GUI's for a Desktop App in Python: Kivy, Pyside or TKinter?

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  • CustomTkinter

    A modern and customizable python UI-library based on Tkinter

    https://github.com/TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter https://github.com/israel-dryer/ttkbootstrap/ https://github.com/TkinterEP/ttkthemes https://github.com/RobertJN64/TKinterModernThemes https://github.com/rdbende/Sun-Valley-ttk-theme https://github.com/rdbende/Azure-ttk-theme https://github.com/rdbende/Forest-ttk-theme

  • nicegui

    Create web-based user interfaces with Python. The nice way.

    Check out https://nicegui.io/

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  • ChaseBlissEditor

    An editor for Chase Bliss Effects Pedals

    Here is an example: https://github.com/ElliotGarbus/ChaseBlissEditor/releases

  • Sun-Valley-ttk-examples

    Example apps for my stunning Sun Valley ttk theme!

    https://github.com/TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter https://github.com/israel-dryer/ttkbootstrap/ https://github.com/TkinterEP/ttkthemes https://github.com/RobertJN64/TKinterModernThemes https://github.com/rdbende/Sun-Valley-ttk-theme https://github.com/rdbende/Azure-ttk-theme https://github.com/rdbende/Forest-ttk-theme

  • ttkbootstrap

    A supercharged theme extension for tkinter that enables on-demand modern flat style themes inspired by Bootstrap.

    https://github.com/TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter https://github.com/israel-dryer/ttkbootstrap/ https://github.com/TkinterEP/ttkthemes https://github.com/RobertJN64/TKinterModernThemes https://github.com/rdbende/Sun-Valley-ttk-theme https://github.com/rdbende/Azure-ttk-theme https://github.com/rdbende/Forest-ttk-theme

  • ttkthemes

    A group of themes for the ttk extenstions for Tkinter

    https://github.com/TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter https://github.com/israel-dryer/ttkbootstrap/ https://github.com/TkinterEP/ttkthemes https://github.com/RobertJN64/TKinterModernThemes https://github.com/rdbende/Sun-Valley-ttk-theme https://github.com/rdbende/Azure-ttk-theme https://github.com/rdbende/Forest-ttk-theme

  • TKinterModernThemes

    A collection of modern themes with code that makes it easy to integrate into a tkinter project.

    https://github.com/TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter https://github.com/israel-dryer/ttkbootstrap/ https://github.com/TkinterEP/ttkthemes https://github.com/RobertJN64/TKinterModernThemes https://github.com/rdbende/Sun-Valley-ttk-theme https://github.com/rdbende/Azure-ttk-theme https://github.com/rdbende/Forest-ttk-theme

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  • Azure-ttk-theme

    A stunning modern theme for ttk inspired by Fluent Design 💠

    https://github.com/TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter https://github.com/israel-dryer/ttkbootstrap/ https://github.com/TkinterEP/ttkthemes https://github.com/RobertJN64/TKinterModernThemes https://github.com/rdbende/Sun-Valley-ttk-theme https://github.com/rdbende/Azure-ttk-theme https://github.com/rdbende/Forest-ttk-theme

  • Forest-ttk-theme

    A beautiful modern theme for ttk, inspired by MS Excel's look 🌲🌳

    https://github.com/TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter https://github.com/israel-dryer/ttkbootstrap/ https://github.com/TkinterEP/ttkthemes https://github.com/RobertJN64/TKinterModernThemes https://github.com/rdbende/Sun-Valley-ttk-theme https://github.com/rdbende/Azure-ttk-theme https://github.com/rdbende/Forest-ttk-theme

  • guitk

    Python GUI Toolkit for Tk (guitk): simplify the layout and construction of tkinter graphical user interfaces in python using a declarative syntax.

    It's still in alpha stage but if you're considering tkinter, take a look at GUItk. This is a new declarative framework I'm building around tkinter to make it really easy to create a GUI without every having to think about pack, grid, or place. Layout is accomplished using a declarative syntax with context handlers. Event handlers are created using decorators to easily handle events from a specific widget or events of a specific type. A simple "Hello World" in GUITk:

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