pybindcef

High-performance Python bindings for Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF)

Build Instructions

Building libcef_dll_wrapper

• Linux

  Download cef minimal build for your system architecture via https://cef-builds.spotifycdn.com

  mkdir -p ~/Downloads/cef_binary
  
  wget https://cef-builds.spotifycdn.com/cef_binary_146.0.9%2Bg3ca6a87%2Bchromium-146.0.7680.165_linux64_minimal.tar.bz2 -O ~/Downloads/cef_binary.tar.bz2
  
  tar -xjf ~/Downloads/cef_binary.tar.bz2 -C ~/Downloads/cef_binary --strip-components=1
  

  Now build the libcef_dll_wrapper

  mkdir ~/Downloads/cef_binary/build
  cd ~/Downloads/cef_binary/build
  
  cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
  make -j$(nproc)
  

• Confirm the build

  ls ~/Downloads/cef_binary/build/libcef_dll_wrapper/
  

  A file named libcef_dll_wrapper.a will be listed.

Building pybindcef extension

• Linux

  Clone this repository.

  git clone https://github.com/Novfensec/pybindcef -b main --single-branch --depth 1
  

  Now build the extension with -DPython_EXECUTABLE="pythonexecutablewithversion"

  mkdir pybindcef/build
  cd pybindcef/build
  
  cmake .. -DPython_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python
  make
  

  Now build cef_worker

  mkdir pybindcef/cef_worker/build
  cd pybindcef/cef_worker/build
  
  cmake ..
  make
  

Extracting resources

Copy all files under cef_binary/Resources to cef_binary/Release

cp -r ~/Downloads/cef_binary/Resources/* ~/Downloads/cef_binary/Release/

Tests

Linux

1. Kivy

   • Copy pybindcef extension and cef_worker executable to pybindcef/tests/kivy/.
   • Run main.py with the python executable version suitable for the extension.

   python main.py
   

2. PyQt

   • Copy pybindcef extension and cef_worker executable to pybindcef/tests/pyqt/.
   • Run main.py with the python executable version suitable for the extension.

   python main.py
   

3. Tkinter

   • Copy pybindcef extension and cef_worker executable to pybindcef/tests/tkinter/.
   • Run main.py with the python executable version suitable for the extension.

   python main.py