PySide vs Eel

PySide

ATTENTION: This project is deprecated, please refer to PySide2 (by pyside)

GUI

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Eel

A little Python library for making simple Electron-like HTML/JS GUI apps [Moved to: https://github.com/ChrisKnott/Eel] (by samuelhwilliams)

GUI

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PySide		Eel
	Project
-	Mentions	1
285	Stars	4,108
0.7%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	5.4
over 7 years ago	Latest Commit	over 3 years ago
Python	Language	Python
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only	License	MIT License

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PySide

Posts with mentions or reviews of PySide. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

Eel

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1 project | dev.to | 20 Jan 2021

In a previous post, we explore Eel, which is a cool python library that allow us to create web based GUI's for our python scripts.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing PySide and Eel you can also consider the following projects:

kivy - Open source UI framework written in Python, running on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android and iOS

pywebview - Build GUI for your Python program with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

wxPython

Flexx - Write desktop and web apps in pure Python

Toga - A Python native, OS native GUI toolkit.

PyGObject - Tutorial for using GTK+ 3 in Python

PySimpleGUI - Python GUIs for Humans! PySimpleGUI is the top-rated Python application development environment. Launched in 2018 and actively developed, maintained, and supported in 2024. Transforms tkinter, Qt, WxPython, and Remi into a simple, intuitive, and fun experience for both hobbyists and expert users.

DearPyGui - Dear PyGui: A fast and powerful Graphical User Interface Toolkit for Python with minimal dependencies

Qt Style Sheet Inspector - A inspector to be able to view and edit Qt style sheet while an application is running