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Top 23 C# Window Projects

  1. PowerToys

    Windows system utilities to maximize productivity

    Project mention: M4 MacBook Pros use a quantum dot (QD) film rather than a red KSF phosphor film | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-11-15

    Yeah think its a ClearType issue[0] specifically then

    [0]https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/25595

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  3. v2rayN

    A GUI client for Windows, Linux and macOS, support Xray core and sing-box-core and others

    Project mention: Unchain Proxy Svr By Golang | dev.to | 2024-12-26

    v2rayN

  4. PowerShell

    PowerShell for every system!

    Project mention: Fish shell announces 4.0 release | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-12-19

    I'll take this moment to point out that the PowerShell feels like a modern shell and is open source https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell (MIT license). If you want something more modern give it a try. Native support for JSON and XML and parallel streams.

    That said, I'm glad to see another major release of Fish because it's for having option that we get evolution.

  5. Files

    A modern file manager that helps users organize their files and folders.

    Project mention: XYPlorer Is Written in VB6 | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-11

    Devtoys is great and open-source and .NET and cross-platform * https://devtoys.app/

    and in context to the thread files-community/files is great and open-source and .NET and cross-platform * https://files.community/

  6. DevToys

    A Swiss Army knife for developers.

    Project mention: 10 Useful Developer Tools Every Developer Needs to Know 🧑‍💻📚 | dev.to | 2025-01-13

    Learn More: DevToys Website

  7. Avalonia

    Develop Desktop, Embedded, Mobile and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML. The most popular .NET UI client technology

    Project mention: Five Years of React Native at Shopify | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-16

    Check out Avalonia [0]

    It's a cross-platform spiritual successor of WPF and it kicks ass! You get proper separation of models and views, you can separate what controls there are from how they look (themes/styles), you can build the entire thing into a native compiled application with very reasonable speed and memory use.

    [0] https://avaloniaui.net

  8. PEASS-ng

    PEASS - Privilege Escalation Awesome Scripts SUITE (with colors)

  9. optimizer

    The finest Windows Optimizer

    Project mention: My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-06-21

    every software that ever updates has options that are subject to change; a user needs to be proactive in knowing whats running. i do agree we shouldnt need a the privacy treadmill, but until we have better consumer laws the treadmill will continue...

    as far as powershell scripts; i cant say i am a fan (i do like the potential targeting of offline machines with something like the mentioned website) - but my favorite to date is still: https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/

  10. N_m3u8DL-CLI

    [.NET] m3u8 downloader 开源的命令行m3u8/HLS/dash下载器,支持普通AES-128-CBC解密,多线程,自定义请求头等. 支持简体中文,繁体中文和英文. English Supported.

  11. UniGetUI

    UniGetUI: The Graphical Interface for your package managers. Could be terribly described as a package manager manager to manage your package managers

    Project mention: Jeffrey Snover and the Making of PowerShell | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-07-04

    UniGetUI (formerly WingetUI) is a really great tool since it supports multiple package managers.

    https://github.com/marticliment/UniGetUI

  12. Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller

    Remove large amounts of unwanted applications quickly.

  13. EverythingToolbar

    Everything integration for the Windows taskbar.

  14. Chocolatey

    Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows

    Project mention: Create Your Custom WSL from any Linux Distribution (Part-1) | dev.to | 2024-12-08

    While the ArchWSL and Fedora WSL at MS Store may seem great at first before installing, these distros have often showed compatibility issues and sometimes very weird bugs; even conflicts with scoop or chocolatey apps.

  15. Dependencies

    A rewrite of the old legacy software "depends.exe" in C# for Windows devs to troubleshoot dll load dependencies issues.

    Project mention: WinDepends – A Rewrite of the Dependency Walker | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-11-23
  16. MahApps.Metro

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

  17. Uno Platform

    Open-source platform for building cross-platform native Mobile, Web, Desktop and Embedded apps quickly. Create rich, C#/XAML, single-codebase apps from any IDE. Hot Reload included! 90m+ NuGet Downloads!!

    Project mention: A comparison of Rust's borrow checker to the one in C# | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-30
  18. EarTrumpet

    EarTrumpet - Volume Control for Windows

  19. mRemoteNG

    mRemoteNG is the next generation of mRemote, open source, tabbed, multi-protocol, remote connections manager.

  20. Notepads

    A modern, lightweight text editor with a minimalist design.

  21. Flow.Launcher

    :mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins

    Project mention: Quick file search and app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-28
  22. Windows-Auto-Night-Mode

    Automatically switches between the dark and light theme of Windows 10 and Windows 11

  23. xdm

    Powerfull download accelerator and video downloader

  24. Kavita

    Kavita is a fast, feature rich, cross platform reading server. Built with the goal of being a full solution for all your reading needs. Setup your own server and share your reading collection with your friends and family.

    Project mention: Ask HN: Are you reading (nonfiction) books/pdfs in 2025 | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-13
NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Window projects in C#? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 PowerToys 113,853
2 v2rayN 73,391
3 PowerShell 45,968
4 Files 35,480
5 DevToys 27,810
6 Avalonia 26,473
7 PEASS-ng 16,614
8 optimizer 15,183
9 N_m3u8DL-CLI 14,457
10 UniGetUI 13,947
11 Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller 13,206
12 EverythingToolbar 10,472
13 Chocolatey 10,468
14 Dependencies 9,411
15 MahApps.Metro 9,377
16 Uno Platform 9,151
17 EarTrumpet 9,137
18 mRemoteNG 9,025
19 Notepads 8,991
20 Flow.Launcher 8,620
21 Windows-Auto-Night-Mode 7,746
22 xdm 6,923
23 Kavita 6,913

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