ModernWpf vs CalcBinding

ModernWpf

Modern styles and controls for your WPF applications (by Kinnara)

WPF Xaml C# fluent-design Winui Windows Desktop

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CalcBinding

Advanced WPF Binding which supports expressions in Path property and other features (by Alex141)

C# Xaml WPF Binding

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ModernWpf		CalcBinding
	Project
23	Mentions	3
4,213	Stars	608
-	Growth	-
8.7	Activity	0.0
about 1 month ago	Latest Commit	7 months ago
C#	Language	C#
MIT License	License	Apache License 2.0

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ModernWpf

Posts with mentions or reviews of ModernWpf. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-01.

Was my teacher right ?
2 projects | /r/UI_Design | 1 May 2023

I was just googling around and found this page. https://wpfui.lepo.co/ maybe it something you can use. Or this github repo https://github.com/Kinnara/ModernWpf
Third Party Controls for VS 2022 and C#
3 projects | /r/VisualStudio | 15 Apr 2023
Interesting WPF behavior
3 projects | /r/csharp | 23 Jan 2023

At least there is WPFUI and ModernWPF. :)
Any licensing free package for modern WPF look?
8 projects | /r/csharp | 3 Jan 2023

Only really works if you or your users are a fan of Material Design, and honestly MD seems to have declined in usage overall, and there are no big apps for Windows using MD. Seems like you'd be better off with either a totally radical design/theme, and have the design resources to do that, or use something that looks like a native Windows app, whether thats the Win32 look, WPF defaults, or something WinUI inspired like https://github.com/Kinnara/ModernWpf
GridView in WPF
2 projects | /r/dotnet | 25 Dec 2022
WinUI port from UWP my experience
6 projects | /r/dotnet | 19 Nov 2022

ModernWpf and WpfUI are both great options for making modern looking WPF apps. Combine that with CommunityToolkit.Mvvm and you've got a solid platform for Windows-only desktop apps.
Edge – Closing a 30 pixel gap between native and web
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Sep 2022

This one looks pretty solid. There are loads of them. The demos I’ve seen all showcase live feedback.
https://superguigui.github.io/simple-color-picker/
Compare to the best I can find for WPF: https://github.com/dsafa/wpf-color-picker - no live feedback, dialog only, no documented support for modern .NET. There are some commercial controls available from syncfusion and the like if you want to pay for such things.
Compare to color dialog in WinForms: https://github.com/Kinnara/ModernWpf/issues/72
WinUI has a decent color picker, but there are other trade offs going with WinUI that make it inferior to the web environment (e.g. broken rendering of SVG/paths).
Upgrading UI of existing WPF App
5 projects | /r/csharp | 23 Jul 2022
Current best choice of .NET library for dekstop
6 projects | /r/dotnet | 25 May 2022
I can't use some XAML UI Controls on my WPF project, and I tried almost everything I found. please if anybody is familiar with this, I really need help!
2 projects | /r/csharp | 22 Jan 2022

ModernWpf (whose status is unclear) has it: https://github.com/Kinnara/ModernWpf/wiki/ProgressRing

CalcBinding

Posts with mentions or reviews of CalcBinding. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-10.

Announcing .NET 7 Preview 7
3 projects | /r/programming | 10 Aug 2022

Use the myriad of nuget packages available to provide conversion functions for bindings, e.g. https://github.com/Alex141/CalcBinding
Which GUI framework to use for a new project?
2 projects | /r/dotnet | 1 Feb 2022

Calcbinding takes a bit of the hassle away.
What's everyone using for desktop client GUI (alternatives for WinForms and WPF)
4 projects | /r/dotnet | 2 Jul 2021

One pain point is bindings where some transform is involved, e.g. binding the visibility state to a boolean (so so so so common you think it would be baked in). For this use something like the CalcBinding nuget package

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ModernWpf and CalcBinding you can also consider the following projects:

AdonisUI - Lightweight UI toolkit for WPF applications offering classic but enhanced windows visuals

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

WPF Application Framework (WAF) - Win Application Framework (WAF) is a lightweight Framework that helps you to create well structured XAML Applications.

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

Fluent.Ribbon - WPF Ribbon control like in Office

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.

WpfTutorialSamples - Wpf Samples

GenshinLyreMidiPlayer - Genshin Impact Windsong Lyre, Floral Zither, & Vintage Lyre MIDI auto player in Modern Mica UI. Supports MIDI instruments & Playlist controls.

csharplang - The official repo for the design of the C# programming language

wpf-notifyicon - NotifyIcon (aka system tray icon or taskbar icon) for the WPF platform

doublecmd - Double Commander is a free cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side.