detect-qt-binding

A lightweight utility to automatically detect which Qt Python binding is available in your environment.

Features

• Detects installed Qt bindings (PyQt6, PySide6, PyQt5, PySide2, PyQt4, PySide)
• Checks both already imported modules and attempts to import available bindings
• Returns a typed QtBindings enum value or None if no binding is found

Installation

pip install detect-qt-binding

Usage

from detect_qt_binding import detect_qt_binding, QtBindings

binding = detect_qt_binding()

if binding is None:
    print("No Qt binding found")
elif binding == QtBindings.PyQt6:
    print("PyQt6 detected")
# ... handle other cases

API Reference

detect_qt_binding() -> Optional[QtBindings]

Attempts to detect which Qt binding is available by:

1. Checking already imported modules
2. Attempting to import each known Qt binding

Returns:

• A QtBindings enum member if a binding is found
• None if no Qt binding is available

QtBindings Enum

Available values:

• PyQt6
• PySide6
• PyQt5
• PySide2
• PyQt4
• PySide

License

MIT License - Based on code from pyqtgraph (also MIT licensed)