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I wish it were easy to write such small apps, particular cross-platform. I'm developing a cross-platform file manager [1]. It's way more bloated with dependenci
by mherrmann 9y ago
I wish it were easy to write such small apps, particular cross-platform. I'm developing a cross-platform file manager [1]. It's way more bloated with dependencies than I would like. But I can't justify spending time on trimming its dep's when there is so much functionality that needs to be implemented. Having said that, I did choose PyQt over Electron for performance reasons [2].
[1]: https://fman.io https://fman.io
[2]: https://fman.io/blog/picking-technologies-for-a-desktop-app-in-2016/ https://fman.io/blog/picking-technologies-for-a-desktop-app-...
- problems 9y agoOne thing that you seemingly missed in your review of toolkits is that PyQt cannot be used freely by a proprietary application such as yours. Qt itself is LGPL, PySide (the official python Qt binding) is also LGPL, but PyQt is GPL-only unless you pay them $500.
- mherrmann 9y agoFair point. Though tbh $500 really isn't that much in the context of how much work a desktop app is.