qres
A fast Qt resource compiler for Python, implemented as a C extension. Drop-in replacement for pyrcc5 / pyside6-rcc that compiles .qrc files into _rc.py modules without requiring a Qt installation.
Installation
pip install qres
Pre-built wheels are available for Linux (x86_64, aarch64), macOS (x86_64, arm64), and Windows (AMD64, ARM64) on Python 3.11+.
Usage
CLI
qres resources.qrc
qres resources.qrc -o path/to/resources_rc.py
qres resources.qrc --binding PySide6
Python API
import qres
# Compile from a file path
qres.compile_file("resources.qrc")
qres.compile_file("resources.qrc", output="resources_rc.py")
qres.compile_file("resources.qrc", binding="PySide6")
# Compile from an XML string, returns raw blobs
blobs = qres.compile(xml_string, base_dir="/path/to/qrc/dir")
# blobs: {"data": bytes, "name": bytes, "struct_v1": bytes, "struct_v2": bytes}
The generated _rc.py works with qtpy, PyQt5, PyQt6, PySide2, and PySide6. By default, it includes an automatic fallback import chain that resolves whichever Qt binding is installed in the active environment.
How it works
qres parses the .qrc XML, builds a virtual file tree sorted by Qt's hash function, compresses each asset with zlib at level 9 (skipping compression when it doesn't help or for .ico files), then serializes two binary struct formats — v1 for Qt < 5.8 and v2 for Qt >= 5.8 — into Python byte literals.
Benchmarks
Benchmarked on a 50 MB uncompressed text asset compiled into a registered Qt resource module:
| Metric | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Input payload | 50.00 MB (52,428,800 bytes) |
| Compile duration | 403 ms (0.40 s) |
| Compilation throughput | 124 MB/s |
| Generated module size | 1.23 MB (97.5% compression) |
| Qt resource read speed | 93 ms (534 MB/s) |
| Data integrity | SHA-256 verified |
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md.
Building from source
Requires a C compiler.
git clone https://github.com/farhaanaliii/qres
cd qres
pip install -e .
License
MIT — see LICENSE.
1 maintainer
Metadata
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