Tkinter Tutorial

Tkinter is a Python library for creating GUI applications using the Tk toolkit. Tkinter comes bundled with Python on both Windows and macOS. (On Linux, it may require downloading an additional package from your distribution's repo.) Tkinter is a wrapper written around the Tk GUI toolkit. Its name is an amalgamation of the words Tk and Interface.

Tkinter is a simple library with support for standard layouts and widgets, as well as more complex widgets such as tabbed views & progressbars. Tkinter is a pure GUI library, not a framework. There is no built-in support for GUIs driven from data sources, databases, or for displaying or manipulating multimedia or hardware. However, if you need to make something simple that doesn't require any additional dependencies, Tkinter may be what you are looking for.

Looking for something else? I also have a PyQt6 tutorial, PySide6 tutorial, PyQt5 tutorial and PySide2 tutorial.

This track consists of 8 tutorials. Keep checking back as I'm adding new tutorials regularly — last updated 31 January 2024.

Getting started with TKinter

Building simple GUI applications with Tk & Python

In this short tutorial we'll take our first steps building GUI applications with TKinter. We'll introduce simple Tk widgets, layouts and how to use them to build working Python GUI applications.

7 tutorials 36:48

Create a GUI Using Tkinter and Python (04:45)
Creating your first desktop application

Use Tkinter To Design GUI Layout (05:46)
Create a simple and structured layout using the Frame widget, Tkinter and Python 3

Create Buttons In Tkinter (05:44)
Add button widgets to your Tkinter GUI

Using the Pack Layout Manager in Tkinter (06:36)
Laying out widgets with the Pack layout manager

Using the Grid Layout Manager in Tkinter (06:37)
Laying out widgets with the Grid layout manager

Using the Place Geometry Manager in Tkinter (02:20)
Laying out widgets with the Place geometry manager

Create Radiobuttons & Checkbuttons In Tkinter (05:00)
Add special button widgets to your Tkinter GUI

Packaging and distribution

Sharing your Tkinter applications with other people

There comes a point in any app's development where it needs to leave home — half the fun in writing software is being able to share it with other people. Packaging Python GUI apps can be a little tricky, but in this Tkinter tutorial we'll cover how to package up your apps to share, whether commercially or just for fun.

1 tutorial 25:03

Packaging Tkinter applications for Windows with PyInstaller & InstallForge (25:03)
Turn your Tkinter application into a distributable installer for Windows