Idea: uvfile (`uv` + embedded Python script, similar to llamafile)

[phirsch]

Feel free to close if too wild/off-topic.

I was wondering whether there would be a place for something similar to llamafile (i.e. bundling an APE executable along with data), but applied to uv.

This would allow to distribute stand-alone python scripts as single-file multi-platform executables. Since uv already accepts self-describing Python files including PEP-723 metadata headers to specify dependencies, and it is a standalone static binary, it looks like an ideal basis for this kind of tool (which I haven't seen implemented anywhere yet).

Any thoughts?

[jart]

You can download Python as an APE binary from here: https://cosmo.zip/pub/cosmos/bin/

Doing something with uv is currently blocked on cosmo+rust support. https://ahgamut.github.io/2022/07/27/ape-rust-example/ We've had limited success with it in the past. But I predict it'll finally happen by the end of the year. So keep following the project and we'll be able to take care of you soon enough.