gooeypie 0.16.0

A modern Python GUI library designed for beginners.

GooeyPie

GooeyPie is an intuitive and beginner-friendly Python GUI library built as a wrapper around customtkinter. It simplifies the process of building modern, attractive user interfaces in Python while providing a clean and accessible API.

Installation

You can install GooeyPie using pip (or your preferred package manager like uv):

python -m pip install gooeypie

Documentation

For the complete documentation, lots of examples and other resources, visit the official documentation site at gooeypie.dev.

Quick Start

Creating an application with GooeyPie is straightforward. The design focuses on simplicity: widgets are created standalone and the grid layout is managed directly when adding them to your application window.

import gooeypie as gp

def say_hello(event):
    # Events are handled securely with access to the triggering widget state
    hello_lbl.text = "Hello GooeyPie!"

# Initialize the main application window
app = gp.GooeyPieApp("Welcome!")
app.width = 400

# Create widgets (notice no parent declaration is required)
hello_btn = gp.Button("Say Hello", say_hello)
hello_lbl = gp.Label("")

# Add widgets to the application by specifying their column and row position
app.add(hello_btn, 1, 1)
app.add(hello_lbl, 1, 2)

# Start the application loop
app.run()

Features

• Beginner-Friendly: A simplified API that reduces boilerplate code and makes developing GUI applications fast and accessible.
• Modern Look: Built on top of customtkinter, meaning your applications look sleek and adhere to dark/light themes straight out of the box.
• Dynamic Layout system: Grids expand automatically to fit added widgets without needing extensive predefined setups.
• Standalone Widgets: Instantiate your widgets cleanly without needing to pass parent container arguments everywhere.
• Event Handling Made Easy: Simply define your event functions and pass them through to widgets effortlessly.

Documentation Context

Note: Version 0.14.0 introduced major breaking changes to the library's API.

The traditional user interface aesthetic has been modernised, replacing older styling conventions with a sleeker, contemporary design that natively supports dark and light themes.

If you are looking for the documentation for older versions of GooeyPie prior to 0.14.0, that had a more traditional look and feel, please visit legacy.gooeypie.dev.

For the modern API, please refer to the updated official site at gooeypie.dev.