dpgui
A web-based GUI for user inputs.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you need a lightweight, extensible web form interface for Python package configuration. The low install friction, active repository, and plugin architecture make it suitable for scientific or engineering workflows. LGPLv3 copyleft is a consideration for proprietary applications. No known vulnerabilities.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.7 or later; the web interface runs locally and expects a browser to connect to the served endpoint.
- Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel and only four runtime dependencies.
- Repository is active with a recent commit on 2026-08-10.
License · maintenance · safety
copyleft license (copyleft) — Licensed under GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPLv3, copyleft). You may use and modify the package freely, but any derivative work must also be licensed under LGPLv3 or a compatible license; proprietary applications linking to it must provide source code access.
last release 2024-11-17 (635 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-10 · 9 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 108,139 downloads/mo, #12,575 on PyPI
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pip install dpgui
dpgui- Whether the package can be used programmatically beyond the CLI entry point or if it is CLI-only.
- Performance characteristics and scalability limits for large numbers of input fields or concurrent users.
- Whether dargs, importlib-metadata, waitress, and werkzeug versions have known incompatibilities or constraints.
- Time elapsed since last release (2024-11-17) and implications for maintenance activity.
What it is and what it does
DP-GUI is a web-based interface for collecting structured user inputs, built on werkzeug and waitress. It exposes an HTTP server that serves a Vue-based frontend, allowing users to fill in form fields that correspond to Python function arguments. The package is designed to be extended: other Python packages can register their own argument schemas via entry points, so that DP-GUI automatically discovers and displays input forms for those packages' functions. The core runtime dependencies are dargs (for argument definition), werkzeug and waitress (for the web server), and importlib-metadata (for entry point discovery).
The typical workflow is to install DP-GUI, run the `dpgui` command to start the server, then open a browser to interact with the forms. Developers can extend it by adding entry points in their own packages that return dargs.Argument objects, making their package's configuration available through the GUI without modifying DP-GUI itself.
Use it for
- Provide a web form interface for configuring complex scientific or engineering simulations without requiring users to write code.
- Build a centralized input portal where multiple installed packages can register their own configuration forms dynamically.
- Create a lightweight web UI for parameter collection in data processing or machine learning workflows.
- Allow non-technical users to set up job configurations for distributed computing tasks via a browser.
- Prototype rapid input interfaces for research tools by leveraging existing dargs argument definitions.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you need a lightweight, extensible web form interface for Python package configuration.
The low install friction, active repository, and plugin architecture make it suitable for scientific or engineering workflows. LGPLv3 copyleft is a consideration for proprietary applications. No known vulnerabilities.
Install
dpgui on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel and only four runtime dependencies. Repository is active with a recent commit on 2026-08-10.
Requires Python 3.7 or later; the web interface runs locally and expects a browser to connect to the served endpoint.
License in practice
Licensed under GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPLv3, copyleft). You may use and modify the package freely, but any derivative work must also be licensed under LGPLv3 or a compatible license; proprietary applications linking to it must provide source code access.
Quickstart
pip install dpgui
dpguiVerify before relying
- Whether the package can be used programmatically beyond the CLI entry point or if it is CLI-only.
- Performance characteristics and scalability limits for large numbers of input fields or concurrent users.
- Whether dargs, importlib-metadata, waitress, and werkzeug versions have known incompatibilities or constraints.
- Time elapsed since last release (2024-11-17) and implications for maintenance activity.
Package facts
| License | copyleft license copyleft |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.7 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 4 packagesdargsimportlib-metadatawaitresswerkzeug |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 635 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 108,139 / month, #12,575 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPLv3)Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS XOperating System :: Microsoft :: WindowsOperating System :: POSIX :: LinuxProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9 |
Evidence: dpgui-1.0.1-py3-none-any.whl
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