Python Tkinter Projects with Source Code and Practice Ideas

Building projects is one of the best ways to learn Python Tkinter. The examples on this page progress from small widget exercises to complete GUI applications using files, Canvas, PDF generation, JSON, CSV, MySQL, SQLite and Pandas.

Some entries are practice ideas that you can build yourself. Others link to complete Plus2net tutorials with working examples and source code.

Beginner Python Tkinter Projects 🔝

These small exercises help you understand widgets, commands, variables, events and basic layout management.

1. Add common Tkinter widgets to one GUI window and experiment with their options.
2. Create a Button that closes the Tkinter window. See the basic Tkinter tutorial and examples.
3. Create three Buttons:
   • the first displays Hi Welcome,
   • the second changes the first Button text,
   • the third closes the application.
4. Add an input field to the previous project and display a welcome message when the second Button is clicked.
5. Replace the output field with a Label.
6. Display a welcome message when a Button is clicked.
7. Enter a name in an Entry widget and display the name with a welcome message.
8. Create a simple calculator with Add, Subtract, Multiply and Divide operations.
9. Create a chess board using Tkinter.
10. Convert feet to meters and meters to feet.
11. Calculate mean and sum from user input.

Widget and Form Projects 🔝

After learning basic widgets, build projects where several controls work together.

Combobox and Conditional Inputs

Display different input fields depending on the selected Combobox option.

Before building larger selection-based projects, review the updated Tkinter Combobox tutorial covering values, get(), set(), current(), events and dynamic options.

Entry Length and Input Control

Progress from Completed Tasks

Count the number of completed selections and display progress using a Tkinter Progressbar.

RGB Color Controller

Autocomplete

Date, Time, Counter and Countdown Projects 🔝

Start, Stop and Reset Counter

Create an incremental counter starting at zero. Update it every second and provide Start, Stop, Reset and Exit buttons. This project is useful for learning Tkinter's event loop and scheduled callbacks.

Digital Clock

Create a clock that displays time in different formats.

Analog Clock

Countdown Timer

Date of Birth and Age Calculator

Ask the user to select a date of birth and calculate age in years, months and days.

For a permanently visible date picker, see the tkcalendar Calendar tutorial.

Canvas and Visual Tkinter Projects 🔝

The Tkinter Canvas can draw and move shapes, images and other graphical items.

Canvas Animation

Move Shapes and Images

Move Canvas items using buttons, arrow keys or mouse dragging.

Dashboard Pointer

Draw Mathematical Curves

Drag and Drop

Text, File, Image and PDF Projects 🔝

Upload and Display an Image

This project combines file selection with image display and window resizing.

Typing Speed Calculator

Let the user enter text for a fixed time and calculate the number of characters entered.

Character Limit with ProgressBar

Hashtag Generator

Create hashtags from user-entered text, remove negative words and copy the generated hashtags to the system clipboard.

Save User Data to PDF

The Python PDF section covers PDF creation in more detail.

GUI Text Editor

The updated Tkinter Save As tutorial explains asksaveasfile(), asksaveasfilename(), file types, extensions and Cancel handling.

QR Code Generator

Treeview Projects 🔝

Treeview is useful for tables, hierarchical data and database records.

Add Rows and Parent-Child Items

Generate an Invoice

Display MySQL Records

Tkinter Projects with MySQL and SQLite 🔝

Database projects combine GUI widgets with persistent storage. Start with connection and record-display projects before building larger management systems.

MySQL Database Connector

Create a GUI where the user enters MySQL connection details. After connecting, display the available database tables and show connection errors inside the application.

SQLite SQL Query Interface

Build a second window using Toplevel where the user can enter SQL. Display SELECT results or the number of affected rows and keep the entered SQL available for further editing.

PDF with Student Data

Inventory Management

Todo List using Database

Quiz Applications

Complete Tkinter Application Projects 🔝

Restaurant Management

Payroll Management System

Application Settings using JSON

Student Data Entry using CSV

Real-Time Data Viewer with SQLite

Mutual Fund NAV Tracker

Housie / Tambola Number Generator

Tkinter Projects with Pandas 🔝

Combining Pandas with Tkinter allows a GUI application to load, process and display structured data.

Project Ideas using Pandas

1. Data Visualization Tool: Load a dataset and allow users to select different visualizations.
2. Data Analysis Dashboard: Display summary information and visual output for data columns.
3. Financial Analysis Tool: Load financial data and provide GUI controls for analysis and display.
4. Interactive Data Table: Display tabular data and provide controls for sorting, filtering or other operations.
5. Machine Learning Interface: Build a GUI around dataset loading, model training and performance display.

AI Chatbot using Tkinter 🔝

Build a desktop AI chatbot interface using Tkinter with settings and chat-history features.

Which Tkinter Project Should You Build Next? 🔝

Select a project based on the Tkinter concepts you want to practice.

Useful Tkinter Topics before Larger Projects

These recently strengthened tutorials cover several building blocks used throughout the project examples:

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