# cztomczak/cefpython

Python bindings for the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF)

Repository: https://github.com/cztomczak/cefpython
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cefpython
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: cef, chrome, chromium, cross-platform-gui, gui-framework, gui-toolkit, python, cefpython
Last push: 2026-05-08T12:04:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 59/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 81, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4023, "days_push": 117, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3237, forks 477 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:50.380676+00:00)

## What it is
CEF Python provides Python bindings for the Chromium Embedded Framework, letting Python applications embed a full Chromium-based browser. It can serve as an HTML5 GUI engine (like Electron for Python), a browser widget inside Qt/GTK/wxPython apps, or an off-screen renderer.

## Use cases
- build a desktop gui app in python using html5 and chromium
- embed a web browser widget in a pyqt or wxpython application
- render web pages off-screen in a custom drawing app
- automate or test web apps with low-level browser control beyond selenium
- scrape websites with a full chromium engine from python

## When to choose
- you want an Electron-like HTML5 desktop UI in Python
- you need to embed a real browser engine in a native Python GUI app
- you need off-screen web rendering or deep low-level browser APIs

## When to avoid
- you only need simple web automation - Selenium or Playwright are simpler
- you need the latest Chromium features or modern Python version support - the project updates slowly
- you want a lightweight UI - bundling Chromium is heavy

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui, browser-extension, web-scraping, e2e-testing
- domain: desktop-applications, web-development, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: windows, python, cross-platform
- tags: chromium-embedded-framework, cef, html5-gui, embedded-browser, electron-alternative, python-bindings, offscreen-rendering, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- cztomczak/cefpython (main) score 59

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:50.380676+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:24:34.148717+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cztomczak/cefpython (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:50.380676+00:00, sha 648d2a3ae09d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.