Why developers like Kivy

What is Kivy?

It is an open source Python library for rapid development of applications that make use of innovative user interfaces, such as multi-touch apps. It runs on Linux, Windows, OS X, Android, iOS, and Raspberry Pi. You can run the same code on all supported platforms.

Kivy is a tool in the Frameworks (Full Stack) category of a tech stack.

Who uses Kivy?

Companies

Vertex.AI

Developers

89 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Kivy.

SciFin

Personal

My Stack

Kivy Integrations

Python

Linux

Windows

Mac OS X

Pros of Kivy

Readable

Pythonic

Simple

Convert to APK file

Decisions about Kivy

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Kivy in their tech stack.

manish garg

Dec 16, 2022 | 4 upvotes · 28.5K views

Needs advice

Flutter

and

Kivy

I want to start working on mobile applications with Python, which tool do I need to consider with PyCharm, Kivy, or Flutter?

William Miller

CEO at Stealth Startup · Feb 11, 2021 | 7 upvotes · 451K views

Needs advice

PyQt

React Native

and

Xamarin

We are developing an AWS IoT app for large boats. The IoT devices have sensors all over the boat for engine oil pressure, position, water depth, fuel level, crew location, etc. When the boat has internet, we interact with AWS cloud using lambda and Amazon DynamoDB. When the boat is offshore, the captain and crew still need normal and emergency alerts and real-time sensor information. The crew might have an Android or IoS phone or a Windows or macOS PC to receive alerts and interact with sensors. We may use the AWS GreenGrasss edge computing solution and either MQTT or HTML for that function.

Question: We want to develop a cross-platform client to run on Windows, Mac, Android, IOS, and possibly Linux. We are primarily Python programmers, so PyQt or Kivy are options for us, but we have heard good things about React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, and others. We think an AWS Greengrass core on an RPI4 could communicate to the client with MQTT or a local webserver with a client web interface.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

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Kivy's Features

Cross platform
100% free to use, under an MIT license
well documented API

Kivy Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Kivy?

PyQt

It is a set of Python v2 and v3 bindings for Qt application framework and runs on all platforms supported by Qt including Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS and Android. PyQt5 supports Qt v5. PyQt4 supports Qt v4 and will build against Qt v5. The bindings are implemented as a set of Python modules and contain over 1,000 classes.

Xamarin

Xamarin’s Mono-based products enable .NET developers to use their existing code, libraries and tools (including Visual Studio*), as well as skills in .NET and the C# programming language, to create mobile applications for the industry’s most widely-used mobile devices, including Android-based smartphones and tablets, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

Electron

With Electron, creating a desktop application for your company or idea is easy. Initially developed for GitHub's Atom editor, Electron has since been used to create applications by companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Slack, and Docker. The Electron framework lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. It is based on io.js and Chromium and is used in the Atom editor.

Android Studio

Android Studio is a new Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA. It provides new features and improvements over Eclipse ADT and will be the official Android IDE once it's ready.

pygame

It is a cross-platform set of Python modules designed for writing video games. It includes computer graphics and sound libraries designed to be used with the Python programming language.

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