diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a5e7079..372563a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ language: cpp
 compiler: gcc
 before_install:
         - sudo apt-get update -qq
-        - sudo apt-get install -qq cmake libqt4-dev libopencv-dev
+        - sudo apt-get install -qq cmake qt5-default libqt5svg5-dev
 
 before_script:
         - mkdir build
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b1995a..36480a9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.9)
 
 # Global settings
 set(BR_SHARE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/share/openbr")
+set(BR_SCRIPTS_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts")
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "OpenBR")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "OpenBiometrics")
@@ -137,6 +138,9 @@ endif()
 install(FILES CHANGELOG.md LICENSE.txt README.md DESTINATION .)
 install(DIRECTORY share DESTINATION .)
 install(DIRECTORY ${BR_THIRDPARTY_SHARE} DESTINATION share)
+# install C API Python wrapper
+execute_process(COMMAND python -c "import site, sys; sys.stdout.write(site.getsitepackages()[-1])" OUTPUT_VARIABLE PYTHON_SITE_DIR)
+install(DIRECTORY ${BR_SCRIPTS_DIR}/brpy DESTINATION ${PYTHON_SITE_DIR})
 
 # Package
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES "OpenBR" "OpenBR")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e8b5cf..e5f8c42 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ To optionally check out a particular [tagged release](https://github.com/biometr
 
 **[Build Instructions](http://openbiometrics.org/doxygen/latest/installation.html)**
 
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/biometrics/openbr.png)](https://travis-ci.org/biometrics/openbr)
 
 [![Bitdeli Badge](https://d2weczhvl823v0.cloudfront.net/biometrics/openbr/trend.png)](https://bitdeli.com/free "Bitdeli Badge")
+
diff --git a/openbr/openbr.cpp b/openbr/openbr.cpp
index 8b5582b..1addb9a 100644
--- a/openbr/openbr.cpp
+++ b/openbr/openbr.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ void br_compare(const char *target_gallery, const char *query_gallery, const cha
     Compare(File(target_gallery), File(query_gallery), File(output));
 }
 
+void br_compare_n(int num_targets, const char *target_galleries[], const char *query_gallery, const char *output)
+{
+    if (num_targets > 1) Compare(QtUtils::toStringList(num_targets, target_galleries).join(";")+"(separator=;)", File(query_gallery), File(output));
+    else                 Compare(File(target_galleries[0]), File(query_gallery), File(output));
+}
+
 void br_pairwise_compare(const char *target_gallery, const char *query_gallery, const char *output)
 {
     PairwiseCompare(File(target_gallery), File(query_gallery), File(output));
@@ -447,7 +453,7 @@ br_gallery br_make_gallery(const char *gallery)
 br_template_list br_load_from_gallery(br_gallery gallery)
 {
     Gallery *gal = reinterpret_cast<Gallery*>(gallery);
-    TemplateList *tl = static_cast<TemplateList*>(malloc(sizeof(TemplateList)));
+    TemplateList *tl = new TemplateList();
     *tl = gal->read();
     return (br_template_list)tl;
 }
diff --git a/openbr/openbr.h b/openbr/openbr.h
index 6dd19b7..14d2e7a 100644
--- a/openbr/openbr.h
+++ b/openbr/openbr.h
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ BR_EXPORT void br_combine_masks(int num_input_masks, const char *input_masks[], 
  */
 BR_EXPORT void br_compare(const char *target_gallery, const char *query_gallery, const char *output = "");
 
+/*!
+ * \brief Convenience function for comparing to multiple targets.
+ * \see br_compare
+ */
+BR_EXPORT void br_compare_n(int num_targets, const char *target_galleries[], const char *query_gallery, const char *output);
+
 BR_EXPORT void br_pairwise_compare(const char *target_gallery, const char *query_gallery, const char *output = "");
 
 /*!
diff --git a/scripts/brpy/__init__.py b/scripts/brpy/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd9a37d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/brpy/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+from ctypes import *
+import os
+
+def _string_args(n):
+	s  = []
+	for i in range(n):
+		s.append(c_char_p)
+	return s
+
+def _var_string_args(n):
+	s = [c_int, POINTER(c_char_p)]
+	s.extend(_string_args(n))
+	return s
+
+def init_brpy(br_loc='/usr/local/lib'):
+    """Takes the ctypes lib object for br and initializes all function inputs and outputs"""
+    br_loc += '/libopenbr.%s'
+    if os.path.exists(br_loc % 'dylib'):
+        br = cdll.LoadLibrary(br_loc % 'dylib')
+    elif os.path.exists(br_loc % 'so'):
+        br = cdll.LoadLibrary(br_loc % 'so')
+    else:
+        raise ValueError('Neither .so nor .dylib libopenbr found in %s' % br_loc)
+
+    plot_args = _var_string_args(1) + [c_bool]
+    br.br_about.restype = c_char_p
+    br.br_cat.argtypes = _var_string_args(1)
+    br.br_cluster.argtypes = [c_int, POINTER(c_char_p), c_float, c_char_p]
+    br.br_combine_masks.argtypes = _var_string_args(2)
+    br.br_compare.argtypes = _string_args(3)
+    br.br_compare_n.argtypes = [c_int, POINTER(c_char_p)] + _string_args(2)
+    br.br_pairwise_compare.argtypes = _string_args(3)
+    br.br_convert.argtypes = _string_args(3)
+    br.br_enroll.argtypes = _string_args(2)
+    br.br_enroll_n.argtypes = _var_string_args(1)
+    br.br_eval.argtypes = _string_args(3)
+    br.br_eval.restype = c_float
+    br.br_eval_classification.argtypes = _string_args(4)
+    br.br_eval_clustering.argtypes = _string_args(2)
+    br.br_eval_detection.argtypes = _string_args(3)
+    br.br_eval_detection.restype = c_float
+    br.br_eval_landmarking.argtypes = _string_args(3) + [c_int, c_int]
+    br.br_eval_landmarking.restype = c_float
+    br.br_eval_regression.argtypes = _string_args(4)
+    br.br_fuse.argtypes = _var_string_args(3)
+    br.br_initialize.argtypes = _var_string_args(1)
+    br.br_is_classifier.argtypes = [c_char_p]
+    br.br_is_classifier.restype = c_bool
+    br.br_make_mask.argtypes = _string_args(3)
+    br.br_make_pairwise_mask.argtypes = _string_args(3)
+    br.br_most_recent_message.restype = c_char_p
+    br.br_objects.argtypes = _string_args(2) + [c_bool]
+    br.br_objects.restype = c_char_p
+    br.br_plot.argtypes = plot_args
+    br.br_plot.restype = c_bool
+    br.br_plot_detection.argtypes = plot_args
+    br.br_plot_detection.restype = c_bool
+    br.br_plot_landmarking.argtypes = plot_args
+    br.br_plot_landmarking.restype = c_bool
+    br.br_plot_metadata.argtypes = plot_args
+    br.br_plot_metadata.restype = c_bool
+    br.br_progress.restype = c_float
+    br.br_read_pipe.argtypes = [c_char_p, POINTER(c_int), POINTER(POINTER(c_char_p))]
+    br.br_scratch_path.restype = c_char_p
+    br.br_sdk_path.restype = c_char_p
+    br.br_get_header.argtypes = [c_char_p, POINTER(c_char_p), POINTER(c_char_p)]
+    br.br_set_header.argtypes = _string_args(3)
+    br.br_set_property.argtypes = _string_args(2)
+    br.br_time_remaining.restype = c_int
+    br.br_train.argtypes = _string_args(2)
+    br.br_train_n.argtypes = _var_string_args(1)
+    br.br_version.restype = c_char_p
+    br.br_slave_process.argtypes = [c_char_p]
+    br.br_load_img.argtypes = [c_char_p, c_int]
+    br.br_load_img.restype = c_void_p
+    br.br_unload_img.argtypes = [c_void_p]
+    br.br_unload_img.restype = POINTER(c_ubyte)
+    br.br_template_list_from_buffer.argtypes = [c_char_p, c_int]
+    br.br_template_list_from_buffer.restype = c_void_p
+    br.br_free_template.argtypes = [c_void_p]
+    br.br_free_template_list.argtypes = [c_void_p]
+    br.br_free_output.argtypes = [c_void_p]
+    br.br_img_rows.argtypes = [c_void_p]
+    br.br_img_rows.restype = c_int
+    br.br_img_cols.argtypes = [c_void_p]
+    br.br_img_cols.restype = c_int
+    br.br_img_channels.argtypes = [c_void_p]
+    br.br_img_channels.restype = c_int
+    br.br_img_is_empty.argtypes = [c_void_p]
+    br.br_img_is_empty.restype = c_bool
+    br.br_get_filename.argtypes = [c_void_p]
+    br.br_get_filename.restype = c_char_p
+    br.br_set_filename.argtypes = [c_void_p, c_char_p]
+    br.br_get_metadata_string.argtypes = [c_void_p, c_char_p]
+    br.br_get_metadata_string.restype = c_char_p
+    br.br_enroll_template.argtypes = [c_void_p]
+    br.br_enroll_template.restype = c_void_p
+    br.br_enroll_template_list.argtypes = [c_void_p]
+    br.br_enroll_template_list.restype = c_void_p
+    br.br_compare_template_lists.argtypes = [c_void_p, c_void_p]
+    br.br_compare_template_lists.restype = c_void_p
+    br.br_get_matrix_output_at.argtypes = [c_void_p, c_int, c_int]
+    br.br_get_matrix_output_at.restype = c_float
+    br.br_get_template.argtypes = [c_void_p, c_int]
+    br.br_get_template.restype = c_void_p
+    br.br_num_templates.argtypes = [c_void_p]
+    br.br_num_templates.restype = c_int
+    br.br_make_gallery.argtypes = [c_char_p]
+    br.br_make_gallery.restype = c_void_p
+    br.br_load_from_gallery.argtypes = [c_void_p]
+    br.br_load_from_gallery.restype = c_void_p
+    br.br_add_to_gallery.argtypes = [c_void_p, c_void_p]
+    br.br_close_gallery.argtypes = [c_void_p]
+
+    return br