Using Python on macOS — GUI programming
There are several options for building GUI applications on the Mac with Python.
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There are several options for building GUI applications on the Mac with Python.
The standard Python GUI toolkit is tkinter, based on the cross-platform Tk toolkit ( A macOS-native version of Tk is included with the installer.
PyObjC is a Python binding to Apple's Objective-C/Cocoa framework. Information on PyObjC is available from pyobjc.
A number of alternative macOS GUI toolkits are available including
PySide < Official Python bindings to the Qt GUI toolkit <
PyQt < Alternative Python bindings to Qt.
Kivy < A cross-platform GUI toolkit that supports desktop and mobile platforms.
Toga < Part of the BeeWare Project < supports desktop, mobile, web and console apps.
wxPython < A cross-platform toolkit that supports desktop operating systems.
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