python-manatools

Python ManaTools builds on the original Perl-based ManaTools idea, keeping the same goal of a shared toolkit and consistent UX while moving to Python to match systemd and D-Bus APIs. We are grateful to libyui for the foundation it provided, but this project now ships its own AUI layer and keeps evolving independently. Today it focuses on a backend-agnostic UI abstraction for GTK, Qt, and ncurses, plus the services and helpers needed by ManaTools.

See the AUI API documentation for details: manatools AUI API.

REQUIREMENTS

Python >= 3.6

Poetry >= 1.2.0

Core dependencies (always required)

• dbus-python — D-Bus bindings used by manatools.services
• PyYAML — YAML configuration file support (manatools.config)
• python-gettext — internationalisation helpers

UI backends (at least one required)

GTK 4 backend

• PyGObject >= 3.42 (gi) — Python GObject introspection bindings
• GTK 4 — the GTK 4 toolkit libraries (gtk4)
• GdkPixbuf 2 — image loading for icons (gdk-pixbuf2)
• pycairo — Cairo drawing context used by GTK widgets (python3-cairo)

Qt backend

• PySide6 >= 6.5.0 — Qt 6 Python bindings

ncurses backend

• curses — included in the Python standard library (no extra install needed)

INSTALLATION

pip install python-manatools

Or from sources:

poetry install