| Success ✅ | Failure ❌ | |------------|------------| | You lost the original .py source | The EXE was obfuscated (e.g., PyArmor, Cython) | | Educational / security research | Commercial software with anti-decompilation | | Recovering simple scripts | The EXE was compiled to C via Nuitka |
: A powerful command-line library for decompiling Python bytecode. It can be installed via pip install uncompyle6 and run as: uncompyle6 -o . your_file.pyc
If you proceed, do so ethically, legally, and only on code you own or have explicit permission to analyze.
extremecoders-re/pyinstxtractor: PyInstaller Extractor - GitHub
: Use uncompyle6 on that file: uncompyle6 -o . your_file.pyc . Important Considerations