PyQt5 5.8.1

Python bindings for the Qt cross platform UI and application toolkit

What is PyQt5?

Qt is set of cross-platform C++ libraries that implement high-level APIs for accessing many aspects of modern desktop and mobile systems. These include location and positioning services, multimedia, NFC and Bluetooth connectivity, a Chromium based web browser, as well as traditional UI development.

PyQt5 is a comprehensive set of Python bindings for Qt v5. It is implemented as more than 35 extension modules and enables Python to be used as an alternative application development language to C++ on all supported platforms including iOS and Android.

PyQt5 may also be embedded in C++ based applications to allow users of those applications to configure or enhance the functionality of those applications.

Author

PyQt5 is copyright (c) Riverbank Computing Limited. Its homepage is https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/.

Support may be obtained from the PyQt mailing list at https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/mailman/listinfo/pyqt/.

License

PyQt5 is released under the GPL v3 license and under a commercial license that allows for the development of proprietary applications.

Installation

PyQt5 source packages for the GPL version can be dowloaded from https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download5/.

Wheels for the GPL version for 32 and 64-bit Windows, 64-bit OS X and 64-bit Linux can be installed from PyPI:

pip3 install PyQt5

The wheels include a copy of the required parts of the LGPL version of Qt.

Documentation

The documentation for the latest release can be found here.