wxPython Downloads

Current Release

Starting with wxPython 4.0 (the first Phoenix release) the wxPython source archive and, for supported platforms, wxPython binary wheels are available from the Python Package Index (PyPI). wxPython's project page at PyPI is https://pypi.python.org/pypi/wxPython.

The source or binary wheels can be downloaded directly from the project page, or you can use the wonderful pip tool to do it for you. Just run something like this from a command-line:

pip install -U wxPython

If you are on a supported platform with a compatible Python build, then that command will download the appropriate wheel file from the latest release, and install it in your Python environment, or active Python virtual environment for you.

If there is no binary wheel file available for your platform or Python, then pip will download the source archive and will attempt to build it for you.

Building with Pip

wxPython is a very large and complex package, with several dependencies, and in many cases is not very easy to build. Since pip will be using the source tarball then all of the source files that are generated by other tools are included, eliminating much of the build complexity. However there are still library and tools dependencies that need to be present on the system while doing the build. The best place to find out about these dependencies is the README.rst file in the source tree. You should familiarize yourself with the whole file, but pay particular attention to the prerequisites section.

Extra Files

In addition to the source and binaries available on PyPI there are some extra files which are part of each release, which are hosted at https://extras.wxPython.org/wxPython4/extras/. The things you will find there are:

  • A tarball containing the wxPython API documentation which you can use for off-line reading of the API reference material.

  • A tarball containing the wxPython demo and samples.

  • Zip files with *.pdb files which are Visual Studio debugger information files.

  • Binary wheel files for a few flavors of Linux.

Yes, we have Linux Wheels. Sort of.

Because of the differences between distributions (mainly different versions of the core libraries installed by default, but also platform architecture and etc.) it is not possible to host binary wheel files for Linux on PyPI unless they can be made to work within the constraints of PEP 513 Unfortunately, attempts to pound the wxPython peg into the manylinux1 hole have not been very successful. Maybe manylinux2 will be a better fit. In the meantime if you have a Linux similar enough to those used to build the wheels located on SourceForge then you can use them and not need to build the wheels yourself.

Since there are various options for distro and wx port (GTK2 or GTK3) then the files can not all be located in the same folder for easy access by pip. This simply just means that you'll need to drill down a little further to find the URL to give to pip. For example, to get the GTK3 Phoenix builds for Ubuntu 16.04 (and 16.10, LinuxMint 18, and probably others) you can use a pip command like this:

pip install -U \
    -f https://extras.wxpython.org/wxPython4/extras/linux/gtk3/ubuntu-16.04 \
    wxPython

Of course you can always download the wheel file yourself and then use pip to install your local copy of the file.

The Bleeding Edge

If you're the daredevil type and prefer to work with the absolutely newest version of wxPython, we've got a couple options for you.

Snapshot Builds

Each day that there are commits to wxPython Phoenix's master branch, the buildbot will attempt to do a "daily build". If successful then the resulting wheels, docs, and source archives will be uploaded to the snapshots folder. Although these are not technically official releases, and may have new undiscovered and unsolved bugs, more than a few people use them successfully in their own projects.

GitHub

wxPython's GitHub project is at https://github.com/wxWidgets/Phoenix. If you want to tinker with the code (preferably in order to submit a PR) then this option is what you are looking for. Fork and clone a copy of the git repository for yourself and start tweaking away under the hood.

Since the generated files are not committed to git you will need to go through several more steps to generate and build the code, but they are all handled by the build.py script and there is a overview of the process and needed steps in the README. If you get stuck then you can ask about it on wxPython-dev.

Old Releases

The wxPython releases prior to 4.0 (a.k.a "Classic" wxPython) will remain available at SourceForge. That includes source, documentation, the demo, and various binary installers for Windows and Mac systems.