diff --git a/tqdm/gui.py b/tqdm/gui.py
index 2c90f413..0d8714b2 100644
--- a/tqdm/gui.py
+++ b/tqdm/gui.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ __all__ = ['tqdm_gui', 'tgrange', 'tqdm', 'trange']
 
 class tqdm_gui(std_tqdm):  # pragma: no cover
     """
-    Experimental GUI version of tqdm!
+    Experimental Matplotlib GUI version of tqdm!
     """
 
     # TODO: @classmethod: write() on GUI?
@@ -40,11 +40,10 @@ class tqdm_gui(std_tqdm):  # pragma: no cover
         colour = kwargs.pop('colour', 'g')
         super(tqdm_gui, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
-        # Initialize the GUI display
-        if self.disable or not kwargs['gui']:
+        if self.disable:
             return
 
-        warn('GUI is experimental/alpha', TqdmExperimentalWarning, stacklevel=2)
+        warn("GUI is experimental/alpha", TqdmExperimentalWarning, stacklevel=2)
         self.mpl = mpl
         self.plt = plt
 
@@ -69,8 +68,8 @@ class tqdm_gui(std_tqdm):  # pragma: no cover
         ax.set_ylim(0, 0.001)
         if total is not None:
             ax.set_xlim(0, 100)
-            ax.set_xlabel('percent')
-            self.fig.legend((self.line1, self.line2), ('cur', 'est'),
+            ax.set_xlabel("percent")
+            self.fig.legend((self.line1, self.line2), ("cur", "est"),
                             loc='center right')
             # progressbar
             self.hspan = plt.axhspan(0, 0.001, xmin=0, xmax=0, color=colour)
@@ -78,11 +77,11 @@ class tqdm_gui(std_tqdm):  # pragma: no cover
             # ax.set_xlim(-60, 0)
             ax.set_xlim(0, 60)
             ax.invert_xaxis()
-            ax.set_xlabel('seconds')
-            ax.legend(('cur', 'est'), loc='lower left')
+            ax.set_xlabel("seconds")
+            ax.legend(("cur", "est"), loc='lower left')
         ax.grid()
         # ax.set_xlabel('seconds')
-        ax.set_ylabel((self.unit if self.unit else 'it') + '/s')
+        ax.set_ylabel((self.unit if self.unit else "it") + "/s")
         if self.unit_scale:
             plt.ticklabel_format(style='sci', axis='y', scilimits=(0, 0))
             ax.yaxis.get_offset_text().set_x(-0.15)
@@ -93,8 +92,6 @@ class tqdm_gui(std_tqdm):  # pragma: no cover
         self.ax = ax
 
     def close(self):
-        # if not self.gui:
-        #   return super(tqdm_gui, self).close()
         if self.disable:
             return
 
@@ -175,7 +172,7 @@ class tqdm_gui(std_tqdm):  # pragma: no cover
             line2.set_data(t_ago, zdata)
 
         d = self.format_dict
-        d["ncols"] = 0
+        d['ncols'] = 0
         ax.set_title(self.format_meter(**d), fontname="DejaVu Sans Mono", fontsize=11)
         self.plt.pause(1e-9)
 
diff --git a/tqdm/tk.py b/tqdm/tk.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8bb93e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tqdm/tk.py
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+"""
+GUI progressbar decorator for iterators.
+Includes a default `range` iterator printing to `stderr`.
+
+Usage:
+>>> from tqdm.gui import trange, tqdm
+>>> for i in trange(10):
+...     ...
+"""
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division
+
+import sys
+from warnings import warn
+
+try:
+    import tkinter
+    import tkinter.ttk as ttk
+except ImportError:
+    import Tkinter as tkinter
+    import ttk as ttk
+
+from .std import TqdmExperimentalWarning, TqdmWarning
+from .std import tqdm as std_tqdm
+from .utils import _range
+
+__author__ = {"github.com/": ["richardsheridan", "casperdcl"]}
+__all__ = ['tqdm_tk', 'ttkrange', 'tqdm', 'trange']
+
+
+class tqdm_tk(std_tqdm):  # pragma: no cover
+    """
+    Experimental Tkinter GUI version of tqdm!
+
+    Note: Window interactivity suffers if `tqdm_tk` is not running within
+    a Tkinter mainloop and values are generated infrequently. In this case,
+    consider calling `tqdm_tk.refresh()` frequently in the Tk thread.
+    """
+
+    # TODO: @classmethod: write()?
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        This class accepts the following parameters *in addition* to
+        the parameters accepted by `tqdm`.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        grab  : bool, optional
+            Grab the input across all windows of the process.
+        tk_parent  : `tkinter.Wm`, optional
+            Parent Tk window.
+        cancel_callback  : Callable, optional
+            Create a cancel button and set `cancel_callback` to be called
+            when the cancel or window close button is clicked.
+        """
+        kwargs = kwargs.copy()
+        kwargs['gui'] = True
+        kwargs['bar_format'] = kwargs.get(
+            'bar_format', "{l_bar}{r_bar}").replace("{bar}", "")
+        # convert disable = None to False
+        kwargs['disable'] = bool(kwargs.get('disable', False))
+        self._warn_leave = 'leave' in kwargs
+        grab = kwargs.pop('grab', False)
+        tk_parent = kwargs.pop('tk_parent', None)
+        self._cancel_callback = kwargs.pop('cancel_callback', None)
+        super(tqdm_tk, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        if self.disable:
+            return
+
+        if tk_parent is None:  # Discover parent widget
+            try:
+                tk_parent = tkinter._default_root
+            except AttributeError:
+                raise AttributeError(
+                    "`tk_parent` required when using `tkinter.NoDefaultRoot()`")
+            if tk_parent is None:  # use new default root window as display
+                self._tk_window = tkinter.Tk()
+            else:  # some other windows already exist
+                self._tk_window = tkinter.Toplevel()
+        else:
+            self._tk_window = tkinter.Toplevel(tk_parent)
+
+        warn('GUI is experimental/alpha', TqdmExperimentalWarning, stacklevel=2)
+        self._tk_dispatching = self._tk_dispatching_helper()
+
+        self._tk_window.protocol("WM_DELETE_WINDOW", self.cancel)
+        self._tk_window.wm_title(self.desc)
+        self._tk_window.wm_attributes("-topmost", 1)
+        self._tk_window.after(0, lambda: self._tk_window.wm_attributes("-topmost", 0))
+        self._tk_n_var = tkinter.DoubleVar(self._tk_window, value=0)
+        self._tk_text_var = tkinter.StringVar(self._tk_window)
+        pbar_frame = ttk.Frame(self._tk_window, padding=5)
+        pbar_frame.pack()
+        _tk_label = ttk.Label(pbar_frame, textvariable=self._tk_text_var,
+                              wraplength=600, anchor="center", justify="center")
+        _tk_label.pack()
+        self._tk_pbar = ttk.Progressbar(
+            pbar_frame, variable=self._tk_n_var, length=450)
+        if self.total is not None:
+            self._tk_pbar.configure(maximum=self.total)
+        else:
+            self._tk_pbar.configure(mode="indeterminate")
+        self._tk_pbar.pack()
+        if self._cancel_callback is not None:
+            _tk_button = ttk.Button(pbar_frame, text="Cancel", command=self.cancel)
+            _tk_button.pack()
+        if grab:
+            self._tk_window.grab_set()
+
+    def close(self):
+        if self.disable:
+            return
+
+        self.disable = True
+
+        with self.get_lock():
+            self._instances.remove(self)
+
+        def _close():
+            self._tk_window.after('idle', self._tk_window.destroy)
+            if not self._tk_dispatching:
+                self._tk_window.update()
+
+        self._tk_window.protocol("WM_DELETE_WINDOW", _close)
+
+        # if leave is set but we are self-dispatching, the left window is
+        # totally unresponsive unless the user manually dispatches
+        if not self.leave:
+            _close()
+        elif not self._tk_dispatching:
+            if self._warn_leave:
+                warn('leave flag ignored if not in tkinter mainloop',
+                     TqdmWarning, stacklevel=2)
+            _close()
+
+    def clear(self, *_, **__):
+        pass
+
+    def display(self):
+        self._tk_n_var.set(self.n)
+        d = self.format_dict
+        d['ncols'] = None
+        text = self.format_meter(**d)
+        # fixup only default bar format
+        self._tk_text_var.set(
+            text.replace("||", "", 1) if "{l_bar}{r_bar}" in self.bar_format else text)
+        if not self._tk_dispatching:
+            self._tk_window.update()
+
+    def set_description(self, desc=None, refresh=True):
+        self.set_description_str(desc, refresh)
+
+    def set_description_str(self, desc=None, refresh=True):
+        self.desc = desc
+        if not self.disable:
+            self._tk_window.wm_title(desc)
+            if refresh and not self._tk_dispatching:
+                self._tk_window.update()
+
+    def cancel(self):
+        """
+        `cancel_callback()` followed by `close()`
+        when close/cancel buttons clicked.
+        """
+        if self._cancel_callback is not None:
+            self._cancel_callback()
+        self.close()
+
+    def reset(self, total=None):
+        """
+        Resets to 0 iterations for repeated use.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        total  : int or float, optional. Total to use for the new bar.
+        """
+        if hasattr(self, '_tk_pbar'):
+            if total is None:
+                self._tk_pbar.configure(maximum=100, mode="indeterminate")
+            else:
+                self._tk_pbar.configure(maximum=total, mode="determinate")
+        super(tqdm_tk, self).reset(total=total)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _tk_dispatching_helper():
+        """determine if Tkinter mainloop is dispatching events"""
+        codes = {tkinter.mainloop.__code__, tkinter.Misc.mainloop.__code__}
+        for frame in sys._current_frames().values():
+            while frame:
+                if frame.f_code in codes:
+                    return True
+                frame = frame.f_back
+        return False
+
+
+def ttkrange(*args, **kwargs):
+    """
+    A shortcut for `tqdm.gui.tqdm_tk(xrange(*args), **kwargs)`.
+    On Python3+, `range` is used instead of `xrange`.
+    """
+    return tqdm_tk(_range(*args), **kwargs)
+
+
+# Aliases
+tqdm = tqdm_tk
+trange = ttkrange