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= GUI Programming in Python =

Python has a huge number of GUI frameworks (or toolkits) available for it, from Tkinter (traditionally bundled with Python, using Tk) to a number of other cross-platform solutions, as well as bindings to platform-specific (also known as "native") technologies.

== Cross-platform Frameworks ==

The major cross-platform technologies upon which Python frameworks are based include Gtk, Qt, Tk and wxWidgets, although many other technologies provide actively maintained Python bindings.

  || '''Package''' || '''Target''' || '''Notes''' ||
  || AnyGui || many || ("Anygui is no longer being actively developed or supported.") single source code runs on many GUI back-ends, including many in this table, plus ncurses ||
  || Claro Graphics Toolkit || Windows, GTK, MacOS || An abstraction layer and clever layout engine that uses the native GUI widgets of each operating system - visit http://www.clarographics.org/ ||
  || EasyGui || Tk || EasyGUI is a module for very simple, very easy GUI programming in Python. ||
  || FxPy || FOX || ||
  || GnomePython || Gnome || Gnome Platform bindings: bonobo, bonoboui, gconf, gnome, gnomecanvas, gnomevfs, gnomeui||
  || GnomePythonDesktop || Gnome || Gnome Desktop bindings: metacity, nautilus, gnomeprint, gtksourceview, gtop, media-profiles, totem, wnck ||
  || GnomePythonExtras || Gnome || Additional Gnome bindings: libegg, gda, gtkmozembed, gtkspell, gksu, gdl, gtkhtml2 ||
  || [:lwickjr/Modules/: GWiz] || ["Tix"] ||GUI engine with integrated GUI builder. Need Alpha testers.||
  || IronPython || .NET/Mono || Python for (originally MS') .NET platform. See http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=IronPython for more info. ||
  || ["Jython"] || Java (swing) || ||
  || 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/ ||
  || PyFltk || FlTk || supports Windows/Unix/Mac - visit http://pyfltk.sourceforge.net||
  || PyGtk || Gtk || Bindings for pango, atk, gtk and libglade ||
  || ["PyGUI"] || MacOS / Gtk || Abstract, pythonic API encapsulating different platforms; At the moment runs on MacOS X/Carbon & Unix/Gtk ||
  || ["PyKDE"] || Qt / KDE || Python wrappers for the [http://www.kde.org/ KDE] libraries ||
  || PyQt || Qt || Python bindings for the [http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/ Qt] application development framework ||
  || PyPicoGUI || [http://picogui.org/ PicoGUI] || python library is included in the main PicoGUI release ||
  || 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 ||
  || PythonCard || WxWidgets || Both a framework and GUI builder. Can include wxPython code in PythonCard apps ||
  || PyUi || OpenGL || Specialized GUI Toolkit for generating GUIs for OpenGL programs. ||
  || TkInter || Tk || Python's "standard" GUI library ||
  || TkZinc || Tk extension || TkZinc is a extension of the Tk Canvas, with transparency, gradient, transformations ||
  || 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. ||
  || ["Wax"] || WxWidgets || A wrapper to WxPython, easier and more "pythonic" ||
  || WxPython || WxWidgets || supports Windows/Unix/Mac for now - visit http://www.wxwidgets.org ||

== Platform-specific Frameworks ==

  || '''Package''' || '''Target''' || '''Notes''' ||
  || BeThon || BeOS || ||
  || MacPython || MacOS || Supports both OSX and OS9 ||
  || [http://pyobjc.sourceforge.net/ PyObjC] || MacOSX || Supports Cocoa Aqua GUIs on the Mac ||
  || ["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. ||
  || 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) ||


Anyone for a GuiProgrammingShootout?

== GUI Design Tools and IDEs ==

  || '''IDE''' ||'''Target'''||'''Notes'''||
  || BlackAdder || PyQt ||Commercial, $50-400||
  ||BoaConstructor || WxPython ||GPL, Alpha, but starting to mature. Useful for debugging wxPython code!||
  || [http://www.die-offenbachs.de/detlev/eric3.html Eric3] || PyQt ||GPL||
  || [http://farpy.holev.com FarPy GUIE] || WxPython || Freeware. Open-Source. Support wxRuby & wxPerl aswell.||
  || [http://gazpacho.sicem.biz/ Gazpacho] || PyGtk ||GPL||
  || [http://glade.gnome.org/ Glade] || PyGtk ||GPL||
  || [:lwickjr/Modules/: GWiz] || ["Tix"] ||GUI engine with integrated GUI builder. Need Alpha testers.||
  || [http://www.activestate.com Komodo] || TkInter ||Commercial ||
  || [http://page.sourceforge.net/ PAGE] || Tkinter, Tix ||?||
  || PythonCard || PythonCard, WxPython ||Python License. Alpha.||
  || PythonWorks || TkInter ||PythonWorks is no longer being developed. They still support their existing customers, but licenses are no longer available to new customers.||
  || WxDesigner || WxPython ||Commercial Student EUR 29, Single user EUR 129||
  || WxGlade || WxPython ||MIT License, Alpha.||
  || [http://sourceforge.net/projects/xrope/ xrope] || Python Tkinter || GUI, class browser, file manager, with code completion. Licensed under the GPL. ||


== 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 Thinki: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].

== Editorial Notes ==

The above lists should be arranged in ascending alphabetical order - please respect this when adding new frameworks or tools.

Currently, 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. It might 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, add-on widgets, layout managers, etc. Maybe it could answer the questions in ChoosingGuiToolkits for each toolkit.
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