What are the best drawing libraries for Python?

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Best drawing libraries for Python	Price	License	Last Updated
-- Pygame	-	LGPL	Jan 14, 2020
-- pyglet	-	BSD	Dec 6, 2019
-- PyCairo	-	-	Aug 23, 2019
-- SFML for Python	-	-	Oct 31, 2019

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score 7 · Answer 1

pyglet

Top Pro

3D support

Since pyglet is so tightly woven with OpenGL it allows the support of drawing in 3D. See More

Top Con

Small community/popularity

There is a decent amount of documentation and API to go along with pyglet, but in terms of community support there seems to be very little. See More

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License:BSD

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Cross-platform

Works with Windows, Linux, and OS X. See More

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Written in pure Python

A small advantage, but being a core Python developer, it may be the best to stick to the roots and develop with pyglet as it is able to compile using other Python interpreters. See More

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PyCairo

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Good tutorials and documentation

With a plethora of documentation on the core Cairo library and the bindings for Python, users will be able to turn to the documentation, API, or translate examples from other languages to work with PyCairo. See More

Top Con

No 3D support

Due to PyCairo being built off the 2D graphics library cairo, there is no 3D support for any graphics. See More

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Supports rich set of platforms

Support includes Linux, BSDs, Microsoft Windows, and OS X. With all these supported platforms the PyCairo library will be able to complete the job. See More

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SFML for Python

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What are the best drawing libraries for Python?

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Pygame

My Recommendation for Pygame

My Recommendation for Pygame

Great documentation and tutorials

Does not scale well to large games

Rich platform support

pyglet

My Recommendation for pyglet

My Recommendation for pyglet

3D support

Small community/popularity

Cross-platform

Written in pure Python

PyCairo

My Recommendation for PyCairo

My Recommendation for PyCairo

Good tutorials and documentation

No 3D support

Supports rich set of platforms

SFML for Python

My Recommendation for SFML for Python

My Recommendation for SFML for Python

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