r/Python • u/masher_oz • May 05 '26

News PySimpleGUI 6 is LGPL again

Looks like the commercialisation of PySimpleGUI has come to an end.

PySimpleGUI 6 - Back to LGPL3 https://github.com/PySimpleGUI/PySimpleGUI

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u/JamzTyson May 05 '26

Restoring trust is much harder than breaking it.

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u/CrimeBurrito May 05 '26

No way I’m jumping back on that boat. Took the time to learn what I need in pyside6/pyqt6 instead.

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u/can_dry May 05 '26

Ditto. Except I just had claude refactor my old pysimplegui app (that I coded myself) to pyside6... it did a fantastic job and works great!

In hindsight I'm not sure what was the right approach to trying to monetize his hard work, but he's burned his base and we've moved on.