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.. seealso::

`PyGObject <https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/PyGObject>`_
provides introspection bindings for C libraries using
PyGObject provides introspection bindings for C libraries using
`GObject <https://developer.gnome.org/gobject/stable/>`_. One of
these libraries is the `GTK+ 3 <http://www.gtk.org/>`_ widget set.
GTK+ comes with many more widgets than Tkinter provides. An online
`Python GTK+ 3 Tutorial <https://python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`_
is available.

`PyGTK <http://www.pygtk.org/>`_ provides bindings for an older version
`PyGTK <http://www.pygtk.org/>`_
PyGTK provides bindings for an older version
of the library, GTK+ 2. It provides an object oriented interface that
is slightly higher level than the C one. There are also bindings to
`GNOME <https://www.gnome.org/>`_. An online `tutorial
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extensive C++ GUI application development framework that is
available for Unix, Windows and Mac OS X. :program:`sip` is a tool
for generating bindings for C++ libraries as Python classes, and
is specifically designed for Python. The *PyQt3* bindings have a
book, `GUI Programming with Python: QT Edition
<https://www.commandprompt.com/community/pyqt/>`_ by Boudewijn
Rempt. The *PyQt4* bindings also have a book, `Rapid GUI Programming
with Python and Qt <https://www.qtrac.eu/pyqtbook.html>`_, by Mark
Summerfield.
is specifically designed for Python.

`PySide <https://wiki.qt.io/PySide>`_
is a newer binding to the Qt toolkit, provided by Nokia.
PySide is a newer binding to the Qt toolkit, provided by Nokia.
Compared to PyQt, its licensing scheme is friendlier to non-open source
applications.

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documentation and context sensitive help, printing, HTML viewing,
low-level device context drawing, drag and drop, system clipboard access,
an XML-based resource format and more, including an ever growing library
of user-contributed modules. wxPython has a book, `wxPython in Action
<https://www.manning.com/books/wxpython-in-action>`_, by Noel Rappin and
Robin Dunn.
of user-contributed modules.

PyGTK, PyQt, and wxPython, all have a modern look and feel and more
widgets than Tkinter. In addition, there are many other GUI toolkits for
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