selfext

Selfext is a cross-platform tool that turns any compressed file into a self-extracting file. It integrates the Golang SDK to generate self-extracting files compatible with multiple platforms.

Security Notice!!!

Be cautious about running executable files sent by others.
Do not run executable files sent by strangers indiscriminately.

Install

Binary release

You can download the precompiled binary release for your platform from the releases page:

https://github.com/gzj/selfext/releases

Build from Source

To build the selfext tool, you need to have Go installed. Then, run the following commands:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/selfext.git
cd selfext
make

Usage

To turn example.zip into a self-extracting file, run:

selfext example.zip
selfext --archive example.zip --os darwin --arch arm64
#gui
python selfextg

This will generate example.zip.exe, which extracts example.zip into the example directory when run.

How it works

Selfext embeds a specified Golang SDK for different platforms.
It embeds assets_generator and wrapper_generator files, along with all required dependency packages.
Upon first run, it extracts and unpacks the Golang SDK, the wrapper, and its dependencies into the user's configuration directory.
By reading command-line parameters specifying the target archive, os, and architecture, the tool uses the Go SDK to compile wrapper_generator and assets_generator outputs along with the specified archive into a platform-specific self-extracting archive.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

GZJ/selfext