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Deleted comment: XXX Reference URLs that compare the different UI packages
They are too changeable, so instead I've added a reference to the Python Wiki page which has such links. Dropped coverage of PyKDE because it is platform-specific. I think it is best to only list cross-platform GUI libraries here and leave people to go to the Wiki for platform-specific GUI libraries. Dropped the listing for FXPy since its website hasn't been updated since 2002 and its most "up-to-date" installer for Windows is for Python 2.2! Slightly slimmed down wxWidgets coverage for balance. So now only the "big 3" cross-platform toolkits, PyGTK, PyQt, and wxPython, are listed, and they now appear in alphabetical order.
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Other GUI packages are also available for Python:
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The major cross-platform (Windows, Mac OS X, Unix-like) GUI toolkits that are
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also available for Python:
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.. seealso::
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`PyGTK <http://www.pygtk.org/>`_
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is a set of bindings for the `GTK <http://www.gtk.org/>`_ widget set. It
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provides an object oriented interface that is slightly higher level than the C
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one. It comes with many more widgets than Tkinter provides, and
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has good Python-specific reference documentation. There are also `bindings
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<http://www.daa.com.au/~james/gnome/>`_ to `GNOME <http://www.gnome.org>`_.
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One well known PyGTK application is
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`PythonCAD <http://www.pythoncad.org/>`_. An
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online `tutorial <http://www.pygtk.org/pygtk2tutorial/index.html>`_ is
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available.
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`PyQt <//http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt/index.php>`_
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PyQt is a :program:`sip`\ -wrapped binding to the Qt toolkit. Qt is an
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extensive C++ GUI application development framework that is
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available for Unix, Windows and Mac OS X. :program:`sip` is a tool
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for generating bindings for C++ libraries as Python classes, and
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is specifically designed for Python. The *PyQt3* bindings have a
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book, `GUI Programming with Python: QT Edition
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<http://www.commandprompt.com/community/pyqt/>`_ by Boudewijn
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Rempt. The *PyQt4* bindings also have a book, `Rapid GUI Programming
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with Python and Qt <http://www.qtrac.eu/pyqtbook.html>`_, by Mark
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Summerfield.
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`wxPython <http://www.wxpython.org>`_
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wxPython is a cross-platform GUI toolkit for Python that is built around the
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popular `wxWidgets <http://www.wxwidgets.org/>`_ C++ toolkit. It provides a
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popular `wxWidgets <http://www.wxwidgets.org/>`_ (formerly
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wxWindows) C++ toolkit. It provides a
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native look and feel for applications on Windows, Mac OS X, and Unix systems by
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using each platform's native widgets where ever possible, (GTK+ on Unix-like
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systems). In addition to an extensive set of widgets, wxPython provides classes
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for online documentation and context sensitive help, printing, HTML viewing,
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low-level device context drawing, drag and drop, system clipboard access, an
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XML-based resource format and more, including an ever growing library of user-
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contributed modules. Both the wxWidgets and wxPython projects are under active
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development and continuous improvement, and have active and helpful user and
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developer communities.
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contributed modules. wxPython has a book,
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`wxPython in Action <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1932394621>`_,
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by Noel Rappin and Robin Dunn.
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`wxPython in Action <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1932394621>`_
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The wxPython book, by Noel Rappin and Robin Dunn.
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PyQt
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PyQt is a :program:`sip`\ -wrapped binding to the Qt toolkit. Qt is an
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extensive C++ GUI toolkit that is available for Unix, Windows and Mac OS X.
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:program:`sip` is a tool for generating bindings for C++ libraries as Python
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classes, and is specifically designed for Python. An online manual is available
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at http://www.opendocspublishing.com/pyqt/ (errata are located at
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http://www.valdyas.org/python/book.html).
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`PyKDE <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pykde/index.php>`_
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PyKDE is a :program:`sip`\ -wrapped interface to the KDE desktop libraries. KDE
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is a desktop environment for Unix computers; the graphical components are based
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on Qt.
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`FXPy <http://fxpy.sourceforge.net/>`_
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is a Python extension module which provides an interface to the `FOX
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<http://www.cfdrc.com/FOX/fox.html>`_ GUI. FOX is a C++ based Toolkit for
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developing Graphical User Interfaces easily and effectively. It offers a wide,
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and growing, collection of Controls, and provides state of the art facilities
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such as drag and drop, selection, as well as OpenGL widgets for 3D graphical
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manipulation. FOX also implements icons, images, and user-convenience features
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such as status line help, and tooltips.
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Even though FOX offers a large collection of controls already, FOX leverages C++
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to allow programmers to easily build additional Controls and GUI elements,
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simply by taking existing controls, and creating a derived class which simply
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adds or redefines the desired behavior.
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`PyGTK <http://www.daa.com.au/~james/software/pygtk/>`_
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is a set of bindings for the `GTK <http://www.gtk.org/>`_ widget set. It
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provides an object oriented interface that is slightly higher level than the C
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one. It automatically does all the type casting and reference counting that you
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would have to do normally with the C API. There are also `bindings
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<http://www.daa.com.au/~james/gnome/>`_ to `GNOME <http://www.gnome.org>`_, and
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a `tutorial
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<http://laguna.fmedic.unam.mx/~daniel/pygtutorial/pygtutorial/index.html>`_ is
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available.
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.. % XXX Reference URLs that compare the different UI packages
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PyGTK, PyQt, and wxPython, all have a modern look and feel and far more
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widgets and better documentation than Tkinter. In addition,
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there are many other GUI toolkits for Python, both cross-platform, and
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platform-specific. See the `GUI Programming
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<http://wiki.python.org/moin/GuiProgramming>`_ page in the Python Wiki for a
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much more complete list, and also for links to documents where the
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different GUI toolkits are compared.
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