Building a UI in Python usually means choosing between "quick and limited" or "powerful and painful." What if you could write modern, component-based web apps in pure Python and still keep full control? NiceGUI, pronounced "Nice Guy" sits on FastAPI with a Vue/Quasar front end, gives you real components, live updates over websockets, and it’s running in production at Zauberzeug, a German robotic company. On this episode, I’m talking with NiceGUI’s creators, Rodja Trappe and Falko Schindler, about how it works, where it shines, and what’s coming next. With version 3.0 releasing around the same time this episode comes out, we spend the end of the episode celebrating the 3.0 release.

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Links from the show

Rodja Trappe: github.com

Falko Schindler: github.com

NiceGUI 3.0.0 release: github.com

Full LLM/Agentic AI docs instructions for NiceGUI: github.com

Zauberzeug: zauberzeug.com

NiceGUI: nicegui.io

NiceGUI GitHub Repository: github.com

NiceGUI Authentication Examples: github.com

NiceGUI v3.0.0rc1 Release: github.com

Valkey: valkey.io

Caddy Web Server: caddyserver.com

JustPy: justpy.io

Tailwind CSS: tailwindcss.com

Quasar ECharts v5 Demo: quasar-echarts-v5.netlify.app

AG Grid: ag-grid.com

Quasar Framework: quasar.dev

NiceGUI Interactive Image Documentation: nicegui.io

NiceGUI 3D Scene Documentation: nicegui.io

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