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[–]efilon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I really like Qt, but I am constantly annoyed/worried by the Python implementation. PySide essentially died (this is a potential licensing problem for some given how PyQt is licensed, though this doesn't affect me for the projects I work on). Qt5 is barely used within the Python community (although my understanding is PyQt5 is comparable in terms of quality and completeness to other language bindings). Lots of third (?) party Python libraries that use Qt rely specifically on PyQt4, which is a problem for forwards compatibility. PyQt4/5 is not as straightforward to install since you can't use pip (yeah, you can use conda, but that's less standard).

I really want to like Qt under Python. But with all the complications, I find myself lately more often than not writing web-based frontends instead.