Python GUI Frameworks (Guide)

What's the landscape for Python GUI frameworks and how can you use them to write graphical user interfaces using Python 2 or 3?

In this video I'm covering a number of popular frameworks you can use to build Python GUIs:

- TkInter (built into the Python standard library)
- PyQt (Qt bindings for Python, available on PyPI)
- Kivy (desktop + mobile GUI framework, available on PyPI)
- BeeWare Project / PyBee (native desktop + mobile GUI framework, available on PyPI)
- PyGame (Python game development framework)

What's your favorite way of building GUI applications with Python? Leave a comment below and share your thoughts with us :)

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[samueln]

thanks, never new kivy was a gui framework for desktop

[JCRMatos]

Please add a video where you consider the licenses of these different frameworks.

[AmanSubhan]

What about the enterprise applications, do python provide tools or toolkit like Oracle Forms or Oracle ADF?

[urbanwildcat]

Do you think that python gui's are really in the market? I mean, whenever I've tried to look for examples of python GUIs, I always end up watching examples or tutorials, but not real apps or implementations with them. What do you think about this? Are they worth it?

[carlosconcert]

Thanks for the good summary on GUI libraries. Can you advise where’s a good place to get tutorials on PyQT? I’ve been using Tk for the most part but I’ve had hard time to find training on PyQT. Thank you.

[arifbasri]

among all that, what should I choose to best teach STEM teachers?

[jackhill]

Hi, which framework would you recommend as the best one to learn first?

[kmar]

How to publish android app on google play store developed by Beeware?

[noeljose]

eel is also good lib if you have little experience in front end web developing. it will make interface designing a lot easier.

[alexandereisele]

You missed the PyGObject Framework which is similar to PyQt, but it only works properly on Linux with GTK+ based desktop environments like GNOME. Nevertheless these applications look fantastic because you can use every native widget.

[bennguyen]

Have your thoughts on this changed since making this video? Especially in regards to BeeWare/Pybee ?

Or thoughts on PyForms, RemiGui (REmote Interface), PyGObject, pygtk, wxPython? Could you use PySimpleGUI to compare?

Or using mono / xamarin?

BTW, I found Kivy a bit difficult to work with.. it doesn't seem very actively developed, and the documentation is out-dated or non-existent!

[backgroundnoiselistener]

Python seriously needs some decent GUI library like electron is for Js and PyQt was originally made for C++ and we have react native for mobile development using Js etc. At least a decent mobile development python library

[zoma]

How can I convert exe to py .
Knowing that exe was a Python code and was converted

[albertabraham]

Dan can you make some tutorial videos on building native applications using BeeWare Project?

[maroofshittu]

Hi you didn't mention remi it's a really nice gui framework,

[un_chi]

wxPython is still the best choice. Kivi looks cool but is not practical choice yet.

[JD_Mortal]

I thought you were actually going to "SHOW" the GUI... What is the point about telling us they exist? Google does that already.