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Eel

Simple Electron-like GUI for Python

Desktop Web License: MIT Best for: Electron-like apps with HTML/CSS/JS + Python
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Electron-like shell over Chromium

Overview

Eel is a library for making simple Electron-like desktop apps with Python and web technologies. It's designed to allow you to use familiar web tech to interface with Python on the backend.

Key features

  • Use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for UI
  • Integrate Python code seamlessly
  • Communication between Python and JavaScript
  • Lightweight and easy to set up
  • Based on Chromium browser engine

Common use cases

  • Cross-platform desktop applications
  • Apps with web-based UIs
  • Python scripts with graphical interfaces
  • Prototyping web-applications as desktop apps
  • Small tools with a GUI requirement

Installation

pip install eel

Example

import eel

eel.init('web')

@eel.expose
def say_hello_py(x):
    print("Hello from %s" % x)

eel.start('main.html', size=(400, 300))

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