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@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ General GUI Questions
What platform-independent GUI toolkits exist for Python?
========================================================
Depending on what platform(s) you are aiming at, there are several.
Depending on what platform(s) you are aiming at, there are several. Some
of them haven't been ported to Python 3 yet. At least `Tkinter`_ and `Qt`_
are known to be Python 3-compatible.
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-------
Standard builds of Python include an object-oriented interface to the Tcl/Tk
widget set, called Tkinter. This is probably the easiest to install and use.
For more info about Tk, including pointers to the source, see the Tcl/Tk home
page at http://www.tcl.tk. Tcl/Tk is fully portable to the MacOS, Windows, and
Unix platforms.
widget set, called :ref:`tkinter <Tkinter>`. This is probably the easiest to
install (since it comes included with most
`binary distributions <http://www.python.org/download/>`_ of Python) and use.
For more info about Tk, including pointers to the source, see the
`Tcl/Tk home page <http://www.tcl.tk>`_. Tcl/Tk is fully portable to the
MacOS, Windows, and Unix platforms.
wxWidgets
---------
@ -51,13 +55,15 @@ well as in freeware or shareware.
Qt
---
There are bindings available for the Qt toolkit (`PyQt
<http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/>`_) and for KDE (`PyKDE <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pykde/intro>`__). If
you're writing open source software, you don't need to pay for PyQt, but if you
want to write proprietary applications, you must buy a PyQt license from
`Riverbank Computing <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk>`_ and (up to Qt 4.4;
Qt 4.5 upwards is licensed under the LGPL license) a Qt license from `Trolltech
<http://www.trolltech.com>`_.
There are bindings available for the Qt toolkit (using either `PyQt
<http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/>`_ or `PySide
<http://www.pyside.org/>`_) and for KDE (`PyKDE <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pykde/intro>`__).
PyQt is currently more mature than PySide, but you must buy a PyQt license from
`Riverbank Computing <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/license>`_
if you want to write proprietary applications. PySide is free for all applications.
Qt 4.5 upwards is licensed under the LGPL license; also, commercial licenses
are available from `Nokia <http://qt.nokia.com/>`_.
Gtk+
----