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Build GUI for your Python program with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

11 mentions on Hacker News by 11 people: 1 story, 10 comments · first 2020-04-26 · latest 2025-12-17

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    Looking for a Remote Job in Python/Django/Flask
    story by hanslett12 · 2025-12-17 · 1 comment
  2. I've used pywebview in the past ~2017. Works well. https://github.com/r0x0r/pywebview
    comment by akshayKMR · 2025-10-13 · in Tauri binding for Python through Pyo3
  3. …) - Hasn't been updated in 6 years, compilation issues, doesn't use WebView2 - [pywebview]( https://github.com/r0x0r/pywebview ) - Complex setup and installation issues ## Installation ```bash pip install webview_python ``` ## Usage ###…
    comment by congzhangzh · 2024-11-03 · in Show HN: A new webview binding for Python call 4 test
  4. afaict it uses https://github.com/r0x0r/pywebview under the hood (so yes, cross-platform)
    comment by Retr0id · 2024-09-17 · in Rio: Web apps in pure Python
  5. …your JS very lightweight. This was shared a few days ago, combined with py2app could be a winner: https://github.com/r0x0r/pywebview
    comment by throwaway38375 · 2024-03-19 · in Ask HN: Fastest cross-platform GUI stack/strategy
  6. Somehow related, I've been using pywebview for some internal tools: https://github.com/r0x0r/pywebview Probably not as full-featured as Electronjs, but since we have a bunch of python scripts to convert to desktop apps, it's very useful.
    comment by JodieBenitez · 2023-07-22 · in NativePHP: A framework for building desktop apps using PHP
  7. pywebview ( https://github.com/r0x0r/pywebview ) is an excellent suggestion and is already being used in NiceGUI to create a native desktop window with "native=True" option (see http://127.0.0.1:8080/documentation#ui_run ).
    comment by rodja · 2023-04-01 · in NiceGUI – easy-to-use, Python-based UI framework
  8. Check https://github.com/r0x0r/pywebview
    comment by kissaprofeetta · 2023-04-01 · in NiceGUI – easy-to-use, Python-based UI framework
  9. There's pywebview ( https://github.com/r0x0r/pywebview/ ) which is a Python lib that uses whatever native webview implementation exists. Obviously means some compatibility work between each OS, but gives out very small apps what work very…
    comment by Fizzadar · 2021-09-11 · in Ask HN: How do you create a cross-platform GUI without using Electron?
  10. Also wxWidgets/wxWebView and pywebview https://docs.wxwidgets.org/trunk/classwx_web_view.html https://github.com/r0x0r/pywebview
    comment by baxrob · 2021-02-19 · in Tauri: An Electron alternative written in Rust
  11. …to a fork with zero changes compared to the origin. The following link would be more appropriate: https://github.com/r0x0r/pywebview
    comment by Dunedan · 2020-04-26 · in pywebview: Like Electron, but instead of Chromium using OS’s own native renderer