[hospitalJail]

Our company made the switch to QT, dev time and code readability has improved, but the code runs significantly slower in debug mode. (Yes I know we can run headless)

Sad because I learned so much tkinter, and despite that, I'm fine with moving away from tkinter. I'm not sure who the problem is.

[rubymamis]

Have you tried QML? My efficiency improved dramatically since switching from C++ Qt for the UI.

[Renaud]

Do you have to pay to license QML?

Qt looks nice but license fees are pretty expensive for small shops.

Could use the GPL version but I’m just afraid of becoming dependent on a tool that will keep the most interesting features only available for the commercial version.

[rubymamis]

Not at all! Qt comes with an LGPL version that you just must 1. link it dynamically and 2. If you change Qt's source code you need to publish the changes. (Not legal advice).

Most of what you'll need will be under the LGPL version. You can use the commercial version by paying and not publishing your source or via the GPL license and publish your full source code and everything else GPL requires.

I cannot recommend it more, give it a try it's easy to learn (I studied the basics in a day and a working prototype quite fast).

Something I've been working on: converting Markdown text into a Kanban view (in QML).[1]

[1] https://imgur.com/a/ht6Muh2

[Renaud]

That project looks nifty!

Alright, you convinced me to give it a shot!

[rubymamis]

Haha awesome. Thanks (:

[hospitalJail]

We use GPL version, but its internal software that isnt distributed outside.