SHARE
Facebook X Pinterest WhatsApp

PyGObject: A Guide to Creating Python GUI Applications on Linux

Written By
T
TecMint
Oct 4, 2024

Creating graphical user interface (GUI) applications is a fantastic way to bring your ideas to life and make your programs more user-friendly.

PyGObject is a Python library that allows developers to create GUI applications on Linux desktops using the GTK (GIMP Toolkit) framework. GTK is widely used in Linux environments, powering many popular desktop applications like Gedit, GNOME terminal, and more.

In this article, we will explore how to create GUI applications under a Linux desktop environment using PyGObject. We’ll start by understanding what PyGObject is, how to install it, and then proceed to building a simple GUI application.

T

TecMint

Recommended for you...

Immich 2.3 Adds Multilingual OCR Models
Bobby Borisov
Dec 5, 2025
Red Hat Project Hummingbird For CVE-Free, Ready-to-Deploy Container Images
brideoflinux
Dec 5, 2025
Linus Torvalds is Surprisingly Optimistic About Vibe Coding – Except for This One ‘Horrible’ Use
sjvn
Dec 5, 2025
Xen 4.21 Hypervisor Arrives With New PDX Compression
Bobby Borisov
Dec 5, 2025
Linux Today Logo

LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.

Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2025 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.