# nucleic/enaml

Declarative User Interfaces for Python

Repository: https://github.com/nucleic/enaml
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/enaml
Homepage: http://enaml.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: python, enaml
Last push: 2026-08-03T11:48:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 81/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 51, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4928, "days_push": 30, "days_rel": 331, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- 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 1574, forks 131 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:05.793980+00:00)

## What it is
Enaml is a Python framework and declarative DSL for building professional-quality native GUI applications on top of Qt. It provides a constraints-based layout engine (Kiwi), data model integration (Atom), and dozens of ready-made widgets.

## Use cases
- build native desktop GUI apps in Python
- create declarative user interfaces with minimal boilerplate
- rapidly prototype GUI layouts with constraint-based layout
- bind UI widgets automatically to a Python data model
- build cross-platform desktop applications with Qt

## When to choose
- you want a declarative, Pythonic way to build Qt desktop applications
- you need automatic layout adaptation via a constraints engine
- you want clean model/view separation with automatic widget updates

## When to avoid
- you need a web-based or mobile UI rather than a native desktop app
- you prefer imperative GUI toolkits like Tkinter or raw PyQt
- you need a very lightweight dependency-free GUI solution

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, desktop-framework, templating
- domain: desktop-applications, cross-platform, web-development
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: declarative-ui, qt, gui-framework, constraints-layout, mvvc, desktop

## Member repositories
- nucleic/enaml (main) score 81

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:05.793980+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 2026-08-30T03:57:41.167181+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nucleic/enaml (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:05.793980+00:00, sha a2540fd71ce5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.