You might be wondering what a Python “package” is, and how it relates to the Python module. Essentially, a package is a group of modules with an __init__.py fie that ties them all together.

Python modules are typically installed using a package manager called 'pip', which launches a 'setup.py' file that is made available by the developer of the package for installation purposes.

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Multiple code packages were uploaded to the Python Package Index, often abbreviated as PyPI, and were subsequently incorporated into software multiple times from June through this month, Slovakia ...

A directory of Python files (essentially, a module) can be packaged into a .pyz file—a .zip -format archive—and given to someone else who has the Python runtime.

And so, only relatively recently did third-party modules start showing up that allow Python apps to be packaged as standalone binaries. PyInstaller — which I covered previously — is one such app.