pyapp-kit/magicgui

build GUIs from type annotations

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magicgui

magicgui is released under the MIT license. magicgui on PyPI magicgui on conda-forge magicgui python version support

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build GUIs from type annotations, using magic.

📖 Docs

https://pyapp-kit.github.io/magicgui/

Installation

magicgui uses qtpy to support both pyqt and pyside backends. However, you must have one of those installed for magicgui to work.

install with pip

pip install magicgui[pyqt6]
# or
pip install magicgui[pyside6]

or with conda:

conda install -c conda-forge magicgui pyqt  # or pyside6 instead of pyqt

ℹ️ If you'd like to help us extend support to a different backend, please open an issue.

Basic usage

from magicgui import magicgui
from enum import Enum


class Medium(Enum):
    Glass = 1.520
    Oil = 1.515
    Water = 1.333
    Air = 1.0003


# decorate your function with the @magicgui decorator
@magicgui(call_button="calculate", result_widget=True)
def snells_law(aoi=30.0, n1=Medium.Glass, n2=Medium.Water, degrees=True):
    import math

    aoi = math.radians(aoi) if degrees else aoi
    try:
        result = math.asin(n1.value * math.sin(aoi) / n2.value)
        return math.degrees(result) if degrees else result
    except ValueError:
        return "Total internal reflection!"


# your function is now capable of showing a GUI
snells_law.show(run=True)

snells

But that's just the beginning! Please see Documentation for many more details and usage examples.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

See contributing guide here.

autogeneration
graphical-user-interface
gui
python
type-annotations
widgets

pyapp-kit/magicgui

build GUIs from type annotations

Python

509

655 commits

updated Oct 6, 2026

See the code

README

magicgui

magicgui is released under the MIT license. magicgui on PyPI magicgui on conda-forge magicgui python version support

magicgui build status magicgui code coverage cite magicgui

build GUIs from type annotations, using magic.

📖 Docs

https://pyapp-kit.github.io/magicgui/

Installation

magicgui uses qtpy to support both pyqt and pyside backends. However, you must have one of those installed for magicgui to work.

install with pip

pip install magicgui[pyqt6]
# or
pip install magicgui[pyside6]

or with conda:

conda install -c conda-forge magicgui pyqt  # or pyside6 instead of pyqt

ℹ️ If you'd like to help us extend support to a different backend, please open an issue.

Basic usage

from magicgui import magicgui
from enum import Enum


class Medium(Enum):
    Glass = 1.520
    Oil = 1.515
    Water = 1.333
    Air = 1.0003


# decorate your function with the @magicgui decorator
@magicgui(call_button="calculate", result_widget=True)
def snells_law(aoi=30.0, n1=Medium.Glass, n2=Medium.Water, degrees=True):
    import math

    aoi = math.radians(aoi) if degrees else aoi
    try:
        result = math.asin(n1.value * math.sin(aoi) / n2.value)
        return math.degrees(result) if degrees else result
    except ValueError:
        return "Total internal reflection!"


# your function is now capable of showing a GUI
snells_law.show(run=True)

snells

But that's just the beginning! Please see Documentation for many more details and usage examples.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

See contributing guide here.

autogeneration
graphical-user-interface
gui
python
type-annotations
widgets

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