README.md

packing with pyinstaller:

in order to obfuscate a python script with obsidian, you first need to make sure you have installed pyinstaller via pip. then clone and compile the forked obsidian-pyinstaller repo found here. here are the steps on Windows:

1. install the offical MSYS2 UCRT64 package from https://www.msys2.org/
2. open the terminal, then run pacman -Syu && pacman -S --needed mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc
3. use the same MSYS2 terminal to open cmd.exe then navigate to obsidian-pyinstaller cloned folder
4. compile the forked pyinstaller package with python waf all

once complete, copy contents of obsidian-pyinstaller/pyinstaller/bootloader/Windows-64bit-intel directory to the system installation of pyinstallers bootloader (usually found in the site-packages/PyInstaller/bootloader folder of you python installation). it is recommended to backup the old bootloader before doing this step otherwise you will have to reinstall pyinstaller to use it without packing.

5. run obsidian with the --pyinstaller flag:

.\obsidian.ce.universal.exe --pyinstaller script.py obfuscated-py.exe