Python package

A collection of Python modules.
Often distributed through PyPI and installable with pip.

e.g. The package Pyside6 contains multiple modules like QtWidgets and QtCore. And can be installed with

python -m pip install PySide6

Backlinks¶

• Maya plugin
  • A plugin can only be a single .py file, because the plugin folder is not in the Python path.
    If you want to include additional files, I recommend to distribute them as a Python module in the scripts folder, and import them from the plugin. You can also set them as a dependency, see Maya plugin template.
  • Python packages (a custom solution can be seen in Maya plugin template)
• Maya module
  • Python packages, Maya Python
• Maya modelchecker
  • https://github.com/JakobJK/modelChecker
    user needs to launch it with a command, adviced from the Maya shelf
• expose a python tool in plugget without wrapping it
  • Currently, I always wrap a tool in a wrapper plugin, publishing it in its own GitHub repo.
• qt-module-manager
  • Python package
• examples of wrapper plugins
  • I made many plugins that are just light wrappers around a Python package.
• my pip packages
  • Python package
• prevent the need for wrapper plugins
  • Many plugins are just light wrapper plugins around a Python package: some examples