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CEF Python

Table of contents:

Introduction

CEF Python X (cefpythonx) is a modern fork of the original CEF Python project, maintained by zabbix-byte.

It provides Python bindings for the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF), enabling you to embed a web browser control based on Chromium with full HTML5 support in your applications.

Key Features of CEF Python X:

  • Modern Python Support: Extended compatibility for Python 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, and 3.13.
  • Cross-Platform: Supports Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
  • GUI Integration: Embeddable in many Python GUI frameworks like PyQt, wxPython, PyGTK, PyGObject, Tkinter, Kivy, Panda3D, PyGame, PyOpenGL, PyWin32, PySide, and PySDL2.

Use cases include:

  1. Modern GUI: Use HTML5/CSS/JS for your application's UI (Electron-like experience).
  2. Embedded Browser: Add a powerful web browser widget to legacy desktop apps (Qt, GTK, wxPython).
  3. Off-screen Rendering: Render web content programmatically for custom use cases.
  4. Automation: Advanced web automation and testing beyond Selenium's capabilities.
  5. Scraping: High-fidelity web scraping and crawling.

Install

Command to install with pip:

pip install cefpythonx

Hosted at pypi/cefpythonx. On Linux pip 8.1+ is required.

You can also download packages for offline installation available on the GitHub Releases pages.

Below is a table with supported platforms, python versions and architectures.

OS Py2 Py3 32bit 64bit Requirements
Windows 2.7 3.4 / 3.5 / 3.6 / 3.7 / 3.8 / 3.9 / 3.10 / 3.11 / 3.12 / 3.13 Yes Yes Windows 7+ (Note that Python 3.9+ supports Windows 8.1+)
Linux 2.7 3.4 / 3.5 / 3.6 / 3.7 / 3.8 / 3.9 / 3.10 / 3.11 / 3.12 / 3.13 Yes Yes Debian 8+, Ubuntu 14.04+,
Fedora 24+, openSUSE 13.3+
Mac 2.7 3.4 / 3.5 / 3.6 / 3.7 / 3.8 / 3.9 / 3.10 / 3.11 / 3.12 / 3.13 No Yes MacOS 10.9+

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  • Issues: Report bugs or feature requests on the GitHub Issues page.
  • Legacy Forum: The original Google Group may contain historical information, but active development for cefpythonx happens here on GitHub.
  • Examples: Supported examples are listed in examples/README-examples.md.
  • Documentation: Located in the docs/ directory.

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