New Python GUI Framework (better than others?)

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New Python GUI Framework (better than others?)

Hey HN, I built [*WinUp*]( https://github.com/mebaadwaheed/winup ) — a modern GUI framework for Python that works like React or Flutter, but with native Qt widgets under the hood. ### Why I made this: Python has great libraries for data, backend, scripting… but most GUI libraries are either: - Verbose (Tkinter, PyQt) - Old-school imperative - Slow or bloated (Electron) WinUp gives you: - Declarative UI with `@component` functions - Hot reload for real-time editing - CSS-like styling system - State binding with `State()` like React - Native rendering via PySide6 ### Example: ```python import winup from winup import ui def App(): # 1. Create a state object with an initial value. counter = winup.state.create("counter", 0) # 2. Create the UI widgets. label = ui.Label() # 3. Bind the state to the label's 'text' property. # The lambda function will re-run whenever the counter changes. counter.bind_to(label, 'text', lambda c: f"Counter Value: {c}") def increment(): # 4. Use the state object's methods to update the value. counter.set(counter.get() + 1) return ui.Column(children=[ label, ui.Button("Increment", on_click=increment) ]) if __name__ == "__main__": winup.run(main_component_path="file_name:App", title="New State Demo") ```