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PySimpleGUI

pysimplegui

Python GUIs for Humans! Create any GUI simple or complicated in a way that's intuitive. Launched in 2018. NEW for 2026 - the LGPL3 Version 6. Transforms tkinter, Qt, WxPython, and Remi into a simple, intuitive, and fun experience for both hobbyists and expert users.
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No known security advisories. The current version has no OSV.dev malware reports and no critical or high-severity vulnerabilities.

pysimplegui has 114K monthly downloads and 14K GitHub stars. Version 6.2 supports Python 3.6+, first published in 2018.

It is actively maintained under a copyleft license, last released in Jun 2026.

It is used by 139 tracked packages, including pyforcedaq, cyberu and musicntwrk.

GitHub topics include pysimplegui, gui-framework and tkinter.

Shared Repository
This package shares its GitHub repository (PySimpleGUI/PySimpleGUI) with 4 other packages. Stars, forks, and other GitHub metrics reflect the entire repository.
Downloads
Day
3.7K
Week
26.4K
Month
114.4K
Stars
13.8K
Forks
1.8K
Issues
709
Version
6.2

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0-100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
70
Popularity
87
Adoption
60
Community
20
Provenance
0
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
1 days ago
Monthly downloads
114,372
• Active
Activity within 30 days
Stable
Activity within 31-180 days
Minimal
Activity within 181-365 days, or no activity data
At Risk
No activity for > 365 days, but > 10,000 monthly downloads
Archived
Repository flagged as archived on GitHub
How the popularity category was determined
Monthly downloads
114,372
Stars
13,816
Stars per 1k downloads
120.80
Industry Standard
> 10,000,000 monthly downloads
Hidden Gem
< 0.5 stars per 1k downloads and > 100,000 monthly downloads
• Community Favorite
> 5 stars per 1k downloads
Rising Star
Balanced ratio of stars to downloads
Unknown
Fewer than 1,000 monthly downloads, or no star data
How download momentum is calculated
Week daily avg
3,764
Month daily avg
3,812
Momentum
-1.3%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Python version support tiers
requires_python
>=3.6
Cutting Edge
Minimum supported version is 3.12 or newer
Modern
Minimum supported version is 3.9, 3.10, or 3.11
• Legacy
Supports 3.8 or older (or Python 2)
Unknown
No requires_python specified or unparseable
License categories
License
GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPLv3)
Permissive
MIT, Apache, BSD, ISC, Unlicense, CC0, etc.
• Copyleft
GPL, LGPL, AGPL, MPL, EPL, etc.
Proprietary
Commercial, all rights reserved, custom EULAs
Unknown
No license specified, or none of the above match
How the release cadence was determined
Last release
19 days ago
Total releases
3
Releases/year
0.4
Rapid
Last release within 365 days and > 12 releases/year
• Regular
Last release within 365 days
Slow
Last release 366-730 days ago
Stalled
Last release > 730 days ago, or no releases
Unknown
No usable release date available
How contributor risk was determined
Contributors
7
Monthly downloads
114,372
High Load
≤ 2 contributors and ≥ 50,000 monthly downloads
Moderate Load
< 10 contributors and ≥ 500,000 monthly downloads
Low Load
< 25 contributors and ≥ 5,000,000 monthly downloads, or sole maintainer with ≥ 10,000 monthly downloads
• Balanced
Enough contributors for the package's popularity
Unknown
No contributor data available
Engagement
29
 
Issue Burden
51.3
per 1k stars
Discussions
0.0
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
0.4%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
No
 
PR Velocity
Quiet
 

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars

Not all downloads include detailed metadata. Breakdowns reflect the subset that does.

Downloads by OS

Linux 2.7K
Windows 368
macOS 57

Python Versions

3.10
51.4% 1.5K
3.11
22.0% 643
3.9
14.7% 430
3.14
6.4% 186
3.12
5.5% 162

Top Countries

1. US US
2.7K
2. CN CN
91
3. JP JP
49
4. SG SG
48
5. DE DE
36
6. IN IN
31
7. BR BR
29
8. AU AU
26
9. HK HK
17
10. CA CA
16

Package Information

License
GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPLv3)
First Release
July 31, 2018
Last Release
2 weeks ago
Last Commit
2 days ago
Latest Version
6.2
Total Releases
3
Contributors
7
Open PRs
0
Archived
No
Author
PySimpleGUI
Python Versions
3 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15
Wheels
py3
Keywords
GUI UI tkinter Qt WxPython Remi wrapper simple easy beginner novice student graphics progressbar progressmeter
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
July 5, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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