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Asked: 2026-05-14T15:55:34+00:00

I am learning Python to use QT with Python, not only C++, and am

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I am learning Python to use QT with Python, not only C++, and am curious if I can embed a Python interpreter in my application as a REPL?

I want to allow users to script either loading a file and that file act as a plugin, or by evaluating code entered in a text box or something similar to embedding the interpreter in C or C++ and script the application using Python.

Can this be done if the application is itself written in Python and made into a standalone binary using py2exe or something similar, something like Anders did with the C# REPL or Miguel with Mono.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Well, this is all certainly possible, but it is not beginner stuff.

    Python offers a read-eval loop as a module, but you’d still have so create a console in QT where you can type in input and display results.

    The same goes for a plugin system. It’s very easy to import a script as a plugin and the plugin just has to import your application to access its state. But that’s hardly a real plugin system, you’d want to create a proper API so the plugins don’t break whenever something in the app changes.

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