Avalonia Reviews and details

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• .NET on Linux: What a Contrast

  Yes, but the portable GUI frameworks by Microsoft themselves are generally not very good, and they tend to be abandoned after a couple of years. Avalonia is developed outside of the Microsoft corporate madness and seems to be slowly becoming the defacto cross-platform framework because it is expected to last a bit longer than a manager's attention span: https://avaloniaui.net/. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Course using F#: Write your own tiny programming system(s)

  You should be able to use Avalonia[1] as an alternative GUI layer on Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS and Android. There is a beautiful Avalonia.FuncUI[2] and Avalonia.FuncUI.Elmish[3] which is an implementation of Elmish[4] (based of the Elm language[4]) for F#. [1]: https://avaloniaui.net/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Why Is the Front End Stack So Complicated?

  To bad Microsoft refuse to work on proper cross platform WPF support. I've tried Avalonia UI[0], but it's just not the same. For instance the lack of a proper out-of-the-box virtualized list. [0] https://avaloniaui.net/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• One Game, by One Man, on Six Platforms: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  For desktop, Avalonia, hands down. https://avaloniaui.net/ Open source, powered by Skia, backed by JetBrains, and quite battle-tested at this point for small to medium-sized apps. In theory perfectly capable for enterprise as well, since it's basically a spiritual successor to WPF, which has been an industry standard for about 15 years. They're diving into mobile and WASM well, but that's more of a recent effort... - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Crux: Cross-platform app development in Rust

  > I don't see any other way to go trully multi platform without making separate UI for Android and iOS. https://avaloniaui.net/. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• A Proposal for an asynchronous Rust GUI framework

  My understanding is that most of the new generation of GUI frameworks/application runtime are targeting all platforms. And there's clearly a demand for such feature set if the popularity of Electron says anything. Software businesses no longer want to specialize on specific platforms. What's more, it's provably[0] doable[1] to[2] do[3] so[4]. So, why shouldn't they?

      [0]: https://avaloniaui.net/.

  - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Stability Matrix v1.1.0 - Portable mode, Automatic updates, Revamped console, and more

  I was going to ask if you had considered Avalonia for UI but it looks like you're using third party controls that might make porting difficult. The primary advantage would be Linux and Mac compatibility but it looks like quite a job. Source: 10 months ago

• Microsoft officially supports running Windows 11 on M1 and M2 Macs

  Look at AvaloniaUI, it’s .NET and basically an open source, cross platform WPF: https://avaloniaui.net/. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Best way to convince management not to go with Pascal/Delphi

  I would look into https://avaloniaui.net/. Source: 11 months ago

• What are the best frameworks for building desktop apps with Dart, and which ones have good performance?

  You could also look at the Avalonia framework, which uses C#. Not sure what the performance is though. JavaFX is also an option, but it produces a significantly larger program due to the need to bundle a JRE (JPackage can do it all for you). Source: 11 months ago

• Podman Desktop 1.0

  I'll counter with Avalonia https://avaloniaui.net/ It's likely easier if you assume the same starting skill level since dotnet build system is way simpler to deal with. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Windows XP Activation: Game Over

  There are cross-platform GUIs available for dot net: https://avaloniaui.net/. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Will you be sticking with MAUI for the next few years, or are you considering moving to another framework?

  I am on Xamarin.Forms at the moment, might try Avalonia UI Https://avaloniaui.net/. Source: 12 months ago

• Are any C# coders here?

  I am looking at https://avaloniaui.net/ , to make the app multiplat form. Source: 12 months ago

• Jetbrains product quality rant

  Yeah, Blazor development in Rider is really nice IMO. Haven't used MAUI, since that looks to be still in beta. If I ever need to develop a cross platform app in the near future, I'll probably go with Avalonia. Source: 12 months ago

• Is c# Windows Forms not popular?

  And there are 3rd-party frameworks like Avalonia, which looks to be similar to WPF (I've never tried it). Source: about 1 year ago

• Modern C# software development framework

  Obviously I’m biased but I’d suggest checking out Avalonia UI if you’ve already got experience with WPF. Source: about 1 year ago

• Avalonia UI and MAUI - Something for everyone

  In the world of cross-platform .NET development, two popular frameworks have emerged as strong contenders: Avalonia UI and .NET MAUI (Multi-platform App UI). Both are powerful tools designed to solve different problems, making it essential to understand their key differences to make an informed choice for your project. - Source: dev.to / about 1 year ago

• Want to build cross platform on Linux

  Avalonia: Avalonia is a cross-platform UI framework for .NET that enables you to create applications that can run on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It supports XAML and follows a similar design pattern to WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation). To get started with Avalonia, visit their official website (https://avaloniaui.net/) and follow their documentation and tutorials. Source: about 1 year ago

• This is kinda random but what's your opinion on the current state of Blazor and WASM is? Is anyone using it in a production stack?

  Sounds like you are looking for https://avaloniaui.net/. Source: about 1 year ago

• Windows IoT Core (C# / XAML) port

  On the other hand, for maximum code reuse, you can use regular .NET 7, plus .NET IoT Libraries if you need sensors/access to GPIO and so on, plus Avalonia as a GUI, which is also using XAML, but incompatible with UWP. Source: about 1 year ago