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| Developer(s) | Riverbank Computing |
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| Initial release | 1998 |
| Stable release | 6.7.0[1] 
/ 26 April 2024 |
| Written in | C++ / Python[2] |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| License | GNU GPL and commercial |
| Website | riverbankcomputing.com |
PyQt is a Python binding of the cross-platform GUI toolkit Qt, implemented as a Python plug-in. PyQt is free software developed by the British firm Riverbank Computing. It is available under similar terms to Qt versions older than 4.5; this means a variety of licenses including GNU General Public License (GPL) and commercial license, but not the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).[3] PyQt supports Microsoft Windows as well as various kinds of UNIX, including Linux and MacOS (or Darwin).[4]
PyQt implements around 440 classes and over 6,000 functions and methods[5] including:
- a substantial set of GUI widgets
- classes for accessing SQL databases (ODBC, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQLite)[6]
- QScintilla, Scintilla-based rich text editor widget
- data aware widgets that are automatically populated from a database
- an XML parser
- SVG support
- classes for embedding ActiveX controls on Windows (only in commercial version)[7]
To automatically generate these bindings, Phil Thompson developed the tool SIP, which is also used in other projects.
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- ^ "PyQt v4 - Python Bindings for Qt v4". Riverbankcomputing. Archived from the original on 2008-04-29. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
- ^ "QSqlDatabase Class Reference". Pyqt.sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
- ^ PythonInfo Wiki