Has anyone successfully compiled a Django app with Nuitka?

Hi There!

I’ve been experimenting with Nuitka (https://nuitka.net/) to optimize my Django applications. Nuitka transpiles Python code to C++ and then compiles it to machine code. However, when I attempted to compile a basic Django project, I ran into issues.

For initial testing, I set up a simple project structure as follows:

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├── .venv
├── apps
│   └── core
│       ├── migrations
│       ├── __init__.py
│       ├── admin.py
│       ├── apps.py
│       ├── models.py
│       ├── tests.py
│       └── views.py
├── build
│   ├── manage.build
│   └── manage.dist
├── manager
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── asgi.py
│   ├── settings.py
│   ├── urls.py
│   └── wsgi.py
├── .gitignore
├── .python-version
├── manage.py
├── pyproject.toml
├── README.md
└── uv.lock

The desired outcome is a set of compiled binaries generated in the build/manage.dist folder.

I installed Django 5.1.2 and Nuitka 2.4.8 (both compatible only with Python 3.12 for now), and then I ran the following command to include Django during compilation:

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uv run python -m nuitka --standalone --include-package=django --output-dir=build manage.py

However, I encountered this error:

FATAL: implicit-imports: Error, expression 'get_parameter("settings-module", None)' for module 'django.core.management' did not evaluate to 'str' result.

It seems that Nuitka is having difficulty determining the type of some code within Django. I understand this is an experimental approach and not intended for production. Has anyone had any success using Nuitka with Django, or could share insights or resources on this topic? Thanks!