How to use Qt with Julia

Question

Is it possibly to use the Qt toolkit with Julia? I've read that Julia supports calling c and python functions. How would I go about using pyqt/pyside or c's Qt bindings from within Julia?

Answer 1

The most stable option right now is to call PySide via Python, for which there is already a meta-wrapper with some helpful functions (event loop integration, etc.).

Longer-term, there is a C++ FFI under development, and it has a very minimal demo of calling Qt directly from Julia. If you are feeling adventurous, this could be something to look at, but understand that it is still pre-release software so be prepared to file bugs and don't be surprised if some features are not available yet.