tkcalendar

What it is and what it does

tkcalendar provides two Tkinter widgets: a Calendar widget for displaying and selecting dates, and a DateEntry widget that combines a text field with a dropdown calendar. The Calendar widget supports event display with custom colors and tooltips, locale-aware formatting (e.g., 'fr_FR', 'en_US'), and customizable appearance through color and font options. It depends on babel for locale and date formatting.

The package is production-stable but dormant—no releases since 2019 and no active development. It is suitable for desktop applications that need date selection UI but should not be expected to receive updates for new Python versions or tkinter changes.

Use it for:

• Add a date picker to a Tkinter desktop application without building custom calendar UI.
• Display events on specific dates with color coding and tooltips in a calendar view.
• Support multiple locales and date formats in a Tkinter GUI application.
• Provide a DateEntry widget as a drop-in replacement for manual date input fields.
• Build a simple scheduling or event management interface with visual date selection.

Worth the install?

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Provides Calendar and DateEntry widgets for Tkinter applications, with support for event display, locale settings, and customizable colors.

Yes, if you are building a Tkinter desktop application and need calendar or date-entry widgets. The package is stable and has low install friction. However, be aware that it is dormant—no active maintenance since 2019—so do not rely on it for bug fixes or compatibility with future Python or tkinter versions. Suitable for legacy or internal tools; less suitable for new production applications that require ongoing support.

Install

tkcalendar on PyPI

pip install tkcalendar

uv add tkcalendar

poetry add tkcalendar

Installing tkcalendar

Before you install

Low install friction with a single runtime dependency (babel). Maintenance is dormant—last release was 2019-12-28 and last commit 2024-01-24, so expect no active bug fixes or feature development.

License in practice

Licensed under GPLv3 (copyleft). Any application that bundles or distributes this package must also distribute under a compatible copyleft license or provide source code.

Quickstart

pip install tkcalendar

import tkinter as tk
from tkcalendar import Calendar

root = tk.Tk()
cal = Calendar(root, year=2024, month=1)
cal.pack()
root.mainloop()

Requires tkinter, which is included in Python distributions for Windows but must be installed separately on Linux (e.g., python3-tk package).

Verify before relying

• Whether the package works reliably with Python versions beyond 3.6 (classifiers list 3.4–3.6 but description says 'Python 3').
• Current compatibility with modern tkinter versions and whether dormant status affects real-world usability.

Package facts

Evidence: tkcalendar-1.6.1-py3-none-any.whl

Keywords: tkinter, calendar, date

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