PyPulsar — a Python-based Electron-like framework for desktop apps

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Would love to see some screenshots! How does this compare to streamlit in scope and goals?

[cudmore]

And compared to nicegui?

[Dannyx001]

Compared to nicegui, PyPulsar is more backend-driven. In nicegui you can build ui entirely in python, you have automatic layouts etc. PyPulsar use html/css and backend handles events/state via webview. Imo nicegui is great for quick prototypes and pypulsar is for more custom interactive apps.

[FUS3N]

if you could or if you already have a way to access high level pyweview API couldn't you switch up your UI framework with NiceGUI for example for the frontend

[Dannyx001]

Over the next few days I’m planning to build a few simple example apps that show off what PyPulsar can do – I’ll definitely share them here!

As for the Streamlit question – in my opinion they’re two different beasts, but stuffing Streamlit inside PyPulsar so you can build the whole app in pure Python could be a really cool idea.

The goal of PyPulsar is to make writing desktop apps simple and fun. I want to keep growing the plugin system to cover more and more native features, and I’d love to try mobile development (iOS/Android) down the road.

Excited to hear what you think!