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title: Kivy
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description: Link Excerpt Open source Python library for rapid development of applications that make use of innovative user interfaces, such as multi-touch apps. Cross platform Kivy runs on Linux, Windows, OS X,…
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created: '2022-01-30T00:00:00.000Z'
updated: '2024-06-12T19:16:18+02:00'
website: https://kivy.org/
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## Link

<https://kivy.org/>

## Excerpt

> Open source Python library for rapid development of applications that make use of innovative user interfaces, such as multi-touch apps.
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> ### Cross platform
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> Kivy runs on Linux, Windows, OS X, Android, iOS, and Raspberry Pi. You can run the same code on all supported platforms.
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> It can natively use most inputs, protocols and devices including WM\_Touch, WM\_Pen, Mac OS X Trackpad and Magic Mouse, Mtdev, Linux Kernel HID, TUIO. A multi-touch mouse simulator is included.
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> ### Business Friendly
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> Kivy is 100% free to use, under an MIT license (starting from 1.7.2) and LGPL 3 for the previous versions. The toolkit is professionally developed, backed and used. You can use it in a commercial product.
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> The framework is stable and has a well documented API, plus a programming guide to help you get started.
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> ### GPU Accelerated
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> The graphics engine is built over OpenGL ES 2, using a modern and fast graphics pipeline.
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> The toolkit comes with more than 20 widgets, all highly extensible. Many parts are written in C using Cython, and tested with regression tests.