Python3 crossplatform GUI toolkit

Question

I need a OSX and GNU/Linux compatible GUI toolkit which works with python3.

I tried GTK3 with GObject introspection, but it was hard to be deployed on OSX. Is there something like gtk builder compatible which will run on OSX ?

What my requirements are:

XML based layout with an IDE builder
Runs on OSX (and be compatible or works out of the box on GNU/Linux)
Works on Python3
Not ugly as TK :) (kidding)

Nikos C. · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-30 15:20:32Z

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You can use Qt in Python with PyQt. The advantage over Gtk is that it looks native on OS X (Qt uses Cocoa for rendering.)

More info: http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro/

If you're using Homebrew, you can install it quite easily:

brew install pyqt

Or you might find binaries on the PyQtX project page.

edited Oct 30, 2012 at 15:20

answered Oct 30, 2012 at 15:13

Nikos C.

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Damjan Dimitrioski Over a year ago

I tried, but it requires a commercial or trial licence on OS X.

Nikos C. Over a year ago

Do you mean Qt? It's available under the LGPL. You don't need a commercial license. You can use it even if your application is not open source.

ekhumoro Over a year ago

PyQt or PySide definitely tick all the boxes. The only major difference between them is the licensing - PyQt is GPL, PySide is LGPL.

Barry Wark · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-30 15:13:46Z

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There aren't any that I know of. Is the Python 3 requirement necessary? If not, you might consider Qt and the PySide bindings, or Enthought's TraitsUI framework which builds on either Wx or Qt.

answered Oct 30, 2012 at 15:13

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Damjan Dimitrioski · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-31 10:29:18Z

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Final solution:

python3 using pyqt

download the following MacOS pkg:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyqtx/files/Complete/
After installation

we run the following sample python3 program:

Code to use:

#!/usr/bin/python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import sys

from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui, uic

if we don't have any import error, then pyqt is working properly.

Tested on MacOS Lion 10.7.2

on GNU/Linux Python3 should have pyqt already working out of the box. Tested on Archlinux.

answered Oct 31, 2012 at 10:29

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