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Maxim Saplin @msmxm

Flet: A Python Imperative UI Framework, Not Flutter

Flet is not Flutter, despite using it behind the scenes. It's a cross-platform, server-driven, imperative UI framework for Python with its own library of controls and no standard Flutter UI library.

"The fastest way to build Flutter apps in Python" is the title of Flet's web page. As someone coming from the Flutter world reading the line I draw an ideal picture of "swapping Dart language for Python and magically having the whole power of Flutter framework at the tips of your fingers".

  
  
  Not Flutter

Upon inspection of the sample code written in Flet, I see no Flutter:


There are no widgets - the cornerstone of Flutter (immutable UI configuration). There's no such concept.
It has its own library of controls, you can't use the standard Flutter UI library
It is imperative, i.e. you e...