# TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter

A modern and customizable python UI-library based on Tkinter

Repository: https://github.com/TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/customtkinter
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: python, ui, ui-design, tkinter, tkinter-gui, user-interface, modern, modern-ui, python-ui, custom, dark-theme, dark-mode, macos, windows-11, frontend-app, gui, windows, python3, dpi-scaling, highdpi
Last push: 2026-06-24T20:09:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 89, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2008, "days_push": 70, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 13523, forks 1161 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:03.454295+00:00)

## What it is
CustomTkinter is a Python UI library built on Tkinter that provides modern, fully customizable widgets with light/dark appearance modes and HighDPI scaling. It works alongside standard Tkinter widgets and delivers a consistent look across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

## Use cases
- build a modern desktop gui in python
- create dark mode tkinter apps
- make tkinter look modern
- build cross-platform desktop apps with python
- add highdpi scaling to tkinter apps
- create themed widgets for python desktop tools

## When to choose
- you want a modern look for a Python desktop app without leaving Tkinter
- you need light/dark theme support and HighDPI scaling on Windows and macOS
- you want to mix custom widgets with existing Tkinter code

## When to avoid
- you need GPU-accelerated or web-based UIs
- you are building mobile or web applications
- you need a very large widget ecosystem or complex data grids beyond Tkinter's capabilities

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, gui, theme
- domain: desktop-applications, cross-platform, web-design
- platform: python, windows, cross-platform
- tags: tkinter, dark-mode, highdpi, modern-ui, widgets, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:03.454295+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 2026-08-29T17:13:14.740474+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:03.454295+00:00, sha 27685e318bb6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.