Manually building the binary

If you want to build the standalone binary yourself, here is a tutorial for you

This process can vary from time to time as dependencies change, resulting in potential errors. If you don't need to compile the binaries yourself for a specific reason it is recommended to use the precompiled binaries from GitHub.

Linux

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Pennyw0rth/NetExec.git
cd NetExec

Create a virtual environment for pip, install pyinstaller and build the binary:

virtualenv env
source env/bin/activate
sudo apt remove python3-pyinstaller     # Remove old apt pyinstaller
pip install pyinstaller .
pyinstaller netexec.spec                # This will compile the binary

You should now have compiled binaries:

./dist/nxc

Windows

For Windows Rust is required to build the python dependencies.

Go to the Rust installation page and follow the installation instructions: https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install

With Rust installed clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Pennyw0rth/NetExec.git
cd NetExec

Set up a virtual environment, install required packages and build the binary:

python -m venv env
source env/Scripts/activate
pip install pyinstaller pillow .
pyinstaller netexec.spec

You should now have compiled binary:

./dist/nxc.exe