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Note: This section is rather incomplete. Don't be too disappointed if you can't find the information you need, but please add any information you can contribute.

Todo: Would it be useful to have information about the GUIs and development tools in a fixed format to make them more easily comparable (see WebProgrammingTemplate and WebProgrammingTemplateHelp). Some categories: directly supported widgets, addon widgets, layout managers, ...

Maybe it could answer the questions in ChoosingGuiToolkits for each toolkit?

Some available GUI toolkits for Python:

Package	Target	Notes
Platform-specific ("native")
BeThon	BeOS
MacPython	MacOS	Supports both OSX and OS9
PyObjC	MacOSX	Supports Cocoa Aqua GUIs on the Mac
Win32All	Windows	Also known by the names of its components: PythonWin (for the UI), Win32Com (for COM/ActiveX), Win32 (for some other parts of the API)
["venster"]	Windows	[http://venster.sf.net Venster] is a highly native Windows GUI toolkit for Python based on the ctypes ffi library. The aim of Venster is to be a very lightweight wrapper around the standard Win32 API, making it easy to write slick windows applications in pure Python.
Portable
[:lwickjr/Modules/: GWiz]	["Tix"]	GUI engine with integrated GUI builder. Need Alpha testers.
["Jython"]	Java (swing)
TkInter	Tk	Python's "standard" GUI library
TkZinc	Tk extension	TkZinc is a extension of the Tk Canvas, with transparency, gradient, transformations
WxPython	WxWidgets	supports Windows/Unix/Mac for now - visit http://www.wxwidgets.org
["Wax"]	WxWidgets	A wrapper to WxPython, easier and more "pythonic"
PythonCard	WxWidgets	Both a framework and GUI builder. Can include wxPython code in PythonCard apps
PyGtk / PyGnome	Gtk / Gnome
PyQt	Qt	Python bindings for the [http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/ Qt] application development framework
["PyKDE"]	Qt / KDE	Python wrappers for the [http://www.kde.org/ KDE] libraries
PyFltk	FlTk	supports Windows/Unix/Mac - visit http://pyfltk.sourceforge.net
FxPy	FOX
PyPicoGUI	[http://picogui.org/ PicoGUI]	python library is included in the main PicoGUI release
AnyGui	many	single source code runs on many GUI back-ends, including most others in this table, plus ncurses
PyUi	OpenGL	Specialized GUI Toolkit for generating GUIs for OpenGL programs.
["PyGUI"]	MacOS / Gtk	Abstract, pythonic API encapsulating different platforms; At the moment runs on MacOS X/Carbon & Unix/Gtk
EasyGui	Tk	EasyGUI is a module for very simple, very easy GUI programming in Python.
PySWT	SWT	PySWT is a Python Binding to the IBM Eclipse SWT library, to provide Python with a cross platform native looking GUI, see http://www.cs.nyu.edu/zilin/pyswt/pmwiki.php?n=PySWT.Introduction
VTK	many	The Visualization ToolKit (VTK) is an open source, freely available software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization. See http://public.kitware.com/VTK/index.php for more info.
IronPython	.NET/Mono	Python for (originally MS') .NET platform. See http://workspaces.gotdotnet.com/ironpython for more info.
Nufox	XUL (many)	Nufox is a python, XUL toolkit written ontop of the Twisted Networking Framework and Nevow. The idea is that you should be able to write server-side cross platform XUL applications without writing XUL markup, with little javascript, all from the comfort of python, http://nufox.berlios.de/

Anyone for a GuiProgrammingShootout?

GUI builders:

IDE	Target	Notes
BoaConstructor	WxPython	GPL, Alpha, but starting to mature. Useful for debugging wxPython code!
BlackAdder	PyQt	Commercial, $50-400
[http://www.die-offenbachs.de/detlev/eric3.html Eric3]	PyQt	GPL
[:lwickjr/Modules/: GWiz]	["Tix"]	GUI engine with integrated GUI builder. Need Alpha testers.
PythonWorks	TkInter	Commercial, $400 for single licence.
PythonCard	PythonCard, WxPython	Python License. Alpha.
WxDesigner	WxPython	Commercial Student EUR 29, Single user EUR 129
WxGlade	WxPython	MIT License, Alpha.

Links

CameronLaird's personal notes on Python GUIs [http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.python/python_GUI.html] includes over 25 links to toolkits and techniques for connecting python with a GUI.

Other places to look are PythonGuis at Thinki, and http://sensei.co.il/python/ui.html .

[http://www.opendocs.org/ Opendocs] has some material on Qt programming with python for on-line reading.

http://www.awaretek.com/toolkits.html - Choose Your GUI Toolkit: Find Your GUI Toolkit for Python based on your preferences. Quick cgi application which helps you make a choice. See also [http://awaretek.com/plf.html Python City].

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  || BeThon          || BeOS         || ||
  || MacPython       || MacOS        || Supports both OSX and OS9 ||
  || PyObjC          || MacOSX       || Supports Cocoa Aqua GUIs on the Mac ||
  || Win32All        || Windows      || Also known by the names of its components: PythonWin (for the UI), Win32Com (for COM/ActiveX), Win32 (for some other parts of the API) ||
  || ["venster"]     || Windows      || [http://venster.sf.net Venster] is a highly native Windows GUI toolkit for Python based on the ctypes ffi library. The aim of Venster is to be a very lightweight wrapper around the standard Win32 API, making it easy to write slick windows applications in pure Python. ||
  ||||||<bgcolor='#E0E0FF'> Portable ||
  || [:lwickjr/Modules/: GWiz] || ["Tix"] ||GUI engine with integrated GUI builder. Need Alpha testers.||
  || ["Jython"]      || Java (swing) || ||
  || TkInter         || Tk           || Python's "standard" GUI library ||
  || TkZinc          || Tk extension || TkZinc is a extension of the Tk Canvas, with transparency, gradient, transformations ||
  || WxPython        || WxWidgets    || supports Windows/Unix/Mac for now - visit http://www.wxwidgets.org ||
  || ["Wax"]             || WxWidgets    || A wrapper to WxPython, easier and more "pythonic" ||
  || PythonCard   || WxWidgets   || Both a framework and GUI builder. Can include wxPython code in PythonCard apps ||
  || PyGtk / PyGnome || Gtk / Gnome  || ||
  || PyQt            || Qt           || Python bindings for the [http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/ Qt] application development framework ||
  || ["PyKDE"]            || Qt / KDE           || Python wrappers for the [http://www.kde.org/ KDE] libraries ||
  || PyFltk          || FlTk         || supports Windows/Unix/Mac - visit http://pyfltk.sourceforge.net||
  || FxPy            || FOX          || ||
  || PyPicoGUI || [http://picogui.org/ PicoGUI] || python library is included in the main PicoGUI release ||
  || AnyGui          || many         || single source code runs on many GUI back-ends, including most others in this table, plus ncurses ||
  || PyUi            || OpenGL       || Specialized GUI Toolkit for generating GUIs for OpenGL programs. ||
  || ["PyGUI"]           || MacOS / Gtk  || Abstract, pythonic API encapsulating different platforms; At the moment runs on MacOS X/Carbon & Unix/Gtk ||
  || EasyGui           || Tk  || EasyGUI is a module for very simple, very easy GUI programming in Python. ||
  || PySWT           || SWT  || PySWT is a Python Binding to the IBM Eclipse SWT library, to provide Python with a cross platform native looking GUI, see http://www.cs.nyu.edu/zilin/pyswt/pmwiki.php?n=PySWT.Introduction ||
  || VTK             || many || The Visualization ToolKit (VTK) is an open source, freely available software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization. See http://public.kitware.com/VTK/index.php for more info. ||
  || IronPython      || .NET/Mono || Python for (originally MS') .NET platform. See http://workspaces.gotdotnet.com/ironpython for more info. ||
  || Nufox || XUL (many) || Nufox is a python, XUL toolkit written ontop of the Twisted Networking Framework and Nevow. The idea is that you should be able to write server-side cross platform XUL applications without writing XUL markup, with little javascript, all from the comfort of python, http://nufox.berlios.de/  ||
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  ||BoaConstructor  || WxPython   ||GPL, Alpha, but starting to mature. Useful for debugging wxPython code!||
  || BlackAdder     || PyQt       ||Commercial, $50-400||
  || [http://www.die-offenbachs.de/detlev/eric3.html Eric3] || PyQt ||GPL||
  || [:lwickjr/Modules/: GWiz] || ["Tix"] ||GUI engine with integrated GUI builder. Need Alpha testers.||
  || PythonWorks    || TkInter    ||Commercial, $400 for single licence.||
  || PythonCard     || PythonCard, WxPython   ||Python License. Alpha.||
  || WxDesigner     || WxPython   ||Commercial Student EUR 29, Single user EUR 129||
  || WxGlade        || WxPython   ||MIT License, Alpha.||
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