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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-Browser Frameworks

Package

Target

Latest version

Latest update date

Notes

Atlas toolkit for Python

All major Web Browsers

0.12

2020-08-28

For versatile GUIs written in HTML/CSS and Python (no JavaScript needed) - The lightweight and easy-to-use toolkit to begin with GUI programming.

PyJamas

All major Web Browsers

0.8

2012-06-01

Comprehensive Widget toolkit, Python-to-Javascript compiler and AJAX library. Provides the "V" in MVC. Note PyjamasDesktop was merged into pyjamas.

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

Latest version

Latest update

Notes

appJar

Windows, MacOS, Linux

0.94

2019-05-26

Simple & intuitive wrapper for Tkinter. In active development, designed for educational purposes, heavily documented & feature rich!

AVC

Linux / many

0.11.0

2016-02-16

Fully automatic, live connection among graphical interface widgets and application variables.

CEF Python

Windows, MacOS, Linux

66.0

2018-08-20

Python bindings for the CEF Framework. CEF is based on Google Chromium and focuses on facilitating embedded browser use cases in third-party applications. With CEF you can create a light-weight native “shell” application that hosts a user interface developed primarily using Web technologies. Examples of embedding CEF browser control are available for many popular GUI toolkits such as PyQt, PySide, wxPython, PyGTK, PyGObject, Kivy and PyGame/PyOpenGL.

Dabo

WxPython

0.9.16

2016-08-16

Dabo is a 3-tier, cross-platform application development framework, written in Python atop the wxPython GUI toolkit

DearPyGui

Windows, MacOS, Linux

0.6.117

2020-12-28

Dear PyGui A GPU Accelerated Python GUI Framework. At its' core it is a Python implementation of Dear ImGui. Docs are located on the Github Wiki.

formlayout

Qt

1.1.0

2015-11-15

A tiny Python module for creating form dialogs/widgets to edit various type of parameters with having to write any GUI code

gui2py

WxPython (WxWidgets)

0.9.3

2013-08-26

Both a framework and visual tools: GUI Designer, Inspector and Property Editor. Supports Python 2.5 to Python 3.2; wxPython 2.8 "stable", 2.9 "classic" and "phoenix" (py3k). Features advanced pythonic MVC controls (ListView, GridView, TreeView) using list- and dict-like objects; masked and date picker controls; common dialogs; fluid layout using sizers & basic HTML; simplified event model (similar to JavaScript). Can include wxPython code in apps. Modern PythonCard "fork" hugely enhanced.

guidata

Qt

1.7.6

2016-10-09

Based on the Qt Python binding module PyQt4, guidata is a Python library generating graphical user interfaces for easy dataset editing and display. It also provides helpers and application development tools for PyQt4.

guietta

Qt

0.3.5

2020-07-10

A Qt wrapper that makes it extremely easy to create simple graphical interfaces

Gooey

wxPython

1.0.3

2019-09-22

Converts most argparse based CLI programs into wxPythonGUI programs with a single import and decorator.

guizero

Windows, MacOS, Linux (Tkinter based)

1.1.1

2020-11-27

The aim of guizero is to make the process of creating simple GUIs quick, accessible and understandable for children. It is a Python 3 library based on Tkinter, for creating simple GUIs.

IronPython

.NET/Mono

2.7.4

2013-09-07

Python for (originally MS') .NET platform. See IronPython for more info.

Jython

Java

2.7.2

2020-03-21

Jython is an implementation of Python seamlessly integrated with the Java platform. See Jython

Kivy

Windows, MacOSX, Linux, Android, iOS

2.0.0

2020-12-10

OpenGL ES accelerated framework for creating new user interfaces. Kivy have a native multitouch support for every platform, mouse simulator, widgets multitouch ready, integrated virtual keyboard, rst renderer...

libavg

Windows, MacOS, Linux

1.8.2

2014-07-16

Not strictly a GUI toolkit, but a high-level multimedia framework that allows construction of media-rich guis.

PyFltk

FLTK

1.3.5

2020-06-12

supports Windows/Unix/Mac and provides access to OpenGL features. Stands for Fast, Light Toolkit.(Python 2 & 3)

PyForms

Qt & OpenGL


2016-12-20

A Python framework to develop GUI application, which promotes modular software design and code reusability with minimal effort.

PyGame

PyGame

2.0.0

2020-10-28

Pygame is a set of Python modules designed for writing video games.

Pyglet

Windows, MacOS, Linux

1.5.14

2020-12-31

Cross-platform windowing and multimedia library that heavily uses OpenGL.

PyGObject

GTK

3.38.0

2020-09-12

PyGObject (aka PyGI). Python Bindings for GLib/GObject/GIO/GTK. Replacement for PyGtk. See PyGobject

PyGtk

GTK

2.24.0

2011-04-01

Bindings for pango, atk, GTK and libglade. Note: New users are encouraged to use GTK 3 through the PyGObject bindings instead of using PyGTK with GTK 2. See PyGtk.

pygir-ctypes

GObject Introspection

0.1.1

2011-03-29

Pure Python GObject Introspection Repository (GIR) wrapper using ctypes. Supported CPython >= 2.6, CPython 3.x, PyPy >= 1.4.0, and on all platforms where gobject introspection is supported.

PyGUI

Cocoa / GTK / Win32

2.5.3

2011-07-16

Abstract, pythonic API encapsulating different platforms.

PyQt

Qt

5.15.1

2020-09-12

Python bindings for the Qt application development framework (Python 2 & 3)

PySciter

Sciter

4.3.0.6

2016-02-16

Python bindings for the Sciter - embeddable HTML/CSS UI engine. Windows, MacOS, Linux and mobiles.

PySide

Qt

5.15.0

2020-06-15

The Qt for Python (PySide) project provides licensed Python bindings for the Qt cross-platform application and UI framework.

PySimpleGUI

tkinter, Qt, wxPython,Browser, Win, Mac, Linux, Pi, PyDroid3, Trinket

4.33.0

2021-01-02

Wraps tkinter, Qt (pyside2), wxPython and Remi (for browser support) in a non-OOP API. Build custom GUI layouts in minutes in a few lines of code. Easy enough for beginners, powerful enough for advanced users. Extensive documentation. 100+ Built-in color themes. Runs online using Trinket. 200+ example programs. Updated frequently

pywebview

Cocoa / Win32 / Qt / GTK

0.8.2

2015-10-08

Pywebview is a lightweight cross-platform native wrapper around a webview component that allows to display HTML content in its own dedicated window.

Sugar

OLPC XO with Linux

0.98.5

2013-03-08

User interface for collaborative educational software

Toga

OSX, GTK, iOS

0.2.4

2016-10-13

Cross platform, Python native GUI toolkit that uses native system widgets. Under development as part of the BeeWare project. (Latest releases)

TkInter

Tk

Included in Python standard library

Python's "standard" GUI library (Documentation)

Traits/TraitsUI

Qt or Wx on Windows, MacOS, Linux

6.0.0

2018-04-03

The Traits/TraitsUI package offers the ability to build scalable and cross-platforms GUIs simply by focusing on the model being viewed, and offering default widgets for various types of objects. It abstracts away the implementation, which can currently use PyQt, Pyside or WxPython. In the simplest case, it can automatically generate a user interface for editing a (Traits-based) object, with no additional coding on the part of the programmer-user. In more sophisticated uses, it can implement a Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern for Traits-based objects.

VTK

many

6.1.0

2014-01-22

The Visualization ToolKit (VTK) is an open source, freely available software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization.

wxPython

wxWidgets

4.1.1

2020-11-21

Supports Windows/Unix/Mac. See wxPython. Supports Python 2.7 and >=3.4, pip installable. Wraps & extends the wxWidgets toolchain. Permissive Licence.

Platform-specific Frameworks

Package

Target

Latest version

Latest update

Notes

Chaquopy

Android

8.0.1

2020-07-28

A plugin for Android Studio's Gradle-based build system. Supports embedding Python code within a regular Java/Kotlin app, or writing an app entirely in Python with full access to the Android API.

PyObjC

MacOSX

6.2.2

2020-07-08

Supports Cocoa Aqua GUIs on the Mac

PyMUI

MorphOS

0.7.0

2013-12-27

LGPL MagicUserInterface wrapper for Python. Support for MorphOS 2.x.(Python 2.7)

pywin32

Windows

228

2020-06-13

Previously called win32all. Also known by the names of its components: PythonWin (for the UI), Win32Com (for COM/ActiveX), Win32 (for some other parts of the API)

GUI Design Tools and IDEs

IDE

Target

Latest version

Latest update date

Notes

The Eric Python IDE

PyQt

6 (21.1)

2021-01-02

Eric is a full featured Python editor and IDE, written in Python. It is based on the cross platform Qt UI toolkit, integrating the highly flexible Scintilla editor control.

https://github.com/reingart/gui2py

WxPython

0.9.6.1

2016-09-05

Visual GUI Designer, Inspector and Property Editor (embeddable). PythonCard "fork". LGPL3.

Glade

PyGobject

3.38.1

2020-10-04

Glade is a RAD tool to enable quick & easy development of user interfaces for the GTK toolkit and the GNOME desktop environment.

Komodo

TkInter

12.0.1

2020-02-10

Commercial

NodeBox

MacOSX, Win, Linux

3.0.51

2018-01-08

App to creating 2D visuals using Python programming code.

PAGE

TkInter, ttk

6.0.1

2020-12-17

PAGE is a cross-platform drag-and-drop GUI generator, bearing a resemblance to Visual Basic. It allows one to easily create Python GUI windows containing a selection of Tk and ttk widgets.

pygubu

TkInter

0.10.3

2020-10-03

GPL TkInter GUI builder (exports XML ".ui" files) and RAD tool inspired by Glade.

PyScripter

Windows

2.5.1

2012-03-19

MIT Open Source IDE developed using Python and Delphi. See PyScripter.(Python 2 & 3)

PythonToolkit (PTK)

Windows/Linux/Mac

13.01

2013-03-07

An interactive environment for python, suitable for interactive GUI programming with different GUI toolkits (wxPython, TkInter, pyGTK, pyQT4 and PySide)

wxFormBuilder

wxPython

3.9.0

2018-10-26

GPL cross-platform WYSIWYG GUI builder. Can produce XRC/XML, wxWidgets/C++, or wxPython/python.

wxGlade

wxPython

1.0.0

2020-12-20

MIT License, wxGlade is a GUI designer written in Python with the popular GUI toolkit wxPython, that helps you create wxWidgets/wxPython user interfaces.. See WxGlade supports Python >= 2.7 (recommended 3.5/3.6) and wxPython >=2.8 (recommended 4.0)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_integrated_development_environments#Python - Wikipedia article describing several IDE's and GUI Builders.

Editorial Notes

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


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