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Alternatives Comparison Matrix

ProjectLanguageHealth GradeStarsLicenseCompare
DevToys-app/DevToysC#Grade B32.0kMIT LicenseCompare ⚔️
AvaloniaUI/AvaloniaC#Grade B31.5kMIT LicenseCompare ⚔️
microsoft/calculatorC#Grade B31.1kMIT LicenseCompare ⚔️
microsoft/semantic-kernelC#Grade B28.6kMIT LicenseCompare ⚔️
dotnet-architecture/eShopOnContainersC#Grade B24.3kMITCompare ⚔️
dotnet/mauiC#Grade C23.3kMIT LicenseCompare ⚔️

Deep-Dive Profiles & Adoption Signals

A Swiss Army knife for developers.

32.0k stars🔀 1.8k forks⚖️ MIT License💻 C#

Develop Desktop, Embedded, Mobile and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML. The future of .NET UI

31.5k stars🔀 2.8k forks⚖️ MIT License💻 C#

Windows Calculator: A simple yet powerful calculator that ships with Windows

31.1k stars🔀 5.8k forks⚖️ MIT License💻 C#

Integrate cutting-edge LLM technology quickly and easily into your apps

28.6k stars🔀 4.8k forks⚖️ MIT License💻 C#

Cross-platform .NET sample microservices and container based application that runs on Linux Windows and macOS. Powered by .NET 7, Docker Containers and Azure Kubernetes Services. Supports Visual Studio, VS for Mac and CLI based environments with Docker CLI, dotnet CLI, VS Code or any other code editor. Moved to https://github.com/dotnet/eShop.

24.3k stars🔀 10.1k forks⚖️ MIT💻 C#
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dotnet / maui

Grade C

.NET MAUI is the .NET Multi-platform App UI, a framework for building native device applications spanning mobile, tablet, and desktop.

23.3k stars🔀 2.0k forks⚖️ MIT License💻 C#

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