icon.ico",
-        "main.py"
-    ]
-
-    try:
-        os.system("rmdir /s /q dist")
-
-        subprocess.run(pyinstaller_command, check=True)
-        print("Build completed successfully!")
-
-        os.rename("dist/main.exe", "dist/Writing Tools.exe")
-
-        os.system("mkdir dist\\icons")
-
-        os.system("copy /Y *.png dist")
-        os.system("copy /Y icons\\*.* dist\\icons")
-
-        os.system("powershell Compress-Archive -Path dist -DestinationPath 'dist\\Writing Tools.zip'")
-
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-        print(f"Build failed with error: {e}")
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    run_pyinstaller_build()
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+
+def run_pyinstaller_build():
+    pyinstaller_command = [
+        "pyinstaller",
+        "--onefile",
+        "--windowed",
+        "--icon=icons/app_icon.ico",
+        "--name=Writing Tools",
+        "--clean",
+        "--noconfirm",
+        # Exclude unnecessary modules
+        "--exclude-module", "tkinter",
+        "--exclude-module", "unittest",
+        "--exclude-module", "IPython",
+        "--exclude-module", "jedi",
+        "--exclude-module", "email_validator",
+        "--exclude-module", "cryptography",
+        "--exclude-module", "psutil",
+        "--exclude-module", "pyzmq",
+        "--exclude-module", "tornado",
+        # Exclude modules related to PySide6 that are not used
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtNetwork",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtXml",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtQml",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtQuick",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtQuickWidgets",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtPrintSupport",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtSql",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtTest",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtSvg",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtSvgWidgets",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtHelp",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtMultimedia",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtMultimediaWidgets",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtOpenGL",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtOpenGLWidgets",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtPositioning",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtLocation",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtSerialPort",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtWebChannel",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtWebSockets",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtWinExtras",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtNetworkAuth",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtRemoteObjects",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtTextToSpeech",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtWebEngineCore",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtWebEngineWidgets",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtWebEngine",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtBluetooth",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtNfc",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtWebView",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtCharts",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtDataVisualization",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtPdf",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtPdfWidgets",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtQuick3D",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtQuickControls2",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtQuickParticles",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtQuickTest",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtQuickWidgets",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtSensors",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.QtStateMachine",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.Qt3DCore",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.Qt3DRender",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.Qt3DInput",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.Qt3DLogic",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.Qt3DAnimation",
+        "--exclude-module", "PySide6.Qt3DExtras",
+        "main.py"
+    ]
+
+    try:
+        # Remove previous build directories
+        if os.path.exists('dist'):
+            os.system("rmdir /s /q dist")
+        if os.path.exists('build'):
+            os.system("rmdir /s /q build")
+        if os.path.exists('__pycache__'):
+            os.system("rmdir /s /q __pycache__")
+
+        # Run PyInstaller
+        subprocess.run(pyinstaller_command, check=True)
+        print("Build completed successfully!")
+
+        # Clean up unnecessary files
+        if os.path.exists('build'):
+            os.system("rmdir /s /q build")
+        if os.path.exists('__pycache__'):
+            os.system("rmdir /s /q __pycache__")
+
+        # No need to copy data files manually since they are included
+        # in the executable using --add-data
+
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        print(f"Build failed with error: {e}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    run_pyinstaller_build()