What is Kivy?
Open-source framework for creating user interfaces with Python, deployable to mobile devices, desktop operating systems, and embedded platforms from a single codebase.
Kivy pricing
We don't have Kivy's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Completely free and open source. Community supported through optional donations.
What Kivy does
The capabilities that matter for mobile app frameworks, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Target platforms
- Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, macOS, embedded platforms
- Approach
- -
- Primary language
- Python
- Renders true native UI
- -
- Hot reload
- -
- TypeScript-first
- ✗
- Over-the-air code push
- -
- Single codebase, multiple platforms
- ✓
- Desktop support
- ✓
- Builds for web
- ✗
- Native API access
- -
- Bundled UI component library
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- macOS
- Linux
- Android
- Windows
- Self-hosted
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Kivy alternatives
Other mobile app frameworks we track, ranked by the same independent score.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Kivy, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.10 | 5.7 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 35 | 0.12 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Price level | 100 | 0.04 | 4.0 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 48 | 0.08 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| Stars | 81 | 0.03 | 2.7 | ✓ |
| Security score | 47 | 0.05 | 2.5 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 12 | mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 65% |
Adoption
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Targets: Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, macOS, embedded platforms · Language: Python · Web target: No · Desktop support: Yes · Official ui kit: Yes · Single codebase: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Python | highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | MIT | highsource · 2026-08-26 · 95% |