For those of you, who like PyQt{4,5} as much as I do, as well as for those who don't like it that much, because of the poor integration with setuptools et.al., here's another piece of software to bridge the gap: A distutils build extension for PyQt{4,5} applications that makes handling the PyQt tool chain easier than ever: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/distutils_ui Ahem, well, it wasn't that easy before. Most of us were using dreaded Makefiles or other such crutches to generate translation files, .py modules of forms, and resource modules. Scratch the crutches, here's what you're looking for. Feedback welcome. Enjoy, Pete