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Qt for Python

Qt for Python official logo.

The Qt for Python project aims to provide a complete port of the PySide module to Qt. The development started on GitHub in May 2015. The project managed to port PySide to Qt 5.3, 5.4 & 5.5. During April 2016 The Qt Company decided to properly support the port (see details ).

The module was released mid June 2018 as a Technical Preview (supporting Qt 5.11), and it was officially released without the Technical Preview tag, in December 2018 for Qt 5.12. In December 2020, the module was released for Qt6, which is the latest available version, which has the following differences:

It doesn't support Python 2.7,
Dropped support for Python 3.5, keeping 3.6+ only until PySide 6.3
PySide 6.4 is the first version that support Python 3.7+

This wiki page tracks the progress of the Qt for Python project development and provides further information concerning the effort.

Qt for Python is available under LGPLv3/GPLv2 and commercial license for the following platforms:

	Linux			macOS			Windows
	i386	amd64	arm64	32bit	64bit	Apple Silicon	32bit	64bit
Python 3.7+	✸		⁜	✸		⦿	✸	✦

⁜ Partially supported via cross compilation
✸ No Qt Support https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/supported-platforms.html
☆ Not supported / No packages
⦿ Supported from 6.2.2 / Can be built from source
✦: 5.14 is the first version to support Python 3.8, but Python 3.8.0 will not work on Windows. Please use Python 3.8.1 or greater.
Please notice that Android, iOS, and WebAssembly are not supported yet.

Get PySide6 via pip by running: pip install pyside6

What does it look like?

Code	Application
import sys from PySide6.QtCore import Qt from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QLabel if __name__ == "__main__": app = QApplication(sys.argv) label = QLabel("Hello World", alignment=Qt.AlignCenter) label.show() sys.exit(app.exec_())

Code

Application

import sys
from PySide6.QtCore import Qt
from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QLabel
                                                     
if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    label = QLabel("Hello World", alignment=Qt.AlignCenter)
    label.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

More examples can be found in the project's repository inside the examples directory.

Python compatibility matrix

	2.7	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.9	3.10	3.11	3.12
5.15.0	o	o	o	o	o	x	x	x	x
5.15.1-7	o	o	o	o	o	o	x	x	x
5.15.8	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	x	x
5.15.9-10	x	o	o	o	o	o	o	x	x
5.15.11-15	x	x	o	o	o	o	o	o	x
6.0.x	x	x	o	o	o	o	x	x	x
6.1.x	x	x	o	o	o	o	x	x	x
6.2.x	x	x	o	o	o	o	o	x	x
6.3.x	x	x	o	o	o	o	o	x	x
6.4.x	x	x	x	o	o	o	o	o	x
6.5.x	x	x	x	o	o	o	o	o	x
6.6.x	x	x	x	x	o	o	o	o	o

Getting Started

Refer to the official documentation over the wiki for guides on getting started, tutorials, and more!.

Getting started | wiki: download, build and install instructions.
Porting docs | wiki: Porting an existing Qt/C++ application to Qt/Python the porting process.
Tutorials | wiki: get started developing PySide applications.
Shiboken | wiki: general information about the Python binding generator.
Development: Getting started: guidelines to start contributing to the project.
Considerations and known issues
Reporting Bugs: report any issue related PySide6 or Shiboken6.
Git repository (Code review) (dev branch is the branch currently worked on for PySide6) and PySide6 open patches

Community

The following chat platforms are connected via a bridge, so independent of the one you join, you will get the messages from the other ones.

Official IRC channel on Libera.chat #qt-pyside
Gitter: gitter.im/PySide/pyside2 (even if the url contains 'pyside2' it includes 'pyside6' discussion as well)
Matrix/Riot: #qt-pyside:kde.org
Telegram Group: Qt for Python

Development Status

Development Notes by date: the summary of the development progress.
Qt for Python Development Progress Notes The most current view of the progress can be found in Jira: Unresolved issues and All issues (including resolved). The second link is useful to monitor the progress of the backlog. The best way to achieve this is to sort the list by the "Updated" column. Larger backlog/feature items are filed as "User Stories" in Jira.
Missing PySide6 bindings: the list of the current missing bindings.

Contributing to the Qt for Python Wiki

This Wiki is a community area where you can easily contribute, and which may contain rapidly changing information. Please put any wiki pages related to Qt for Python into the "QtForPython" category by adding the following text to the top of the page: [[Category:Qt for Python]]

When creating a new wiki page, please start the name with the prefix "Qt_for_Python/", so all the wiki page names will have the same structure and breadcrumbs are generated for easier navigation.

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-[[Category:QtForPython]]
+[[Category:Qt for Python]]
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-== Qt for Python ==
+==Qt for Python==
-The '''Qt for Python''' project aims to provide a complete port of the [[PySide]] module to Qt 5. The development started on [https://github.com/PySide GitHub] in May 2015. The project managed to port Pyside to Qt 5.3, 5.4 & 5.5. During April 2016 The Qt Company decided to properly support the port (see [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/pyside-dev/pqwzngAGLWE details] ).
+[[File:Qtforpython2023.png|thumb|left|Qt for Python official logo.]] The '''[https://www.qt.io/qt-for-python Qt for Python]''' project aims to provide a complete port of the [[PySide]] module to Qt. The development started on [https://github.com/PySide GitHub] in May 2015. The project managed to port PySide to Qt 5.3, 5.4 & 5.5. During April 2016 The Qt Company decided to properly support the port (see [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/pyside-dev/pqwzngAGLWE details] ).
+The module was released mid June 2018 as a Technical Preview (supporting Qt 5.11),
+and it was officially released without the Technical Preview tag, in December 2018 for Qt 5.12.
+In December 2020, the module was released for Qt6, which is the latest available version, which has the following differences:
+*It doesn't support Python 2.7,
+*Dropped support for Python 3.5, keeping 3.6+ only until PySide 6.3
+*PySide 6.4 is the first version that support Python 3.7+
 This wiki page tracks the progress of the '''Qt for Python''' project development and provides further information concerning the effort.
-'''Qt for Python''' will be available under GPL, LGPL and commercial license.
+'''Qt for Python''' is available under [https://tldrlegal.com/license/gnu-lesser-general-public-license-v3-(lgpl-3) LGPLv3]/[https://tldrlegal.com/license/gnu-general-public-license-v2 GPLv2] and [https://www.qt.io/download commercial license] for the following platforms:
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+|
+{| class="wikitable"
+| - |
+! colspan="3" style="background: #aec6cf;text-align: center;" |Linux
+! colspan="3" style="background: #aec6cf;text-align: center;" |macOS
+! colspan="2" style="background: #aec6cf;text-align: center;" |Windows
+|-
+| |
+| style="background: #fdfd96;text-align: center;" |i386
+| style="background: #ffb347;text-align: center;" |amd64
+| style="background: #ffb347;text-align: center;" |arm64
+| style="background: #fdfd96;text-align: center;" |32bit
+| style="background: #ffb347;text-align: center;" |64bit
+| style="background: #ffb347;text-align: center;" |Apple Silicon
+| style="background: #fdfd96;text-align: center;" |32bit
+| style="background: #ffb347;text-align: center;" |64bit
+|-
+| style="background: #aec6cf;text-align: center;" |'''Python 3.7+'''
+| style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" |✸
+| style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" |
+| style="background: #f76300;text-align: center;" |⁜
+| style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" |✸
+| style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" |
+| style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" |⦿
+| style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" |✸
+| style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" |✦
+|}
+||
+*<nowiki>⁜</nowiki> Partially supported via cross compilation
+*<nowiki>✸</nowiki> No Qt Support https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/supported-platforms.html
+*<nowiki>☆</nowiki> Not supported / No packages
+*<nowiki>⦿</nowiki> Supported from 6.2.2 / Can be built from source
+*<nowiki>✦</nowiki>: 5.14 is the first version to support Python 3.8, but Python 3.8.0 will not work on Windows. Please use '''Python 3.8.1''' or greater.
+*'''Please notice''' that Android, iOS, and WebAssembly are not supported yet.
+|}
+'''Get PySide6 via pip by running:''' <span style="font-family: monospace; font-weight: normal;background-color: #eaeaea;padding: 2px 4px;color: black;border-radius: 2px;display: inline;">pip install pyside6</span>
-== Getting Started ==
+[[File:Pyside6 install.gif]]
-* [[Qt_for_Python/GettingStarted|Getting started guide for macOS, Windows and Linux]]
-* [[Qt_for_Python/Tutorial|Tutorial (under construction)]]
-* [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE Bug tracker] to report any issue.
-* [https://codereview.qt-project.org CodeReview] and [https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/q/project:%255Epyside.%252B,n,z PySide2 open patches]
-* Git repository (5.9 branch is the branch currently worked on for PySide2)
-** ssh://codereview.qt-project.org/pyside/pyside-setup
-* [[PySide2_Development_Getting_Started|Development: Getting started]]
-* [https://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qtforpython/ Official documentation (''in progress'')]
-== How does '''Qt for Python''' look like? ==
+===What does it look like?===
-<syntaxhighlight lang="python" line='line'>
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+!Code!!Application
+|-
+|
+<syntaxhighlight lang="python" line="line">
 import sys
-from PySide2.QtWidgets import QApplication, QLabel
+from PySide6.QtCore import Qt
+from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QLabel
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-     app = QApplication([])
+     app = QApplication(sys.argv)
-     label = QLabel("Hello World")
+     label = QLabel("Hello World", alignment=Qt.AlignCenter)
      label.show()
      sys.exit(app.exec_())
 </syntaxhighlight>
+ ||
+[[File:2020-12-16-101334 305x245 scrot.png]]
+|}
 More examples can be found in the [http://code.qt.io/cgit/pyside/pyside-setup.git/tree/examples project's repository] inside the '''examples''' directory.
-== Community ==
-* Official IRC channel on FreeNode '''#qt-pyside'''
-* [http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/pyside Official Mailing list]
-* Keybase:
-** [https://keybase.io/team/pyside keybase.io/team/pyside]
-** [https://keybase.io/team/pyside keybase.io/team/theqtcompany] (subteam ''theqtcompany.pyside'')
-* Gitter: [http://gitter.im/PySide/pyside2 gitter.im/PySide/pyside2]
-== Development Status ==
-=== Weekly development progress ===
-The summary of the development progress can be found in [https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_for_Python_Development_Notes Development Notes by date]
-=== Pyside Development Progress Notes ===
+=== Python compatibility matrix ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+!                                                              !! 2.7 !! 3.5 !! 3.6 !! 3.7 !! 3.8 !! 3.9 !! 3.10 !! 3.11 !! 3.12
+|-
+| style="background: #fdfd96;text-align: center;" | 5.15.0     || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x   || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x   || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x
+|-
+| style="background: #fdfd96;text-align: center;" | 5.15.1-7   || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x   || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x   || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x
+|-
+| style="background: #fdfd96;text-align: center;" | 5.15.8     || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o   || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x   || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x
+|-
+| style="background: #fdfd96;text-align: center;" | 5.15.9-10  || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o   || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x   || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x
+|-
+| style="background: #fdfd96;text-align: center;" | 5.15.11-15 || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o   || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o   || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x
+|-
+| style="background: #fdfd96;text-align: center;" |  6.0.x     || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x   || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x   || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x
+|-
+| style="background: #fdfd96;text-align: center;" |  6.1.x     || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x   || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x   || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x
+|-
+| style="background: #fdfd96;text-align: center;" |  6.2.x     || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o   || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x   || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x
+|-
+| style="background: #fdfd96;text-align: center;" |  6.3.x     || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o   || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x   || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x
+|-
+| style="background: #fdfd96;text-align: center;" |  6.4.x     || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o   || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o   || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" |  x
+|-
+| style="background: #fdfd96;text-align: center;" |  6.5.x     || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o   || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o   || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x
+|-
+| style="background: #fdfd96;text-align: center;" |  6.6.x     || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #ff6961;text-align: center;" | x  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o  || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o   || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o   || style="background: #77dd77;text-align: center;" | o
+|}
-The most current view of the progress can be found in Jira:
+==Getting Started==
-# [https://bugreports.qt.io/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=17825 Unresolved issues]
+*Refer to the [https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython/ '''official documentation'''] over the wiki for guides on getting started, tutorials, and more!.
-# [https://bugreports.qt.io/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=18025 All issues (including resolved)]
-The second link is useful to monitor the progress of the backlog. The best way to achieve this is to sort the list by the "Updated" column.
+*[https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython-6/gettingstarted/index.html Getting started] | [[Qt_for_Python/GettingStarted|wiki]]: download, build and install instructions.
-Larger backlog/feature items are filed as "User Stories" in Jira.
+*[https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython/tutorials/portingguide/index.html Porting docs] | [[Qt_for_Python/Porting_guide|wiki]]: Porting an existing Qt/C++ application to Qt/Python the porting process.
+*[https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython/tutorials/index.html Tutorials] | [[Qt_for_Python/Tutorial|wiki]]: get started developing PySide applications.
+*[https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython/shiboken6/ Shiboken] | [[Qt_for_Python/Shiboken|wiki]]: general information about the Python binding generator.
+*[[Qt_for_Python/Development_Getting_Started|Development: Getting started]]: guidelines to start contributing to the project.
+*[[Qt_for_Python/Considerations| Considerations and known issues]]
+*[[Qt_for_Python/Reporting_Bugs|Reporting Bugs]]: report any issue related PySide6 or Shiboken6.
+*[http://code.qt.io/cgit/pyside/pyside-setup.git/ Git repository (Code review)] (dev branch is the branch currently worked on for PySide6) and [https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/q/project:%255Epyside.%252B,n,z PySide6 open patches]
-=== Missing PySide2 bindings ===
+==Community==
-The list of the current missing bindings can be found in [[Qt_for_Python_Missing_Bindings|Missing PySide2 bindings]]
+*[http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/pyside Official Mailing list]
+*Qt Forum: [https://forum.qt.io/category/58/qt-for-python Qt for Python Subcategory]
+*[[Qt_for_Python/Suggestions|Have an idea? share it with us!]]
-=== Outstanding tasks for release ===
+The following '''chat platforms''' are connected via a bridge, so independent of the one you join, you will get the messages from the other ones.
-# Determine PySide2 package number
+*Official '''IRC channel''' on [https://libera.chat/ Libera.chat] '''#qt-pyside'''
-# Ensure multi target packages can be created (long standing - reduced Python API usage )
+*Gitter: [http://gitter.im/PySide/pyside2 gitter.im/PySide/pyside2] (even if the url contains 'pyside2' it includes 'pyside6' discussion as well)
-# General Doc changes required for release
+*Matrix/Riot: [https://webchat.kde.org/#/room/#qt-pyside:kde.org #qt-pyside:kde.org]
-## Getting started
+*Telegram Group: [https://t.me/qtforpython Qt for Python]
-## Some examples documented
-## pyinstaller usage
-## Class documentation polish
-## snapshot generation on http://doc-snapshot.qt-project.org/
-== Frequently Asked Questions ==
+==Development Status==
-* Q: PySide? Qt for Python? what is the name?
+*[[Qt_for_Python_Development_Notes|Development Notes by date]]: the summary of the development progress.
-** A: The name of the project is '''Qt for Python''' and the name of the module is '''PySide2'''.
+*'''Qt for Python Development Progress Notes''' The most current view of the progress can be found in Jira: [https://bugreports.qt.io/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=17825 Unresolved issues] and [https://bugreports.qt.io/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=18025 All issues (including resolved)]. The second link is useful to monitor the progress of the backlog. The best way to achieve this is to sort the list by the "Updated" column. Larger backlog/feature items are filed as "User Stories" in Jira.
-* Q: Why PySide2 and not just PySide?
+*[[Qt_for_Python_Missing_Bindings|Missing PySide6 bindings]]: the list of the current missing bindings.
-** A: Since PySide was developed for Qt4, when the port was made to support Qt5, the name was changed to PySide2 to infer that is was a newer version.
-* Q: Where I can find information about the old PySide project?
-** A: The old wiki page of the project is available on [[PySide]], '''but''' the project is deprecated and there is no official support for it. We highly recommend not to use it.
-* Q: My project is using PySide, how hard would it be to adapt it to PySide2?
-** A: The changes are the same as between [https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qt5-intro.html Qt4 and Qt5], and for PySide users it mostly means adapting the ''import'' statements since many classes were moved from QtGui to QtWidgets.
-::''Qt 5 is highly compatible with Qt 4. It is possible for developers of Qt 4 applications to seamlessly move to Qt 5 with their current functionality and gradually develop new things, leveraging all the great items Qt 5 makes possible.
-''
-== Contributing to the Qt for Python Wiki ==
+==Contributing to the Qt for Python Wiki==
 This Wiki is a community area where you can easily contribute, and which may contain rapidly changing information.
 Please put any wiki pages related to Qt for Python into the "QtForPython" category by adding the following text to the top of the page:
-<code>
+<nowiki>
-[[Category:QtForPython]]
+[[Category:Qt for Python]]
-</code>
+</nowiki>
-When creating a new wiki page, please start the name with the prefix "Qt_for_Python", so all the wiki page names will have the same structure.
+When creating a new wiki page, please start the name with the prefix "Qt_for_Python/", so all the wiki page names will have the same structure and breadcrumbs are generated for easier navigation.

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