UI toolkits for Python

[Grant Edwards]

On 2005-10-13, Paul Rubin <> wrote:

> The answer to each of those questions points to Tkinter.  It comes
> with Python by default (the least installation hassles of any
> toolkit), is pretty reliable, has a reasonably Pythonic interface, and
> I don't understand the question about external libraries.
>
> However, Tkinter not most people's favorite, because the widgets look
> crude, they don't resemble the native widgets of any popular platform,
> and the widget set is somewhat limited.

Aside from the look & feel issue with Tk, the other objection
sometimes heard is that Tk is integrated into Python by
including Tcl as well (as opposed to doing an actual Tk binding
the way some other languages have done).  It's an eminently
practical approach, but it sure makes you feel dirty.

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