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🎨 Streamlit Theta - Open Source Visual Editors Suite for Streamlit

Python 3.7+ Apache 2.0 Streamlit

Open source Streamlit Editor suite for documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and custom modules. Enhance your Streamlit apps with visual editing tools.

Streamlit Theta provides twelve powerful, interactive visual editors that bring modern editing experiences directly to your web applications. Create presentations, documents, spreadsheets, charts, images, forms, mind maps, diagrams, newsletters, and more with intuitive drag-and-drop interfaces and flexible formatting tools.

🎉 Version 1.0.0 - Fully functional with complete download functionality! All editors are production-ready and tested.

✨ Features

🎯 Slide Editor - Visual presentation editor
📝 Word Editor - Document editor with rich formatting
📊 Spreadsheet Editor - Full-featured spreadsheet with formulas and cell navigation
📋 CSV Editor - Data table editor with import/export functionality
🎵 Audio Editor - Audio player with effects and playback controls
🎬 Video Editor - Video player with filters, effects, and timeline controls
📈 Chart Editor - Interactive chart and graph creation tool
🖼️ Image Editor - Image manipulation and editing suite
📝 Form Builder - Drag-and-drop form creation tool
🧠 Mind Map Editor - Visual mind mapping and brainstorming tool
📐 Diagram Editor - Flowchart and diagram creation tool
📧 Newsletter Editor - Email and newsletter design tool

🚀 Key Capabilities

  • Modern UI/UX - Clean, intuitive interfaces
  • Real-time Editing - Instant visual feedback and live updates
  • File Downloads - Save work directly to your computer in standard formats
  • Drag & Drop - Intuitive element manipulation (slides, text, etc.)
  • Rich Formatting - Comprehensive text styling and layout options
  • Cross-Platform - Works on Windows, Mac, and Linux
  • Mobile Responsive - Adapts to different screen sizes

📦 Installation

Via pip (when published)

pip install streamlit-theta

From source

git clone https://github.com/your-repo/streamlit-theta
cd streamlit-theta
pip install -e .

🚀 Quick Start

import streamlit as st
import streamlit_theta

st.title("My App with Professional Editors")

# Slide Editor - Create presentations
slides = streamlit_theta.slide_editor(
    slides=[],
    width=900,
    height=600
)

# Word Editor - Rich text documents
document = streamlit_theta.word_editor(
    content="<h1>Welcome</h1><p>Start typing here...</p>",
    width=800,
    height=600
)

# Excel Editor - Spreadsheets with formulas
spreadsheet = streamlit_theta.excel_editor(
    data=[["Name", "Age"], ["Alice", "25"], ["Bob", "30"]],
    width=900,
    height=500
)

# Chart Editor - Interactive charts and graphs
chart_data = streamlit_theta.chart_editor(
    width=900,
    height=600
)

# Form Builder - Create custom forms
form_config = streamlit_theta.form_builder(
    width=900,
    height=700
)

# Mind Map Editor - Visual brainstorming
mindmap_data = streamlit_theta.mindmap_editor(
    width=1000,
    height=700
)

📖 Detailed Usage

🎯 Slide Editor

Create PowerPoint/Keynote-style presentations with drag-and-drop elements:

import streamlit_theta

# Initialize with sample data
initial_slides = [
    {
        "id": "slide_1",
        "title": "Welcome Slide",
        "elements": [
            {
                "type": "text",
                "id": "title_1",
                "content": "My Presentation",
                "x": 50, "y": 100,
                "width": 500, "height": 80,
                "fontSize": 36,
                "fontFamily": "Arial",
                "color": "#000000",
                "bold": True
            }
        ],
        "background": "#ffffff"
    }
]

# Create the editor
slides = streamlit_theta.slide_editor(
    slides=initial_slides,
    width=900,
    height=600
)

Features:

  • Drag-and-drop text elements
  • Real-time property editing (fonts, colors, sizes)
  • Multiple slide support
  • Professional slide thumbnails
  • Downloads as JSON with complete presentation data

📝 Word Editor

Microsoft Word-style document editing with rich formatting:

# Rich HTML content supported
content = """
<h1>Document Title</h1>
<p>This is a <strong>bold</strong> paragraph with <em>italic</em> text.</p>
<ul>
    <li>Bullet point 1</li>
    <li>Bullet point 2</li>
</ul>
"""

document = streamlit_theta.word_editor(
    content=content,
    width=800,
    height=600
)

Features:

  • WYSIWYG editing with toolbar
  • Font selection and sizing
  • Text formatting (bold, italic, underline)
  • Paragraph alignment and spacing
  • A4 page layout with proper margins
  • Live word and character count
  • Downloads as HTML with embedded styling

📊 Excel Editor

Full-featured spreadsheet with Excel-like functionality:

# Sample spreadsheet data
data = [
    ["Product", "Price", "Quantity", "Total"],
    ["Widget A", "10.50", "5", "=B2*C2"],
    ["Widget B", "15.75", "3", "=B3*C3"],
    ["TOTAL", "", "", "=SUM(D2:D3)"]
]

spreadsheet = streamlit_theta.excel_editor(
    data=data,
    width=900,
    height=500
)

Features:

  • 26 columns (A-Z) with unlimited rows
  • Cell navigation with arrow keys
  • Formula bar for data entry
  • Add/remove rows and columns
  • Cell formatting options
  • Downloads as CSV with clean data export

📋 CSV Editor

Data table editor with import/export capabilities:

# Table data with headers
data = [
    ["Name", "Age", "City"],
    ["Alice", "25", "New York"],
    ["Bob", "30", "Los Angeles"]
]

headers = ["Name", "Age", "City"]

csv_result = streamlit_theta.csv_editor(
    data=data,
    headers=headers,
    width=900,
    height=500
)

Features:

  • Editable headers and data cells
  • Add/remove rows and columns
  • CSV file import functionality
  • Data validation and cleaning
  • Downloads as CSV with headers and proper formatting

🎵 Audio Editor

Audio player with effects and controls:

audio_settings = streamlit_theta.audio_editor(
    width=800,
    height=400
)

Features:

  • File upload support (MP3, WAV, OGG, etc.)
  • Playback controls (play, pause, stop, seek)
  • Volume and speed adjustment
  • Pitch shifting controls
  • Waveform visualization
  • Downloads audio settings as JSON

🎬 Video Editor

Video player with filters and effects:

video_settings = streamlit_theta.video_editor(
    width=900,
    height=600
)

Features:

  • Video file upload (MP4, WebM, etc.)
  • Playback controls with timeline
  • Visual effects (brightness, contrast, saturation)
  • Color filters (grayscale, sepia, blur)
  • Timeline scrubbing
  • Downloads video settings as JSON

📈 Chart Editor

Interactive chart and graph creation tool with multiple chart types:

chart_data = streamlit_theta.chart_editor(
    width=900,
    height=600
)

Features:

  • Multiple chart types (line, bar, pie, scatter, area)
  • Interactive data input and editing
  • Customizable colors, labels, and legends
  • Real-time chart preview
  • Export options for charts
  • Downloads chart data as JSON

🖼️ Image Editor

Comprehensive image manipulation and editing suite:

image_settings = streamlit_theta.image_editor(
    width=800,
    height=600
)

Features:

  • Image upload and basic editing tools
  • Filters and effects (brightness, contrast, saturation)
  • Crop, resize, and rotate functionality
  • Drawing tools and annotations
  • Layer management
  • Downloads edited image settings as JSON

📝 Form Builder

Drag-and-drop form creation tool for interactive forms:

form_config = streamlit_theta.form_builder(
    width=900,
    height=700
)

Features:

  • Drag-and-drop form elements (input, select, checkbox, radio)
  • Real-time form preview
  • Field validation rules
  • Custom styling options
  • Form submission handling
  • Downloads form configuration as JSON

🧠 Mind Map Editor

Visual mind mapping and brainstorming tool:

mindmap_data = streamlit_theta.mindmap_editor(
    width=1000,
    height=700
)

Features:

  • Interactive node creation and editing
  • Hierarchical mind map structure
  • Customizable node colors and styles
  • Connection lines and relationships
  • Zoom and pan functionality
  • Downloads mind map data as JSON

📐 Diagram Editor

Professional flowchart and diagram creation tool:

diagram_data = streamlit_theta.diagram_editor(
    width=1000,
    height=700
)

Features:

  • Flowchart shapes and connectors
  • Drag-and-drop interface
  • Multiple diagram types (flowchart, org chart, network)
  • Shape styling and customization
  • Auto-layout and alignment tools
  • Downloads diagram data as JSON

📧 Newsletter Editor

Email and newsletter design tool with professional templates:

newsletter_content = streamlit_theta.newsletter_editor(
    width=900,
    height=800
)

Features:

  • Professional email templates
  • Drag-and-drop content blocks
  • Rich text editing
  • Image and media insertion
  • Mobile-responsive design
  • Downloads newsletter HTML

💾 Download Functionality

All editors support downloading your work in professional formats:

Editor Format File Name Pattern Content
Slide JSON presentation_YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.json Complete presentation data
Word HTML document_YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.html Formatted document with styles
Excel CSV spreadsheet_YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.csv Clean spreadsheet data
CSV CSV data_YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.csv Table data with headers
Audio JSON audio-settings_YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.json Audio configuration
Video JSON video-settings_YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.json Video settings and effects
Chart JSON chart-data_YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.json Chart configuration and data
Image JSON image-settings_YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.json Image editing settings
Form JSON form-config_YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.json Form structure and validation
Mind Map JSON mindmap_YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.json Mind map nodes and connections
Diagram JSON diagram_YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.json Diagram shapes and flow
Newsletter HTML newsletter_YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.html Complete newsletter HTML

Download Features:

  • ✅ Automatic timestamps prevent file overwrites
  • ✅ Standard formats compatible with other applications
  • ✅ Client-side processing - no data sent to servers
  • ✅ Instant downloads - files appear in your Downloads folder
  • ✅ Cross-platform - works on all operating systems
  • ✅ No dependencies - uses native browser APIs
  • ✅ Production ready - thoroughly tested and stable

🎮 Demo Application

Run the comprehensive demo to try all editors:

# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/your-repo/streamlit-theta
cd streamlit-theta
pip install -e .

# Run the demo
streamlit run theta_demo.py

The demo includes:

  • Interactive examples for all 12 editors
  • Sample data and templates
  • Feature demonstrations
  • Download testing
  • Usage instructions

🔧 API Reference

Common Parameters

All editors support these common parameters:

  • width: int - Editor width in pixels (default: varies by editor)
  • height: int - Editor height in pixels (default: varies by editor)
  • key: str - Unique component key (optional, for advanced use)

Return Values

Due to Streamlit version compatibility, editors return DeltaGenerator objects rather than data. Use the download functionality to save your work in standard formats.

🔗 Integration Examples

With Streamlit Pages

import streamlit as st
import streamlit_theta

# Multi-page app
pages = {
    "Presentations": lambda: streamlit_theta.slide_editor(width=900, height=600),
    "Documents": lambda: streamlit_theta.word_editor(width=800, height=600),
    "Spreadsheets": lambda: streamlit_theta.excel_editor(width=900, height=500)
}

selected_page = st.sidebar.selectbox("Choose Editor", list(pages.keys()))
pages[selected_page]()

With Custom Styling

# Custom CSS for editor container
st.markdown("""
<style>
.theta-editor-container {
    border: 2px solid #e1e5e9;
    border-radius: 10px;
    padding: 20px;
    background: #f8f9fa;
}
</style>
""", unsafe_allow_html=True)

with st.container():
    st.markdown('<div class="theta-editor-container">', unsafe_allow_html=True)
    streamlit_theta.word_editor(width=800, height=500)
    st.markdown('</div>', unsafe_allow_html=True)

🏗️ Architecture

Technology Stack

  • Frontend: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+)
  • Backend: Python 3.7+ with Streamlit Components API
  • Styling: Modern CSS with Flexbox/Grid layouts
  • File Handling: Blob API for client-side downloads
  • Browser Support: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge (modern versions)

Component Structure

streamlit_theta/
├── __init__.py          # Main package exports
└── editor/
    ├── __init__.py      # Editor exports
    ├── slide.py         # Slide editor component
    ├── word.py          # Word editor component
    ├── excel.py         # Excel editor component
    ├── csv.py           # CSV editor component
    ├── audio.py         # Audio editor component
    └── video.py         # Video editor component

🔒 Security & Privacy

  • Client-side processing - All editing happens in your browser
  • No data transmission - Files are created and downloaded locally
  • No server storage - Nothing is saved on external servers
  • Standard formats - Uses common file types (HTML, CSV, JSON)

🐛 Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Import Error: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'streamlit_theta'

# Ensure package is installed
pip install -e . 
# or
pip install streamlit-theta

Download Not Working: Files not downloading to computer

  • Check browser popup blockers
  • Ensure JavaScript is enabled
  • Try in an incognito/private window
  • Check your browser's Downloads folder
  • Verify file permissions in download directory

Component Not Displaying: Blank space where editor should be

  • Check browser console for JavaScript errors
  • Ensure Streamlit version compatibility (1.0+)
  • Try refreshing the page

Browser Compatibility

Browser Version Support
Chrome 90+ ✅ Full
Firefox 88+ ✅ Full
Safari 14+ ✅ Full
Edge 90+ ✅ Full

📄 License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

📧 Support

  • Documentation: Check this README and inline code comments
  • Issues: Open an issue on GitHub for bugs or feature requests
  • Discussions: Use GitHub Discussions for questions and ideas

🚗 Roadmap

  • File Import - Load existing files into editors
  • Template System - Pre-built templates for common use cases
  • Collaboration - Real-time collaborative editing
  • Export Options - Additional export formats (PDF, DOCX, XLSX)
  • Plugin System - Custom editor extensions
  • Cloud Storage - Integration with cloud storage providers

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