ps12exe

Introduction

ps12exe is a PowerShell module that allows you to create an executable file from a .ps1 script.

Install

Install-Module ps12exe #Install ps12exe module
Set-ps12exeContextMenu #Set right-click menu

(you can also clone this repository and run ./ps12exe.ps1 directly)

Hard to upgrade from PS2EXE to ps12exe? No problem!
PS2EXE2ps12exe can hooks PS2EXE calls into ps12exe, All you need is just uninstall PS2EXE and install this, then use PS2EXE as normal.

Uninstall-Module PS2EXE
Install-Module PS2EXE2ps12exe

Usage

Right-click menu

Once you have set Set-ps12exeContextMenu, you can quickly compile any ps1 file into an exe or open ps12exeGUI on this file by right-clicking on it.

GUI mode

ps12exeGUI

Console mode

ps12exe .\source.ps1 .\target.exe

compiles source.ps1 into the executable target.exe (if .\target.exe is omitted, output is written to .\source.exe).

'"Hello World!"' | ps12exe

compiles "Hello World!" into the executable .\a.exe.

ps12exe https://raw.githubusercontent.com/steve02081504/ps12exe/master/src/GUI/Main.ps1

compiles Main.ps1 from the internet into the executable .\Main.exe.

Self-Host WebServer

Start-ps12exeWebServer

Starts a web server that can be used to compile powerShell scripts online.

Comparative Advantages 🏆

Quick Comparison 🏁

Comparison Content	ps12exe	MScholtes/PS2EXE@678a892
Pure script repository 📦	✔️ All text files except images & dependencies	❌ Contains exe files with open source license
Command to generate hello world 🌍	😎'"Hello World!"' | ps12exe	🤔echo "Hello World!" *> a.ps1; PS2EXE a.ps1; rm a.ps1
Size of the generated hello world executable file 💾	🥰1024 bytes	😨25088 bytes
GUI multilingual support 🌐	✔️	❌
Syntax check during compilation ✔️	✔️	❌
Preprocessing feature 🔄	✔️	❌
-extract and other special parameter parsing 🧹	🗑️ Removed	🥲 Requires source code modification
PR welcome level 🤝	🥰 Welcome!	🤷 14 PRs, 13 of which were closed

Detailed Comparison 🔍

Compared to MScholtes/PS2EXE@678a892, this project brings the following improvements:

Improvement Content	Description
✔️ Syntax check during compilation	Syntax check during compilation to improve code quality
🔄 Powerful preprocessing feature	Preprocess the script before compilation, no need to copy and paste all content into the script
🛠️ -CompilerOptions parameter	New parameter, allowing you to further customize the generated executable file
📦️ -Minifyer parameter	Preprocess the script before compilation to generate a smaller executable file
🌐 Support for compiling scripts and included files from URL	Support for downloading icons from URL
🖥️ Optimization of -noConsole parameter	Optimized option handling and window title display, you can now set the title of the custom pop-up window
🧹 Removed exe files	Removed exe files from the code repository
🌍 Multilingual support, pure script GUI	Better multilingual support, pure script GUI, support for dark mode
📖 Separated cs files from ps1 files	Easier to read and maintain
🚀 More improvements	And more...

see localed readme for more details.