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id: pyobjc-framework-securityui
version: "12.2.2"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# pyobjc-framework-SecurityUI — Wrappers for the framework SecurityUI on macOS

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 517.7K/mo

## What it is and what it does

pyobjc-framework-securityui is a thin wrapper layer that exposes Apple's macOS SecurityUI framework to Python developers. It is part of the larger PyObjC project, which bridges Python and Objective-C on macOS. The wrapper allows you to call SecurityUI classes and methods directly from Python code, but does not include its own documentation—you rely on Apple's native SecurityUI documentation and PyObjC's general translation guides to understand how to use it.

This package is useful when you need to display macOS security-related UI elements—such as keychain item selection dialogs or authentication prompts—from a Python application. It requires macOS and Python 3.10 or later, and depends on three other PyObjC framework packages. The project is actively maintained and has no known vulnerabilities.

Use it for:

- Display a macOS keychain item picker dialog in a Python application.
- Prompt users for security-related actions using native macOS UI components.
- Integrate macOS security framework features into cross-platform Python tools that run on macOS.
- Build Python-based system utilities that need to interact with macOS security services.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides Python bindings to macOS's SecurityUI framework, enabling access to security-related user interface components from Python code running on macOS.

Yes, if you are building a Python application on macOS that needs to display security-related UI elements. The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive license, and has no known vulnerabilities. Install only if you are on macOS and need SecurityUI specifically; it is not useful on other platforms.

## Install

pip install pyobjc-framework-securityui
uv add pyobjc-framework-securityui
poetry add pyobjc-framework-securityui

## Installing pyobjc-framework-SecurityUI

Before you install: Low friction installation with a pure-Python wheel. Actively maintained as of 3 days ago with recent commits. Depends on three other PyObjC framework packages (pyobjc-core, pyobjc-framework-Cocoa, pyobjc-framework-Security), all of which are part of the same ecosystem.

License in practice: MIT license is permissive; you can use this package in commercial and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions, provided you retain the license notice.

Quickstart:

pip install pyobjc-framework-securityui

from SecurityUI import SFChooseKeychainItemPanel
# Use SecurityUI framework classes directly

macOS only; requires Python 3.10 or later and a macOS system with the SecurityUI framework available.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the SecurityUI framework is available on all supported macOS versions or only recent ones.
- Specific SecurityUI classes and methods exposed by this wrapper beyond the framework's native API.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 517.7K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

macos security ui bindings, pyobjc security framework, macos security dialogs python, objective-c security ui wrapper, macos keychain ui access, python macos security prompts, macos-only, objective-c-bindings

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