Eel vs Flexx

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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Flexx

Write desktop and web apps in pure Python (by flexxui)

GUI Python UI Web Html5

Source Code

flexx.readthedocs.io

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Eel		Flexx
	Project
1	Mentions	5
4,108	Stars	3,211
-	Growth	0.5%
5.4	Activity	3.2
over 3 years ago	Latest Commit	4 months ago
Python	Language	Python
MIT License	License	BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License

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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

Eel

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

Eel options
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.

Flexx

Posts with mentions or reviews of Flexx. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-23.

TKinter, what is a more React equivalent of styling?
3 projects | /r/Python | 23 Nov 2021

Why tk then? Maybe look at https://github.com/flexxui/flexx or a python Electron wrapper.
Is JavaScript necessary for python web developer.
4 projects | /r/learnpython | 22 Oct 2021

Flexx transpiles python to js
Looking for a tool to create a windows application that loads a single localhost website
2 projects | /r/softwaredevelopment | 5 Aug 2021
GUI Design Software
3 projects | /r/Python | 9 Mar 2021

Unfortunately no. At least not a designer. If you want to create web GUIs with python you may have a look at https://github.com/flexxui/flexx
Need To Run Python Code In Browser Real Time
1 project | /r/PhysicsStudents | 7 Jan 2021

What are some alternatives?

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

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

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.

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

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

remi - Python REMote Interface library. Platform independent. In about 100 Kbytes, perfect for your diet.

wxPython

Python bindings for Sciter - Python bindings for Sciter

EasyGUI - easygui for Python

Toga - A Python native, OS native GUI toolkit.