PyGTK

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Original author(s)	James Henstridge[1]
Developer(s)	PyGTK Core development team[2]
Stable release	2.24.0[3] / 1 April 2011; 13 years ago (2011-04-01)
Repository	gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/pygtk
Written in	LGPL
Website	pygtk.org

PyGTK is a set of

PyGTK will be phased out with the transition to GTK version 3 and be replaced with PyGObject,

The Python code below will produce a 200x200 pixel window with the words "Hello World" inside.

import gtk

def create_window():
    window = gtk.Window()
    window.set_default_size(200, 200)
    window.connect("destroy", gtk.main_quit)

    label = gtk.Label("Hello World")
    window.add(label)

    label.show()
    window.show()

create_window()
gtk.main()

Notable applications that have used PyGTK

PyGTK has been used in a number of notable applications, some examples:

PyGObject

PyGObject provides a wrapper for use in Python programs when accessing GObject libraries. GObject is an object system used by GTK, GLib, GIO, GStreamer and other libraries.

Like the GObject library itself, PyGObject is licensed under the GNU LGPL, so it is suitable for use in both free software and proprietary applications. It is already in use in many applications ranging from small single-purpose scripts to large full-featured applications.

PyGObject can dynamically access any GObject libraries that use

Notable applications that use PyGObject

PyGObject has replaced PyGTK, but it has taken a considerable amount of time for many programs to be ported. Most of the software listed here has an older version which used PyGTK.

See also

• PyQt (Python wrapper for the Qt toolkit)
• PySide (Alternative Python wrapper for the Qt toolkit)
• wxPython (Python wrapper for the wx widgets collection)

References

External links

• PyGTK Homepage
• PyGTK FAQ
• PyGTK Tutorial
• PyGTK Notebook A Journey Through Python Gnome Technologies by Peter Gill
• PyGTK at Python wiki
• PyGObject Homepage
• PyGObject tutorial