Good GUI choice for Python ?

[ekianjo]

Hello everyone,


Python supports a bunch of different GUI interfaces with its bindings libraries, and I was wondering what was the lightest GUI framework (or best choice) for something that would be made to run on the Pandora.


I'd appreciate your recommendations here.

 

[Tempel]

The default Pandora OS comes with PyGTK built-in. That makes for a very lightweight PND (in terms of file size), since you don't have to package in the dependencies. That's what I did for PNDstore, but ultimately got tripped up on GTK's complexity. GTK also has the advantage that it's used directly by XFCE; therefore, when your application is run, the library is already loaded into memory, saving some application startup time and RAM space.


Pygame is also included by default, though it fulfils a rather different purpose from GTK. I don't know your intended use, but you might consider it.


And then there are others, like PySide (Qt bindings) or kivy (I've been looking at it), but I don't know what it would take to get those into a PND; hopefully others can offer more advice on those.