dt2

DataTables v2 for Shiny for Python — an anywidget binding for DataTables v2, and the Python port of the R DT2 package.

It configures DataTables via plain Python (1:1 with the JS API), reusing the same DataTables runtime (2.3.4) and extensions as the R package. Works in Shiny for Python and Jupyter.

pip install dt2

import pandas as pd
from shiny import App, ui
from shinywidgets import output_widget, render_widget
from dt2 import dt2

df = pd.read_csv("data.csv")
app_ui = ui.page_fluid(output_widget("tbl"))

def server(input, output, session):
    @render_widget
    def tbl():
        return dt2(df, select=True, pageLength=10)

app = App(app_ui, server)

What you get

• Configurable tables via a chainable Options builder (formats, alignment, ordering, custom JS renderers).
• All 15 DataTables extensions bundled (Buttons, Select, Responsive, FixedHeader, SearchPanes, RowGroup, …).
• Server-side processing for large data, over the widget Comm.
• Proxy, events and inline inputs wired to Shiny reactivity.

Relationship to the R package

dt2 mirrors the API of the R DT2 package. The difference is the transport: R talks to Shiny via window.Shiny; here the widget talks to the Python kernel over the anywidget Comm, bridged to Shiny reactivity by shinywidgets. The htmlwidgets::JS() mechanism becomes the JS() marker plus a client-side reviver.

	R	Python
Package	DT2 (CRAN)	dt2 (PyPI)
Frontend	htmlwidgets / Shiny (R)	anywidget / Shiny for Python
Docs	pkgdown site	this site