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Modern UI for WPF - MUI

Modern UI for WPF (by firstfloorsoftware)

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MahApps.Metro

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

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Modern UI for WPF - MUI		MahApps.Metro
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-	Mentions	17
2,479	Stars	9,122
-	Growth	0.6%
0.0	Activity	7.2
over 2 years ago	Latest Commit	14 days ago
C#	Language	C#
Microsoft Public License	License	MIT License

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Modern UI for WPF - MUI

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MahApps.Metro

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Windows 8 style app (metro style app)
1 project | /r/windows | 8 May 2023

You can make a WPF application with VS2022 CE and then install this NuGet package: MahApps
Any licensing free package for modern WPF look?
8 projects | /r/csharp | 3 Jan 2023
WPF Good UI Framework and Controls
3 projects | /r/csharp | 25 Jul 2022
Upgrading UI of existing WPF App
5 projects | /r/csharp | 23 Jul 2022
WPF or WinForms
4 projects | /r/csharp | 2 Jul 2022

WPF. Controls are highly customizable. Also there are good UI libraries out there, I recommend MahApps.Metro. Also you should take a look at MVVM design pattern.
GitLurker will change your day to day tasks
4 projects | /r/csharp | 16 Jun 2022

WPF .NET core 3.1 | Winook| Mahapps
Current best choice of .NET library for dekstop.
1 project | /r/csharp | 25 May 2022

Mahapps.Metro https://mahapps.com/
Current best choice of .NET library for dekstop
6 projects | /r/dotnet | 25 May 2022

WPF with https://github.com/MaterialDesignInXAML/MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit or https://github.com/MahApps/MahApps.Metro
How to launch multiple Teams and use multiple organizational accounts at the same time.
3 projects | dev.to | 24 May 2022

MahApps
What framework or library does the Microsoft Word ribbon use or the Photoshop Navbar?
2 projects | /r/csharp | 21 Apr 2022

I've used mahapps ribbon in the past -> https://mahapps.com/

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Modern UI for WPF - MUI and MahApps.Metro you can also consider the following projects:

Avalonia - Develop Desktop, Embedded, Mobile and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML. The most popular .NET Foundation community project.

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

ObjectListView - git clone of https://objectlistview.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/objectlistview/cs/trunk

Gtk# - Gtk# is a Mono/.NET binding to the cross platform Gtk+ GUI toolkit and the foundation of most GUI apps built with Mono

metroframework-modern-ui - My humble attempt to bring the new Modern UI alias Metro UI of Windows 8 to .NET Windows Forms applications.

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

Fluent.Ribbon - WPF Ribbon control like in Office

Xamarin.Forms - Xamarin.Forms Official Home

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