1.. _other-gui-packages:
2
3Other Graphical User Interface Packages
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5
6Major cross-platform (Windows, Mac OS X, Unix-like) GUI toolkits are
7available for Python:
8
9.. seealso::
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11   `PyGTK <http://www.pygtk.org/>`_
12      is a set of bindings for the `GTK <http://www.gtk.org/>`_ widget set. It
13      provides an object oriented interface that is slightly higher level than
14      the C one. It comes with many more widgets than Tkinter provides, and has
15      good Python-specific reference documentation. There are also bindings to
16      `GNOME <https://www.gnome.org/>`_.  An online `tutorial
17      <http://www.pygtk.org/pygtk2tutorial/index.html>`_ is available.
18
19   `PyQt <https://riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro>`_
20      PyQt is a :program:`sip`\ -wrapped binding to the Qt toolkit.  Qt is an
21      extensive C++ GUI application development framework that is
22      available for Unix, Windows and Mac OS X. :program:`sip` is a tool
23      for generating bindings for C++ libraries as Python classes, and
24      is specifically designed for Python. The *PyQt3* bindings have a
25      book, `GUI Programming with Python: QT Edition
26      <https://www.commandprompt.com/community/pyqt/>`_ by Boudewijn
27      Rempt. The *PyQt4* bindings also have a book, `Rapid GUI Programming
28      with Python and Qt <https://www.qtrac.eu/pyqtbook.html>`_, by Mark
29      Summerfield.
30
31   `wxPython <http://www.wxpython.org>`_
32      wxPython is a cross-platform GUI toolkit for Python that is built around
33      the popular `wxWidgets <https://www.wxwidgets.org/>`_ (formerly wxWindows)
34      C++ toolkit.  It provides a native look and feel for applications on
35      Windows, Mac OS X, and Unix systems by using each platform's native
36      widgets where ever possible, (GTK+ on Unix-like systems).  In addition to
37      an extensive set of widgets, wxPython provides classes for online
38      documentation and context sensitive help, printing, HTML viewing,
39      low-level device context drawing, drag and drop, system clipboard access,
40      an XML-based resource format and more, including an ever growing library
41      of user-contributed modules.  wxPython has a book, `wxPython in Action
42      <https://www.manning.com/books/wxpython-in-action>`_, by Noel Rappin and
43      Robin Dunn.
44
45PyGTK, PyQt, and wxPython, all have a modern look and feel and more
46widgets than Tkinter. In addition, there are many other GUI toolkits for
47Python, both cross-platform, and platform-specific. See the `GUI Programming
48<https://wiki.python.org/moin/GuiProgramming>`_ page in the Python Wiki for a
49much more complete list, and also for links to documents where the
50different GUI toolkits are compared.
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