Create a Directly-Executable Cross-Platform Gui App Using Python

Create a directly-executable cross-platform GUI app using Python

First you will need some GUI library with Python bindings and then (if you want) some program that will convert your python scripts into standalone executables.

Cross-platform GUI libraries with Python bindings (Windows, Linux, Mac)

Of course, there are many, but the most popular that I've seen in wild are:

• Tkinter - based on Tk GUI toolkit (de-facto standard GUI library for python, free for commercial projects)
• WxPython - based on WxWidgets (popular, free for commercial projects)
• Qt using the PyQt bindings or Qt for Python. The former is not free for commercial projects. The latter is less mature, but can be used for free.

Complete list is at http://wiki.python.org/moin/GuiProgramming

Single executable (all platforms)

• PyInstaller - the most active(Could also be used with PyQt)
• fbs - if you chose Qt above

Single executable (Windows)

• py2exe - used to be the most popular

Single executable (Linux)

• Freeze - works the same way like py2exe but targets Linux platform

Single executable (Mac)

• py2app - again, works like py2exe but targets Mac OS

Are there an GUI libraries for Python that allow you to compile to an EXE (windows) and APP(Mac)?

I think the answer here is less about the particular GUI toolkit and more about distributing stand-alone python applications. Personally, I've found the tools for this a little less perfect than I'd like but, after some finagling, they get the job done. The most likely candidate that'd fit your needs is cx_Freeze. Though there's a Windows specific py2exe and Mac specific py2app that might fill the bill if cx_Freeze is insufficient.

Best way to build a cross-platform and custom-skinned application with Python

I am the author of Hotot.

according to your requirements, the key for you to choose a framework is the UI framework should be able to access webview conveniently.

Hotot has several wrappers for different platforms. On Linux, we have both Qt and GTK version, on Windows, we provide a Qt version, on Mac, we have a Cocoa version, and of course we have a Chrome version. In a word, all they can easily access webkit.

PS: XULRunner is another good choice for native appearance.

make Python executable into app mac os catalina

Just placing a python executable into a folder with the .app extension doesn't make your python code a native app. Take a look at libraries that can build your python code into a native app - there are plenty and even more tutorials on how to use them, google around!

For macOS only apps py2app will work, but for other cross-platform options, refer to this existing answer

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