Presented by TrueWork Enterprises for maintainers and companies behind modern development frameworks.
TrueWork Theme Creator Plus (code name) is a pre‑development tool designed to let developers visually build UI structure, themes, and master class files before they write application logic. It does not replace your framework. It makes your framework faster to adopt, easier to start with, and more attractive to new and experienced developers.
This page is a briefing for framework companies and maintainers who may wish to partner, integrate, or align their technology with the platform.
Most developers lose an enormous amount of time on the same problem: getting the user interface into a usable shape. They juggle layouts, containers, themes, styles, and repetitive boilerplate before they ever reach the “real work” of writing logic. TrueWork Theme Creator Plus is built to address that problem directly.
The tool provides a visual environment where a developer can:
The result is not a picture, not a mock‑up, and not a throwaway prototype. It is a real, structured asset: a master class file built for a specific framework, ready for the developer to wire up business logic.
TrueWork Theme Creator Plus is framework‑agnostic at the core. A significant portion of the work already done has gone into building a framework database: component definitions, properties, behaviors, and relationships for a large number of modern UI frameworks.
Building this database for the PC version alone has been a massive undertaking. Mapping a single framework means carefully modeling:
The internal work so far has included PyQt as an experimental base and a growing, active implementation built on PySide6. The PySide6 version alone touches well over a hundred distinct UI components and has required thousands of small, careful decisions to wire everything together correctly.
TrueWork Enterprises treats frameworks with respect: some mappings may exist internally for research and design, but no framework is offered as a public, commercial option without the framework owner or maintainer being involved.
One of the planned capabilities of the system is a framework recommendation engine. Given a description of the project, target platform, and developer preferences, the tool can suggest frameworks that fit well based on a feature database.
That recommendation is:
Even if the system recommends a particular framework, the developer is free to choose something else. The goal is not to steer them into one ecosystem; the goal is to help them understand their options and start with a framework that matches their needs. Partner frameworks simply benefit by being correctly represented and fully supported when they are chosen.
The PC version is the initial focus. Over time, the vision expands to:
The project is not about replacing frameworks. It is about giving developers a workbench that sits in front of them, no matter which framework they choose to use.
Building a visual master‑class creator is not the same as building a component browser or template gallery. It requires a long‑term investment in UI modeling, abstraction design, and a database that spans multiple frameworks. TrueWork Theme Creator Plus already brings that foundation to the table.
Partnering lets you benefit from an existing platform rather than allocating a team to design, implement, and maintain an entirely new category of tooling. You keep your focus on your framework. TrueWork Enterprises focuses on the pre‑development environment that supports it.
The recommendation engine uses a database of framework features and characteristics: supported components, platform targets, theming capabilities, complexity level, and typical use cases. When a developer describes their project, the system can suggest frameworks that fit those needs.
The engine is unbiased. It does not force a choice or lock the developer in. It simply says: “Based on what you described, these frameworks may be a good fit.” The developer can follow that recommendation or choose a different framework. Partner frameworks benefit because their strengths are accurately represented and visible when they match a project.
It is possible. During research and prototype phases, several frameworks have been modeled internally to test the abstraction approach and master‑class generation process. However, TrueWork Enterprises does not offer a framework publicly inside the Creator for commercial use without involving the maintainer or owner.
Internal prototypes are used to refine the technology. Public, commercial offerings are reserved for frameworks that have chosen to participate.
As a partner framework, you retain control over what is included and how it appears. That includes:
TrueWork Theme Creator Plus is meant to support your framework’s best practices—not override them.
Developers get a faster and more forgiving starting point. Instead of wrestling with layout containers, spacing, and component wiring, they can visually build the skeleton of their application and let the Creator generate a master class file for their chosen framework.
That means:
When developers have a better experience with the starting phase, they are more likely to stick with your framework.
When a developer exports a master class file tied to a specific framework and uses it in a commercial product, that usage can be subject to licensing terms. The Creator makes it easier to identify which framework is being used at the master‑class level, which in turn makes it easier to align licensing appropriately.
As a partner, your framework has the opportunity to be part of that commercial pipeline in a clear, structured way.
The general idea of “visual UI design” is common. The implementation here is not. TrueWork Theme Creator Plus is backed by a growing database of modeled frameworks and an abstraction layer that took considerable time to design and refine.
Re‑creating the data, the rules, the mappings, and the integration logic is not impossible—but it is a large, multi‑year effort. TrueWork Enterprises has chosen to invest in that effort so that frameworks can participate without having to duplicate it.
Integration starts with information, not code:
TrueWork Enterprises uses that information to refine the internal model and build or adjust the framework profile. You review and approve as needed. Your involvement can be light or more hands‑on, depending on how deeply you want to shape the experience.
No. TrueWork Theme Creator Plus is meant to sit in front of your existing ecosystem, not on top of it. Your documentation, examples, and templates are still valuable. The Creator simply helps developers arrive at those resources with a working structure already in place.
Licensing is an important part of the design. The internal PyQt work, for example, helped prove the concept but is not used as the base for the commercial release due to licensing constraints. The active commercial implementation is built on PySide6, which offers a licensing model better suited to this type of tool.
The same care applies to frameworks that partner with TrueWork Enterprises. The goal is always to honor your licensing terms and ensure that any commercial usage of your framework through the Creator is consistent with your expectations.
A future goal is to make the master class files generated by TrueWork Theme Creator Plus something that AI tools can recognize and assist with. For example, a developer could say inside a GPT session:
“Here is my master class file for this screen. Help me implement the logic for handling user input and data validation.”
Because the master class file is structured and predictable, GPT can provide more accurate help. Frameworks that are integrated into the Creator benefit by having their structure understood not just by humans, but by AI assistants as well.
Developer expectations are changing. AI is here. Tooling is evolving. Yet the early phase of every project— the part where screens are laid out, components are dropped in, and themes are wired up—is still more tedious than it needs to be.
TrueWork Theme Creator Plus is being built to fill that gap. Partnering early means your framework is part of that solution from the start, rather than trying to catch up once it exists.
If you maintain or represent a framework and would like to discuss integration, licensing alignment, or future collaboration, TrueWork Enterprises welcomes that conversation.
Contact: rick@trueworkpro.com
Subject: Framework Partnership – TrueWork Theme Creator Plus