High-performance Python bindings for Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF)

Experimental and it works damn good.

Video testing: https://youtu.be/yWIah-r6sbw?si=O_uNuDDE8uSf6-Nk

Complete examples of using with Kivy, Tkinter and PyQt6 are under tests.

Thanks to pybind11 and CEF for existing in this world.

If and only if you want to support me anyhow:

Better watch a video (and there is not a video yet, lol)!!

• Linux

  Download cef minimal build for your system architecture via https://cef-builds.spotifycdn.com/index.html

  mkdir -p ~/Downloads/cef_binary
  
  wget https://cef-builds.spotifycdn.com/cef_binary_146.0.9%2Bg3ca6a87%2Bchromium-146.0.7680.165_linux64_minimal.tar.bz2 -O ~/Downloads/cef_binary.tar.bz2
  
  tar -xjf ~/Downloads/cef_binary.tar.bz2 -C ~/Downloads/cef_binary --strip-components=1

  Now build the libcef_dll_wrapper

  mkdir ~/Downloads/cef_binary/build
  cd ~/Downloads/cef_binary/build
  
  cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
  make -j$(nproc)

  Confirm the build

  ls ~/Downloads/cef_binary/build/libcef_dll_wrapper/
  

  A file named libcef_dll_wrapper.a will be listed.

• Windows

  Download cef minimal build for your system architecture via https://cef-builds.spotifycdn.com/index.html

  Powershell commands below

  mkdir $env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\cef_binary
  
  wget "https://cef-builds.spotifycdn.com/cef_binary_146.0.9%2Bg3ca6a87%2Bchromium-146.0.7680.165_windows64_minimal.tar.bz2" `
   -O $env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\cef_binary.tar.bz2
  
  tar -xjf $env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\cef_binary.tar.bz2 -C $env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\cef_binary --strip-components=1

  Now build the libcef_dll_wrapper

  mkdir $env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\cef_binary\build
  cd $env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\cef_binary\build
  
  # enable msvc build environment for you system x64 x86_64 x86 amd64
  vcvarsall.bat amd64
  
  cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
  cmake --build . --config Release --parallel

  Confirm the build

  Get-ChildItem $env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\cef_binary\build\libcef_dll_wrapper\Release
  

  A file named libcef_dll_wrapper.lib will be listed.

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/pybindcef/

• Linux

  Install bare bones extension from pypi:

  pip install pybindcef

  OR BUILD FROM SOURCE:

  Install pybind11.

  pip install "pybind11[global]"

  Clone this repository.

  git clone https://github.com/Novfensec/pybindcef -b main --single-branch --depth 1

  Now build the extension with -DPython_EXECUTABLE="pythonexecutablewithversion"

  mkdir pybindcef/build
  cd pybindcef/build
  
  cmake .. -DPython_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python
  make

• Windows

  Install pybind11.

  pip install "pybind11[global]"

  Clone this repository.

  git clone https://github.com/Novfensec/pybindcef -b main --single-branch --depth 1

  Now build the extension.

  mkdir pybindcef/build
  cd pybindcef/build
  
  cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
  cmake --build . --config Release

• Linux

  mkdir pybindcef/cef_worker/build
  cd pybindcef/cef_worker/build
  
  cmake ..
  make

• Window

  mkdir pybindcef/cef_worker/build
  cd pybindcef/cef_worker/build
  
  cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
  cmake --build . --config Release

• Linux

  Copy all files under cef_binary/Resources to cef_binary/Release

  cp -r ~/Downloads/cef_binary/Resources/* ~/Downloads/cef_binary/Release/

• Windows

  Copy all files under cef_binary/Resources and cef_binary/Release right next to the extension from wherever you are accessing it. All you need to do is make libcef.dll available in LD_LIBRARY_PATH and place the files under cef_binary/Resources next to libcef.dll that's it.

1. Kivy

   • Copy pybindcef extension and cef_worker executable to pybindcef/tests/kivy/.
   • Run main.py with the python executable version suitable for the extension.

   python main.py

2. PyQt

   • Copy pybindcef extension and cef_worker executable to pybindcef/tests/pyqt/.
   • Run main.py with the python executable version suitable for the extension.

   python main.py

3. Tkinter

   • Copy pybindcef extension and cef_worker executable to pybindcef/tests/tkinter/.
   • Run main.py with the python executable version suitable for the extension.

   python main.py

1. Kivy

   • Copy pybindcef extension and cef_worker executable to pybindcef/tests/kivy/ while also extracting resources as above instructions.
   • Run main.py with the python executable version suitable for the extension.

   python main.py

2. PyQt

   • Copy pybindcef extension and cef_worker executable to pybindcef/tests/pyqt/ while also extracting resources as above instructions.
   • Run main.py with the python executable version suitable for the extension.

   python main.py

3. Tkinter

   • Copy pybindcef extension and cef_worker executable to pybindcef/tests/tkinter/ while also extracting resources as above instructions.
   • Run main.py with the python executable version suitable for the extension.

   python main.py