Good GUI choice for Python ?


ekianjo

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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.
 
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.
 
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