8th September 2021
TIL
Bundling Python inside an Electron app
— For [Datasette Desktop](https://datasette.io/desktop) I chose to bundle a full version of Python 3.9 inside my `Datasette.app` application. I did this in order to support installation of plugins via `pip install` - you can read more about my reasoning in [Datasette Desktop—a macOS desktop application for Datasette](https://simonwillison.net/2021/Sep/8/datasette-desktop/).
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