qt-material
Material inspired stylesheet for PySide6 and PyQt6.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you are building a PySide6 or PyQt6 application and want Material Design styling without writing stylesheets from scratch. The package is stable, permissively licensed, and has low install friction. The aging maintenance status (480 days since last release) is a minor concern but not a blocker—the codebase is mature and the repository remains active. No known security vulnerabilities.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires PySide6, PyQt6, or PyQt5 to be installed separately; qt_material must be imported after the Qt framework.
- Low install friction; pure Python wheel with only Jinja2 as a runtime dependency.
- Maintenance is aging—last release was 480 days ago, though the repository remains active with recent commits.
License · maintenance · safety
BSD-2-Clause (permissive) — BSD-2-Clause is permissive; you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.
last release 2025-04-21 (480 days) · last repo commit 2025-06-17 · 79 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 124,469 downloads/mo, #11,868 on PyPI
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pip install qt-material
from qt_material import apply_stylesheet, list_themes
themes = list_themes()
apply_stylesheet(app, theme='dark_teal.xml')- Exact count of pre-built themes available in the package.
- Whether runtime theme switching (QtStyleTools) works reliably across all supported Qt versions.
- Performance impact of applying stylesheets to large, complex UIs.
- Compatibility with custom Qt plugins or extensions beyond standard widgets.
What it is and what it does
Qt-Material is a stylesheet package that brings Material Design aesthetics to applications using PySide6 and PyQt6. It ships with pre-built dark and light themes and lets you apply them to your entire application with a single function call. The package depends only on Jinja2 and works as a pure Python wheel, making it lightweight to install.
Beyond the built-in themes, you can customize colors, fonts, button accent colors, and CSS properties either at startup or at runtime. The package supports theme switching mid-application, exporting themes to standalone QSS files for use in non-Python Qt projects, and creating entirely new themes through an interactive editor. Environment variables expose the current theme's colors for programmatic access.
Use it for
- Apply a consistent Material Design look to a desktop application without writing custom stylesheets.
- Switch between dark and light themes at runtime based on user preference or system settings.
- Create a custom theme using Material Design colors and export it as a standalone QSS file.
- Add accent colors (danger, warning, success) to buttons and other widgets by setting class properties.
- Extend a built-in theme with custom CSS overrides for application-specific styling needs.
Worth the install?
AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page. Verify before relying on it.
Yes, if you are building a PySide6 or PyQt6 application and want Material Design styling without writing stylesheets from scratch.
The package is stable, permissively licensed, and has low install friction. The aging maintenance status (480 days since last release) is a minor concern but not a blocker—the codebase is mature and the repository remains active. No known security vulnerabilities.
Install
qt-material on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction; pure Python wheel with only Jinja2 as a runtime dependency. Maintenance is aging—last release was 480 days ago, though the repository remains active with recent commits.
Requires PySide6, PyQt6, or PyQt5 to be installed separately; qt_material must be imported after the Qt framework.
License in practice
BSD-2-Clause is permissive; you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install qt-material
from qt_material import apply_stylesheet, list_themes
themes = list_themes()
apply_stylesheet(app, theme='dark_teal.xml')Verify before relying
- Exact count of pre-built themes available in the package.
- Whether runtime theme switching (QtStyleTools) works reliably across all supported Qt versions.
- Performance impact of applying stylesheets to large, complex UIs.
- Compatibility with custom Qt plugins or extensions beyond standard widgets.
Package facts
| License | BSD-2-Clause permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.7 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 1 packageJinja2 |
| Maintenance | Aging 480 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 124,469 / month, #11,868 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableLicense :: OSI Approved :: BSD LicenseProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9 |
Evidence: qt_material-2.17-py3-none-any.whl
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