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KivyMD 2.0.0

KivyMD is a collection of Material Design compliant widgets for use with Kivy, a framework for cross-platform, touch-enabled graphical applications.

The project's goal is to approximate Google's Material Design spec as close as possible without sacrificing ease of use. This library is a fork of the KivyMD project. We found the strength and brought this project to a new level.

Join the project! Just fork the project, branch out and submit a pull request when your patch is ready. If any changes are necessary, we'll guide you through the steps that need to be done via PR comments or access to your for may be requested to outright submit them.

If you wish to become a project developer (permission to create branches on the project without forking for easier collaboration), have at least one PR approved and ask for it. If you contribute regularly to the project the role may be offered to you without asking too.

PyPI version Supported Python versions Downloads Code style: Black

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Installation

pip install kivymd==2.0.0

Dependencies:

How to install

Command above will install latest release version of KivyMD from PyPI.

If you want to install development version from master branch, you should specify link to zip archive:

pip install https://github.com/kivymd/KivyMD/archive/master.zip

Tip: Replace master.zip with <commit hash>.zip (eg 51b8ef0.zip) to download KivyMD from specific commit.

Also you can install manually from sources. Just clone the project and run pip:

git clone https://github.com/kivymd/KivyMD.git --depth 1
cd KivyMD
pip install .

Speed Tip: If you don't need full commit history (about 1.14 GiB), you can use a shallow clone (git clone https://github.com/kivymd/KivyMD.git --depth 1) to save time. If you need full commit history, then remove --depth 1.

How to use with Buildozer

requirements = python3,
    kivy,
    https://github.com/kivymd/KivyMD/archive/master.zip,
    materialyoucolor,
    materialshapes,
    pycairo,
    pillow,
    exceptiongroup,
    asyncgui,
    asynckivy,
    android

This will download latest release version of KivyMD from PyPI.

If you want to use development version from master branch, you should specify link to zip archive:

requirements = kivy, https://github.com/kivymd/KivyMD/archive/master.zip

Do not forget to run buildozer android clean or remove .buildozer directory before building if version was updated (Buildozer doesn't update already downloaded packages).

On Linux

or via Docker.

On Windows 10

Build automatically via GitHub Actions

to build your packages automatically on push or pull request.

How to use with kivy-ios

toolchain build python3 kivy pillow
toolchain pip install --no-deps kivymd

Documentation

  • See documentation at https://kivymd.readthedocs.io
  • Wiki with examples of using KivyMD widgets: https://github.com/kivymd/KivyMD/wiki

Demos

Kitchen sink app demonstrates every KivyMD widget. You can see how to use widget in code of app.

Comparison of Flutter & KivyMD

| Sky View Concept | Healthy Food Delivery | :-------------------------:|:-------------------------: | | Asics Shoes Concept | Facebook Desktop Redesign | |

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Support

If you need assistance or you have a question, you can ask for help on our mailing list:

  • Discord server: https://discord.gg/wu3qBST (English #support, Russian #ru-support)
  • StackOverflow tag: kivymd
  • Email: KivyMD-library@yandex.com

Settings

Syntax highlighting and auto-completion for Kivy/KivyMD .kv files in PyCharm/Intellij IDEA

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Contributing

We always welcome your Bug reports, Feature requests and Pull requests! Check out CONTRIBUTING.md and feel free to improve KivyMD.

Setup environment

We recommend you to use PyCharm to work with KivyMD code. Install Kivy and development dependencies to your virtual environment:

pip install -e .[dev,docs]
pre-commit install

Format all files and run tests:

pre-commit run --all-files
pytest kivymd/tests --timeout=600 --cov=kivymd --cov-report=term

pre-commit will format modified files with Black and sort imports with isort.

Sister projects

KivyMD Extensions

Additional extensions for the KivyMD library.

https://github.com/kivymd-extensions

KivyMDBuilder

Build apps visually.

https://github.com/kivymd/KivyMDBuilder

License

  • KivyMD is released under the terms of the
MIT License, same as Kivy. is licensed and distributed under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0. Material Design Icons community covered by SIL Open Font License 1.1

Contributors

KivyMD Team

They spent a lot of time to improve KivyMD.

  • Yuri Ivanov @HeaTTheatR - Core developer
  • Artem Bulgakov @ArtemSBulgakov - Technical administrator, contributor
  • Andrés Rodríguez @mixedCase - First author of KivyMD project, contributor

Code Contributors

This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute. How to contribute

Financial Contributors

Become a financial contributor on OpenCollective and help us sustain our community.

Gold Sponsors

Become a Gold Sponsor and get your logo on our Readme with a link to your website.

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Backers

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