wxpy

wxpy is a Python library for developing cross platform GUI applications with native widgets via wxWidgets.

wxpy is like wxPython, but built with the SIP Python bindings generator instead of SWIG. It’s an experiment to see if gains in performance and memory usage can be made over wxPython’s approach.

wxpy is still in rapid development, and is not ready for use in applications yet.

git the source

git clone git://github.com/kevinw/wxpy.git

If you want to help hack, see TODO.

news

Friday, April 25, 2008

I’ve moved the wxpy source to github, and I’m pushing changes pretty often to the repository there.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

wxpy runs!

FAQ

Why make new bindings for wxWidgets? wxPython is already complete, and stable.

The memory usage of a small wxPython app is fairly large, an there are considerable runtime performance costs related to SWIG’s Python binding technique. wxpy is an experiment to see if SIP can produce faster, slimmer bindings.

Is wxpy ready for real world usage?

No. wxpy is only an incomplete set of bindings at this point, and requires a forked SIP.