PEX files for bundling python distributions

25-03-2025

PEX (developed by Twitter):

• https://docs.pex-tool.org/
• https://github.com/twitter-archive/commons

Background:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmpnGhRwsu0
• https://tunnelshade.in/blog/playing-with-pex/
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42148220
• https://peps.python.org/pep-0441/

Used cases:

• LinkedIn
  • https://medium.com/pinterest-engineering/building-a-python-monorepo-for-fast-reliable-development-be763781f67
• IBM
  • https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/case-study-incrementally-migrating-a-python-monorepo-from-bazel-to-pants/

Other:

• https://www.pantsbuild.org/