# pygubu

A simple GUI builder for the python tkinter module

Repository: https://github.com/alejandroautalan/pygubu
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pygubu
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: python, tkinter, gui
Last push: 2026-08-05T07:15:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4950, "days_push": 28, "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 2173, forks 212 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:21.977358+00:00)

## What it is
Pygubu is a RAD tool for building user interfaces for Python's tkinter module, with a core library that loads XML-defined UIs and a companion graphical designer (pygubu-designer). It also ships extra widgets, ttkbootstrap-inspired themes, and plugins for external tkinter widget sets.

## Use cases
- build a tkinter GUI visually with drag and drop
- design desktop app interfaces for python
- load UI layouts from XML files at runtime
- create modern-looking tkinter apps with themes
- use extra widgets like calendars and treeviews in tkinter
- rapid application development for python desktop tools
- separate UI definition from application code

## When to choose
- you are building a Python desktop app with tkinter/ttk and want a visual designer
- you want UI definitions stored as XML and loaded dynamically
- you need extra widgets or modern themes on top of standard tkinter

## When to avoid
- you are building web, mobile, or GPU-accelerated interfaces
- you prefer Qt, wxPython, or other GUI toolkits
- you need a fully code-first UI approach without XML files

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: gui, ui-components, templating
- domain: desktop-applications, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: tkinter, gui-builder, rad-tool, xml-ui, glade-inspired, ttk-themes, widget-library, desktop

## Member repositories
- alejandroautalan/pygubu (main) score 75
- alejandroautalan/pygubu-designer (plugin) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:21.977358+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 2026-08-30T02:49:01.363743+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alejandroautalan/pygubu (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:21.977358+00:00, sha b4d3c6f4fe87)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/pygubu/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:08.513645+00:00, sha 19a9be111d2e)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/pygubu-designer/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:08.522593+00:00, sha d9c10410b805)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.