Which Python GUI library should you use? Comparing the Python GUI libraries available in 2023

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Tkinter

Tkinter is a simple library with support for standard layouts and widgets, as well as more complex widgets such as tabbed views & progressbars. Tkinter is a pure GUI library, not a framework. There is no built-in support for GUIs driven from data sources, databases, or for displaying or manipulating multimedia or hardware. However, if you need to make something simple that doesn't require any additional dependencies, Tkinter may be what you are looking for. Tkinter is cross-platform however the widgets can look outdated, particularly on Windows.

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PyQt

Before the Qt Company (under Nokia) released the officially supported PySide library in 2009, Riverbank Computing had released PyQt in 1998. The main difference between these two libraries is in licensing. The free-to-use version of PyQt is licensed under GNU General Public License (GPL) v3 but PySide is licensed under GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). This means that PyQt is limited GPL-licensed applications unless you purchase its commercial version, while PySide may be used in non-GPL applications without any additional fee. However, note that both these libraries are separate from Qt itself which also has a free-to-use, open source version and a paid, commercial version.

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PySide

Before the Qt Company (under Nokia) released the officially supported PySide library in 2009, Riverbank Computing had released PyQt in 1998. The main difference between these two libraries is in licensing. The free-to-use version of PyQt is licensed under GNU General Public License (GPL) v3 but PySide is licensed under GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). This means that PyQt is limited GPL-licensed applications unless you purchase its commercial version, while PySide may be used in non-GPL applications without any additional fee. However, note that both these libraries are separate from Qt itself which also has a free-to-use, open source version and a paid, commercial version.

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Kivy

The look and feel of Kivy is extremely customizable, allowing it to be used as an alternative to libraries like Pygame (for making games with Python). The developers have also released a number of separate libraries for Kivy. Some provide Kivy with better integration and access to certain platform-specific features, or help package your application for distribution on platforms like Android and iOS. Kivy has it's own design language called Kv, which is similar to QML for Qt. It allows you to easily separate the interface design from your application's logic.

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PySimpleGUI

PySimpleGUI aims to simplify GUI application development for Python. It doesn't reinvent the wheel but provides a wrapper around other existing frameworks such as Tkinter, Qt (PySide 2), WxPython and Remi. By doing so, it not only lowers the barrier to creating a GUI but also allows you to easily migrate from one GUI framework to another by simply changing the import statement. While there is a separate port of PySimpleGUI for each of these frameworks, the Tkinter version is considered the most feature complete with the Qt version coming in at second. At the time of writing, the other ports are still more or less a work-in-progress.

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wxPython

WxPython is under active development and is also currently being reimplemented from scratch under the name 'WxPython Phoenix'. The team behind WxWidgets is also responsible for WxPython, which was initially released in 1998.

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PyGObject

PyGObject is developed and maintained under the GNOME Foundation, who is also responsible for the GNOME desktop environment. PyGObject replaces several separate Python modules, including PyGTK, GIO and python-gnome, which were previously required to create a full GNOME/GTK application. Its initial release was in 2006 and it is licensed under an older version of LGPL (v2.1). While there are some differences with the current version of LGPL (v3), the license still allows its use in proprietary applications but requires any modification to the library itself to be released as open source.

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Remi Bot

Remi, which stands for REMote Interface, is the ideal solution for applications that are intended to be run on servers and other headless setups. (For example, on a Raspberry Pi.) Unlike most other GUI frameworks/libraries, Remi is rendered completely in the browser using a built-in web server. Hence, it is completely platform-independent and runs equally well on all platforms.

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