# Dvlv/Tkinter-By-Example

Learn Tkinter By Example - a free book

Repository: https://github.com/Dvlv/Tkinter-By-Example
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tkinter-by-example
Language: Python
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-09-30T17:08:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3434, "days_push": 2163, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1296, forks 381 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:16.900547+00:00)

## What it is
A free book teaching Python's Tkinter GUI toolkit through seven fully-explained example applications, with complete source code included. The book is available in PDF, mobi, and epub formats, with LaTeX source and MIT-licensed code in the repository.

## Use cases
- learn tkinter from scratch
- find example tkinter applications with source code
- learn to build desktop GUI apps in Python
- understand tkinter widgets through worked examples
- free python gui book pdf
- beginner tkinter tutorial with projects

## When to choose
- you know basic Python but little or no Tkinter
- you prefer learning by studying complete, working applications
- you want a free, downloadable book in PDF/epub/mobi format

## When to avoid
- you need a modern GUI framework like Qt or web-based UIs
- you want actively updated material covering the latest Tkinter features
- you need a formal reference manual rather than a tutorial

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui, documentation, developer-tools
- domain: education, desktop-applications, tutorials
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: tkinter, free-book, python-gui, example-applications, self-learning, python, desktop

## Member repositories
- Dvlv/Tkinter-By-Example (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:16.900547+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 2026-08-30T04:53:55.506243+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Dvlv/Tkinter-By-Example (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:16.900547+00:00, sha b8d970f17186)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.