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Top 23 C# windows-desktop Projects
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Windows-Auto-Night-Mode
Automatically switches between the dark and light theme of Windows 10 and Windows 11
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InfluxDB
InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.
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Windows-11-Guide
Windows 10/11 Guide. Including Windows Security tools, Encryption, Nextcloud, Graphics, Gaming, Virtualization, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2), Software Apps, and Resources.
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Sevalla
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NetSparkle
NetSparkle is a C#, cross-platform, highly-configurable software update framework with pre-built UI for .NET developers compatible with .NET 4.6.2/.NET 6+, WinForms, WPF, and Avalonia; uses Ed25519 signatures. View basic usage here in the README and try the samples for yourself.
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Asus-ROG-Ally-Guide
A Community Guide to getting all your Accessories, Games, Emulators, and Gaming Tips for your Asus ROG Ally Gaming Handheld.
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SingleInstanceCore
For developing single instance application - For Windows applications on .NET Core/ .NET 5
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UpbeatUI
A lightweight MVVM framework for touch based Windows applications on top of the WPF framework.
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ValheimPlus-Manager
GUI for management of ValheimPlus installations, both for game and server clients!
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Project mention: I built a native Windows Todo app in pure C (278 KB, no frameworks) | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-11
Here is one of few Windows apps that I have written, albeit in C#. compinfo is a single, 431 KB windows executable.
It displays basic computer info including user name, computer name, OS, model, serial number (service tag), CPU model, memory, IPv4 address and uptime.
https://github.com/jftuga/compinfo
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RoleDDNG
A WPF-based role-playing character creation and modification tool, aimed at 100% compatibility with the old RoleDD program.
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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
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C# windows-desktop discussion
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MVVM Light Toolkit VS Epoxy - a user suggested alternative
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Give me boring engine ideas
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Auto Dark Mode + Neovim: Windows (maybe Linux?)
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Two EPIC and must have apps to learn beatmatching by ear.
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This is the best recreation of Dina Caliente I have ever seen
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Diablo IV set up as Blizzard does not support 32:9
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Auto Dark & Light Mode on Windows 11
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Index
What are some of the best open-source windows-desktop projects in C#? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | Windows-Auto-Night-Mode | 8,607 |
| 2 | cairoshell | 3,096 |
| 3 | OnTopReplica | 2,678 |
| 4 | p2p | 2,454 |
| 5 | PSAppDeployToolkit | 2,122 |
| 6 | DockPanelSuite | 1,806 |
| 7 | Windows-11-Guide | 1,660 |
| 8 | ParquetViewer | 964 |
| 9 | 32feet | 930 |
| 10 | DarkUI | 859 |
| 11 | NetSparkle | 743 |
| 12 | ManagedShell | 367 |
| 13 | Asus-ROG-Ally-Guide | 350 |
| 14 | SyncMLViewer | 194 |
| 15 | AnyStatus | 59 |
| 16 | SingleInstanceCore | 35 |
| 17 | Countly SDK for Windows | 26 |
| 18 | UpbeatUI | 25 |
| 19 | Scriper | 13 |
| 20 | ValheimPlus-Manager | 13 |
| 21 | compinfo | 5 |
| 22 | RoleDDNG | 2 |
| 23 | Terms | 1 |
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