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elan456/pygodide — explained in plain English

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tl;dr

A tool that turns any Pygame project into a browser-playable web app with one command, no code changes needed.

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    What it does
      Converts Pygame to web
      No source code edits
      Faster than pygbag
    Tech stack
      Python
      Pygame
      Pyodide
      Playwright
    Use cases
      Host a game in browser
      Package for itch.io
      Test locally before release
    Audience
      Python game developers

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Convert an existing Pygame game into a browser-hostable web app without editing source code.

VIBE 2

Package a game as a zip file ready to upload to itch.io.

VIBE 3

Serve and test a converted game locally in a browser before publishing.

VIBE 4

Diagnose conversion failures using the built-in troubleshooting guide and issue template.

what's the stack?

PythonPygamePyodidePlaywright

how it stacks up fr

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LanguagePythonPythonPython
Setup difficultyeasyeasyhard
Complexity2/52/55/5
Audiencedevelopergeneralresearcher

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · easy time til it works · 5min
Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

in plain english

Pygodide takes a Pygame project, the popular Python library for making 2D games, and turns it into a browser app with a single command and no changes to your source code. It works by running your game through Pyodide, a version of Python that runs inside the browser, and the project reports it runs about 2.5 times faster than pygbag, a similar existing tool that solves the same problem. The name is meant to be read as a play on words combining Pygame and Pyodide. To use it, you install pygodide with pip from your project's root folder, then run a build command that produces a web-hostable folder, or a zip file ready for uploading to itch.io. A serve command lets you host that build locally so you can open it at localhost in your browser and test it right away. The tool also offers a number of configuration options for cases where a project does not work out of the box. If your game does not convert cleanly, the project provides a troubleshooting guide and a template for filing an issue so the maintainers can fix the underlying problem for everyone. The repository includes several example projects, some of which are playable live on itch.io, covering things like particle effects, audio, and performance benchmarking. Before each release, these example projects are automatically tested in a headless browser to catch anything that breaks, so the maintained examples are treated as reliable, working references rather than just demos. Contributors can set up a development environment with the uv tool, install Playwright for browser testing, and run the same formatting, linting, and test checks used in the project's continuous integration, including a smoke test command that checks a given project actually runs after conversion. The project is released under the MIT license, so it can be used and modified freely with attribution.

prompts (copy fr)

prompt 1
Convert my Pygame project into a web-hostable build using pygodide.
prompt 2
Help me troubleshoot why my Pygame project did not convert with pygodide.
prompt 3
Package my pygodide build as a zip file for itch.io.
prompt 4
Explain how pygodide achieves better performance than pygbag.

Frequently asked questions

what is pygodide fr?

A tool that turns any Pygame project into a browser-playable web app with one command, no code changes needed.

What language is pygodide written in?

Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python, Pygame, Pyodide.

What license does pygodide use?

Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

How hard is pygodide to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is pygodide for?

Mainly developer.

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