Gtk# vs HandyControl

Gtk#

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

GUI

Source Code

mono-project.com

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HandyControl

Contains some simple and commonly used WPF controls (by HandyOrg)

GUI WPF wpf-ui wpf-controls Control C# Xaml Color Picker GIF Relativepanel Flipclock Propertygrid

Source Code

handyorg.github.io

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Gtk#		HandyControl
	Project
1	Mentions	3
417	Stars	5,623
0.0%	Growth	2.4%
0.0	Activity	8.1
about 1 year ago	Latest Commit	5 days ago
C#	Language	C#
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	MIT License

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Gtk#

Posts with mentions or reviews of Gtk#. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-12.

What language do you use for developing GTK-Applications?
2 projects | /r/GTK | 12 Dec 2021

mono/gtk-sharp is still stuck on 2.0 I think, but GtkSharp/GtkSharp uses 3.22 and up.

HandyControl

Posts with mentions or reviews of HandyControl. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-03.

Any licensing free package for modern WPF look?
8 projects | /r/csharp | 3 Jan 2023
Upgrading UI of existing WPF App
5 projects | /r/csharp | 23 Jul 2022
What free WPF control libraries can you recommend?
1 project | /r/csharp | 28 Mar 2021

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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Gtk# and HandyControl 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.

Xamarin.Forms - Xamarin.Forms Official Home

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

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

Eto.Forms - Cross platform GUI framework for desktop and mobile applications in .NET

Dragablz - Dragable and tearable tab control for WPF

Modern UI for WPF - MUI - Modern UI for WPF

UWP Community Toolkit - The Windows Community Toolkit is a collection of helpers, extensions, and custom controls. It simplifies and demonstrates common developer tasks building .NET apps with UWP and the Windows App SDK / WinUI 3 for Windows 10 and Windows 11. The toolkit is part of the .NET Foundation.

Bunifu UI Framework - Social App dark UI built with Bunifu UI Framework Ultimate Bundle