PyGTK is graphical user interface for creating programs, consisting of a set of Python wrappers for the GTK+ GUI library. PyGTK is free software and licensed under the LGPL. Other popular alternatives are PyQt and wxPython. Its original author is the prominent GNOME developer James Henstridge. Today there are six people in the core development team, with various other people who have submitted patches and bug reports. PyGTK has been selected as the environment of choice for applications running on the One Laptop Per Child systems. Developers and interested parties can usually be found on the IRC channel #pygtk on irc.gnome.org.

[edit] Syntax

The 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() 

[edit] Notable applications that use PyGTK

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

• Anaconda installer
• BitTorrent (software)
• Deluge (BitTorrent client)
• Emesene
• Exaile
• Flumotion
• gDesklets
• Gedit (for optional Python subsystem and plugins)
• GIMP (for optional Python scripts)
• GNOME Sudoku
• GRAMPS
• Itaka
• Jokosher
• PyMusique
• Pybliographer
• ROX Desktop (includes ROX-Filer)

[edit] References

[edit] See also

Free software portal

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

[edit] External links

• PyGTK Homepage
• PyGTK FAQ
• PyGTK Tutorial