Very much similar to v1.7.1, except that modifications were made to be able to create standalone package.

Author: hajimeMU

lib/Sisyphus/Configuration/_Configuration.py

@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
 import re
-import OpenSSL
+#import OpenSSL
+try:
+    import OpenSSL  # pyOpenSSL
+except Exception:
+    OpenSSL = None
 import requests
 from datetime import datetime
 from copy import deepcopy

lib/Sisyphus/Gui/Dashboard/__main__.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from threading import Timer
 from dash import Dash, html
 import dash_bootstrap_components as dbc
+from pathlib import Path
 
 
 import os, sys, io, contextlib
@@ -34,12 +35,54 @@
     register_overlay_callbacks,
 )
 
+def get_path(rel: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Resolve a path relative to the runtime root.
+
+    Frozen (PyInstaller onedir):
+      <dist>/HWDBTools/_internal/<rel>
+
+    Non-frozen (repo checkout):
+      <repo_root>/<rel>
+    """
+    rel = rel.lstrip("/").replace("\\", "/")
+
+    if getattr(sys, "frozen", False):
+        # In onedir, the EXE lives in <dist>/HWDBTools/
+        # and _internal is a sibling folder.
+        runtime_root = Path(sys.executable).resolve().parent / "_internal"
+        return str(runtime_root / rel)
+
+    # Non-frozen: infer repo root from this file location:
+    # lib/Sisyphus/Gui/Dashboard/__main__.py -> repo root is 5 parents up
+    # (__main__.py -> Dashboard -> Gui -> Sisyphus -> lib -> PROJECT_ROOT)
+    runtime_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[4]
+    return str(runtime_root / rel)
+
 #------------- create the website and interface -------
-app = Dash(
-    __name__,
+dash_kwargs = dict(
     external_stylesheets=[dbc.themes.BOOTSTRAP],
-    suppress_callback_exceptions=True
+    suppress_callback_exceptions=True,
+)
+
+if getattr(sys, "frozen", False):
+    # Frozen: our spec places Dashboard assets into _internal/assets/
+    dash_kwargs.update(
+        assets_folder=get_path("assets"),
+        assets_url_path="/assets",   # optional; Dash default is already "/assets"
     )
+
+app = Dash(__name__, **dash_kwargs)
+
+#------------- create the website and interface -------
+#app = Dash(
+#    __name__,
+#    external_stylesheets=[dbc.themes.BOOTSTRAP],
+#    suppress_callback_exceptions=True,
+#    assets_folder=get_path("assets"),
+#    assets_url_path="/assets",
+#    )
+
 app.title = "HWDB Dashboard"
 app.layout = layout
 # Force Dash to validate the layout before callback registration

lib/Sisyphus/HWDBUtility/Upload/__main__.py

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 from Sisyphus import RestApiV1 as ra
 from shutil import get_terminal_size
 
+import multiprocessing as mp
+
 
 def main(argv=None):
     logger.info(f"Starting {__name__}")
@@ -38,4 +40,5 @@ def main(argv=None):
     logger.info(f"Finished {__name__} and exiting.")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    mp.freeze_support()
     main(argv=config.remaining_args)

lib/Sisyphus/Utils/Fonts.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 """
 
 import Sisyphus
+from Sisyphus import get_path
 
 import os, sys
 from PIL import ImageFont
@@ -98,7 +99,11 @@
 #}}}
 }
 
-def list_fonts(fonts=known_fonts, name="", subdir=Sisyphus.project_root):
+def list_fonts(fonts=known_fonts, name="", subdir=None):
+    # Base directory: runtime root (works frozen + non-frozen)
+    if subdir is None:
+        subdir = get_path("")  # runtime root; resources/... will be appended below
+
     if "_subdir" in fonts.keys():
         subdir = os.path.join(subdir, fonts["_subdir"])
     if "_file" in fonts.keys():
@@ -107,6 +112,15 @@ def list_fonts(fonts=known_fonts, name="", subdir=Sisyphus.project_root):
         if key.startswith("_"):
             continue
         yield from list_fonts(fonts[key], " ".join([name, key]).strip(), subdir)
+#def list_fonts(fonts=known_fonts, name="", subdir=Sisyphus.project_root):
+#    if "_subdir" in fonts.keys():
+#        subdir = os.path.join(subdir, fonts["_subdir"])
+#    if "_file" in fonts.keys():
+#        yield name, os.path.realpath(os.path.join(subdir, fonts["_file"]))
+#    for key, value in fonts.items():
+#        if key.startswith("_"):
+#            continue
+#        yield from list_fonts(fonts[key], " ".join([name, key]).strip(), subdir)
 
 
 def get_font(name, size):

lib/Sisyphus/__init__.py

@@ -6,16 +6,46 @@
 Author: Alex Wagner <[email protected]>, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
 """
 
-import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import os, sys
 
 #version = 'v1.3.0.rel.2025.07.21a'
-version = 'v1.7.1.rel.2026.01.18a'
+version = 'v1.7.2.rel.2026.02.17a'
+
 
 project_root = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../.."))
 
-def get_path(path):
-    """Get a path relative to the project root"""
-    return os.path.realpath(os.path.join(project_root, path))
+def _runtime_root() -> Path:
+    # Frozen (PyInstaller): _MEIPASS points to the extracted runtime dir.
+    # In onedir builds, that means ".../dist/HWDBTools/_internal"
+    if getattr(sys, "frozen", False):
+        return Path(getattr(sys, "_MEIPASS", Path(sys.executable).resolve().parent / "_internal"))
+
+    # Non-frozen: keep our existing behavior
+    if "project_root" in globals():
+        return Path(project_root)
+
+    # Fallback: walk upward from this file until we find a repo marker!
+    here = Path(__file__).resolve()
+    for p in [here] + list(here.parents):
+        if (p / "lib").is_dir() and (p / "resources").is_dir():
+            return p
+    return here.parent
+
+
+_RUNTIME_ROOT = _runtime_root()
+
+
+def get_path(rel: str) -> str:
+    rel = rel.lstrip("/").replace("\\", "/")
+    return str(_RUNTIME_ROOT / rel)
+
+#def get_path(path):
+#    """Get a path relative to the project root"""
+#    return os.path.realpath(os.path.join(project_root, path))
+
+
+
 
 def display_header():
     import Sisyphus.Configuration as Config