PyGTK

Infobox Software
name = PyGTK



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developer = James Henstridge
latest release version = 2.12.1
latest release date = January 4, 2008 [January 4th, 2008: [http://www.daa.com.au/pipermail/pygtk/2008-January/014707.html ANNOUNCE: PyGTK 2.12.1] ]
latest preview version =
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operating system = Cross-platform
platform = Cross-platform
genre = widget toolkit
license = open source
website = [http://www.pygtk.org/ www.pygtk.org]

PyGTK is a set of Python wrappers for the GTK+ GUI library. PyGTK is free software and licensed under the LGPL. Its original author is the prominent GNOME developer James Henstridge. Today there are six people in the core development team, with various other people who have submitted patches and bug reports. PyGTK has been selected as the environment of choice for applications running on the One Laptop Per Child systems. Developers and interested parties can usually be found on the IRC channel #pygtk on irc.gnome.org.

Notable Applications that use PyGTK

PyGTK has been used in a number of notable applications, some examples:

* Anaconda installer
* BitTorrent (software)
* Deluge (BitTorrent client)
* Emesene
* Exaile
* Flumotion
* gDesklets
* Gedit (for optional Python subsystem and plugins)
* GNOME Sudoku
* GRAMPS
* Itaka
* Jokosher
* PyMusique
* Pybliographer
* Quod Libet
* ROX Desktop
* ROX-Filer
* Stoq

References

See also

* PyQt (Python wrapper for the QT toolkit)
* wxPython (Python wrapper for the wx widgets collection)

External links

* [http://www.pygtk.org/ PyGTK Homepage]
* [http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/index.py?req=all PyGTK FAQ]
* [http://pygtk.org/pygtk2tutorial/index.html PyGTK Tutorial]