FluentWPF vs SystemBackdropTypes

FluentWPF

Fluent Design System for WPF. (by sourcechord)

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SystemBackdropTypes

A sample WPF application to demonstrate the DWM window attribute "System Backdrop Type". (by dongle-the-gadget)

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FluentWPF		SystemBackdropTypes
	Project
2	Mentions	1
1,387	Stars	63
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	3.6
about 2 years ago	Latest Commit	almost 2 years ago
C#	Language	C#
MIT License	License	The Unlicense

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FluentWPF

Posts with mentions or reviews of FluentWPF. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-27.

WinUI Unpackaged --- What am I missing?
3 projects | /r/csharp | 27 May 2023

The reason why I don't recommend Winui is the million bugs it has. See the github issues page. All Microsoft ui stuff sucks currently. But if you use WPF why not FluentWPF
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3 projects | /r/Games | 15 Oct 2021

WPF doesn't provide built in support for acrylic effect by itself. For that, it's necessary to use your own solution in code behind or use third party libraries like this one: https://github.com/sourcechord/FluentWPF

SystemBackdropTypes

Posts with mentions or reviews of SystemBackdropTypes. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-03.

Is this Acrylic? I'll let you decide.
3 projects | /r/Windows11 | 3 Jan 2022

hmm, but if you look a bit closer, they do mention startisback on that page, and also https://github.com/dongle-the-gadget/SystemBackdropTypes where they mention this as well.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing FluentWPF and SystemBackdropTypes you can also consider the following projects:

MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit - Google's Material Design in XAML & WPF, for C# & VB.Net.

MicaForEveryone - Mica For Everyone is a tool to enable backdrop effects on the title bars of Win32 apps on Windows 11.

Fluent.Ribbon - WPF Ribbon control like in Office

TranslucentExplorer - Well want to make your Windows Explorer very blurry?!

ModernWpf - Modern styles and controls for your WPF applications

MicaWPF - This is a library to make Mica available in WPF.

MahApps.Metro - A framework that allows developers to cobble together a better UI for their own WPF applications with minimal effort.

Hurl - Choose the browser on the click of a link

Windows UI Library - Windows UI Library: the latest Windows 10 native controls and Fluent styles for your applications

wpfui - 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.

Playnite - Video game library manager with support for wide range of 3rd party libraries and game emulation support, providing one unified interface for your games.

Extended WPF Toolkit™ - All the controls missing in WPF. Over 1 million downloads.