Kinnara/ModernWpfGitHub
Choose when you want Fluent-style controls in an existing WPF app instead of migrating to WinUI.
Modern styles and controls for your WPF applications
- 5.0k
- C#
- MIT
active2mo ago
microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml Alternatives
Windows desktop UI framework / XAML
WinUI is Microsoft's native UI framework for building Windows desktop apps with modern Fluent Design controls and styles, part of the Windows App SDK.
Same job, different approach
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
bdlukaa/fluent_uiGitHub
Choose when building a cross-platform Flutter app that needs Fluent design, not a Windows-native framework.
Microsoft's WinUI3 in Flutter.
- 3.5k
- Dart
- BSD-3-Clause
active1mo ago
amwx/FluentAvaloniaGitHub
Choose when targeting Avalonia cross-platform with WinUI-like controls instead of native WinUI.
Control library focused on fluent design and bringing more WinUI controls into Avalonia
- 1.6k
- C#
- MIT
active2mo ago
unoplatform/unoGitHub
Choose when you need a single C#/XAML codebase across multiple platforms, not just Windows.
Open-source platform for building cross-platform native Mobile, Web, Desktop, and Embedded apps from a single C#/XAML codebase. Work from any IDE/CLI with Hot Reload, Visual Designer, MCPs, and Skills built for modern .NET workflows. 200M+ NuGet downloads.
- 10.0k
- C#
- Apache-2.0
active1mo ago
dotnet/mauiGitHub
Choose when building cross-platform .NET apps with mobile reach, not Windows-only.
.NET MAUI is the .NET Multi-platform App UI, a framework for building native device applications spanning mobile, tablet, and desktop.
- 23.3k
- C#
- MIT
active1mo ago
MahApps/MahApps.MetroGitHub
Choose when you want modern styling for WPF without switching to WinUI.
A framework that allows developers to cobble together a better UI for their own WPF applications with minimal effort.
- 9.8k
- C#
- MIT
active1mo ago
zhiyiYo/PyQt-Fluent-WidgetsGitHub
Choose when building Qt/PyQt desktop apps in Python with Fluent design, not a Windows-native XAML stack.
A fluent design widgets library based on C++ Qt/PyQt/PySide. Make Qt Great Again.
- 8.1k
- Python
- GPL-3.0
active2mo ago
flutter/flutterGitHub
Choose when building cross-platform apps with Flutter rather than a Windows-specific XAML framework.
Flutter makes it easy and fast to build beautiful apps for mobile and beyond
- 178.7k
- Dart
- BSD-3-Clause
active1mo ago
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lepoco/wpfuiGitHub
calls microsoft-ui-xaml “Choose when you can build with WinUI 3 instead of WPF to get native Fluent controls.”
WPF UI provides the Fluent experience in your known and loved WPF framework. Intuitive design, themes, navigation and new immersive controls. All natively and effortlessly.
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unoplatform/unoGitHub
calls microsoft-ui-xaml “Windows-only WinUI, choose it if you only target Windows and want first-party Microsoft support.”
Open-source platform for building cross-platform native Mobile, Web, Desktop, and Embedded apps from a single C#/XAML codebase. Work from any IDE/CLI with Hot Reload, Visual Designer, MCPs, and Skills built for modern .NET workflows. 200M+ NuGet downloads.
10.0kC#active