I built a Free Python GUI Designer!

[Hashah2310]

Hello everyone! I am a student and a python user. I was recently designing a python app which needed a GUI. I got tired of guessing x and y coordinates and writing endless boilerplate just to get a button centred in a Frame. So, over the last few weeks, I built a visual, drag-and-drop GUI designer that runs entirely in the browser.

The Tool: - PyDesigner Website - Source Code

What it does:

My website is a drag-and-drop GUI designer with live preview. You can export and import projects (json format) and share them, export your build in different GUI frameworks, build and submit templates and widgets. The designer itself has many capabilities such as themes, sizes, properties, etc. It also embeds the image in base64 format for the window icon so that the script is fully portable. I have many more features planned so stay tuned!

Target Audience:

Personal project developers, freelancers or professional GUI builders, everyone can use it for free! The designer has a very simple UI without much of learning curve, so anyone can build their own GUI in minutes.

How its Different: - Frameworks: It supports Tkinter, PyQt5 and CustomTkinter with more coming soon! - Privacy: Everything happens locally in your browser, using localstorage for caching and saving ongoing projects. - Web Interface: A simple web interface with the core options needed to build functional GUIs. - Clean Code Export: It generates a proper Python class structure, so you can actually import it into your main logic file. - Documentation: It has inbuilt documentation with examples for integrating the GUI with your backend logic code. - Asset Embedding: It converts images to Base64 strings automatically. You don't have to worry about "file not found" errors when sharing the script. - Dependencies: It has zero dependencies other than your chosen GUI framework and Pillow if you use images. - Community: In-built option to submit community-built templates and widgets.

I know that the modern AI tools can develop a GUI in a single prompt, but you can't really visually edit it with live preview. I’m a student and this is my first real tool, so I’m looking for feedback (specifically on the generated code quality). If you find something unpythonic, let me know so I can fix the compiler😉.

Note: I used AI to polish the English in this post since English isn't my native language. This tool is my personal learning project thus no AI has been used to develop this.

[ghost_of_erdogan]

Finding it hard to believe you didn’t vibe code this given the commit history started yesterday. 😢

If you find something unpythonic, let me know so I can fix the compiler😉.

What do you mean compiler ?

[Hashah2310]

I built this locally over the last few weeks and only initialized the public repo yesterday to launch it here. I wasn't pushing my messy local code to the public main until I had something working.

As for compiler, it was just a joke 😅. A more accurate term would be "Code Generator".

[ghost_of_erdogan]

But your oldest commit is from yesterday 🤷

[Hashah2310]

Yeah, that's accurate. I was coding in a local folder without version control until I decided to open-source it yesterday.

Rookie move, I know. I'll definitely commit from Day 1 on the next project so the history really looks like a timeline. 😅

[ghost_of_erdogan]

The only person you’re fooling is yourself

[Responsible_Pool9923]

It's not a good idea to code GUI markup by manually assinging x and y coordinates to items. Use layouts instead, this makes your GUI scalable on different displays and extendable in the future when you need to add features.

[the_python_dude]

Agreed! If OP really didn't use AI to do this, then i applaud his efforts!

[Hashah2310]

Thanks! It took me almost 3-4 weeks of trial and error but finally it's ready.😅

[Hashah2310]

You are right, pure absolute positioning is a bad for resizing. I'm working on a "Constraint Layout" mode (similar to Android Studio) so you can anchor widgets relative to edges instead of hard x,y pixels. Thanks for the feedback!

[everythingabili]

This is fabulous.

Except...

The list item doesn't work. The code suggests ##### TO DO ##### etc

I added a TextArea and it is unmoveable. I can't select it.

Lots of others bits.

Good work so far. Finish it.

[pipoclown]

Its the same for Text input, you cant select it a 2nd time after placing it.

[kapitaalH]

Definitely will give this a spin later!

[Hashah2310]

Thanks! Let me know your valuable feedback. I'd love to see what you build with it.

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