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Add to SafariWhen comparing Tkinter vs Sciter, the Slant community recommends Sciter for most people. In the question“What are the best cross-platform GUI toolkits?” Sciter is ranked 19th while Tkinter is ranked 20th. The most important reason people chose Sciter is:
Support for C++, C#, Delphi, D, Go, Rust, Powerbuilder. See [Go bindings on GitHub](https://github.com/sciter-sdk/go-sciter). The binding for C# on GitHub, [SciterSharp](https://github.com/ramon-mendes/SciterSharp) does not seem to be free: in a commercial product you should acquire a commercial license.
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Pros
Pro Free for commercial use
Pro Included in the standard Python library
You probably already have it, since it's included in the standard Python distributions.
Pro Easy to learn and get productive with
TkInter is a small library with a gentle learning curve compared to what’s out there. It has a straightforward API and is often the go-to choice for building quick GUIs for Python scripts.
Pro Building executables is less complicated
Compared to other GUI libraries, building executables for TkInter applications are simpler because TkInter is included in Python and has no other dependencies. This results in less complicated packaging requirements and smaller binary size.
Pro Fast
Pro Multi language
Support for C++, C#, Delphi, D, Go, Rust, Powerbuilder. See Go bindings on GitHub. The binding for C# on GitHub, SciterSharp does not seem to be free: in a commercial product you should acquire a commercial license.
Pro Lightweight
Only a single native DLL.
Cons
Con No advanced widgets
TkInter does not come with advanced widgets out of the box (e.g. date picker).
Con Not good looking
You need a lot of code to make it look good.
Con No reliable UI builder available
There is no tool in the same league as Qt Designer (PyQt) for TkInter.
Con Linux version is not very mature
The Linux version is missing HTML/CSS features when compared to the Windows version.
Con Not fully HTML5 compliant
Lacking HTML5 functionality and W3C standards: grabbing a library like JQuery or Bootstrap and use it in Sciter will not work.
Con Not WYSIWYG
Not WYSIWYG like WebForms or WPF.
