PySide6
Shares rank 33 of 45 GUI frameworks by recommenders
Recommended for building desktop GUIs in Python with Qt, including Windows and Linux apps. Main caveat: packaging and distributing the finished app is hard.
Recommended for building desktop GUIs in Python with Qt, including Windows and Linux apps. Main caveat: packaging and distributing the finished app is hard.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 80%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Python plus Qt for desktop GUIs
“Python + Pyside is the best option to make UIs, be it Win-only or cross-platform”
Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “Windows native app development is a mess” “Python (with Qt, pyside) is still great for desktop GUI applications.”
Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “ChatGPT Containers can now run bash, pip/npm install packages and download files” “I really like the Python + Qt/pyside combination.”
Comment from 26 Dec 2025 in “Python 3.15's interpreter for Windows should be 15% faster” - Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “FAWK: LLMs can write a language interpreter”
Works well in practice
“They work well but I have no doubt that a dev with real experience with Qt would shudder”
Comment from 18 Feb 2026 in “Why AI Velocity Is Becoming a Debt Accelerator” “it's worked out really well”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Windows native app development is a mess” Good Qt binding for cross-platform use
“pyside 6 keeps the option to rebuild for windows and linux apps easier”
Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: Who here is not working on web apps/server code?” “Qt already has really good binding, see Pyside6 for instance.”
Comment from 13 Jun 2026 in “The state of building user interfaces in Rust”
Other GUI frameworks people recommend
The four most recommended other GUI frameworks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qt | 191 | 133 | 59% | 12 | 15 yrs7 owners | — |
| GTK | 85 | 118 | 42% | 12 | — | — |
| Windows Forms | 76 | 33 | 70% | 12 | 15 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| SwiftUI | 75 | 121 | 38% | 11 | 4 yrs8 owners | — |
| PySide6This page | 8 | 2 | 80% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
All 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Qt already has really good binding, see Pyside6 for instance.”
“Python + Pyside is the best option to make UIs, be it Win-only or cross-platform”
“it's worked out really well”
“They work well but I have no doubt that a dev with real experience with Qt would shudder”
“Python (with Qt, pyside) is still great for desktop GUI applications.”
“I really like the Python + Qt/pyside combination.”
“pyside 6 keeps the option to rebuild for windows and linux apps easier”
“No segfaults, but I'm not doing anything complicated.”
“but ran into segfaults, which should of course not happen no matter what you do in a scripting language”
“you lose native controls and low level language for performance”
“distribution becomes the nightmare”
“working on a PySide QT desktop app last weekend”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.