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MahApps.Metro

A toolkit for creating awesome WPF applications. Lots of goodness out-of-the box.

Supporting .NET Framework 4.6.2 and greater, .NET Core 3.1, .NET 5 and .NET 6 (on Windows)

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Documentation
Quick Start
Icons (MahApps.Metro.IconPacks)
Contributing to MahApps.Metro
Building the MahApps.Metro solution
Releases and Release Notes
Visual Studio Templates
Wiki

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License

MahApps.Metro is provided as-is under the MIT license. For more information see LICENSE.

Code of Conduct

This project has adopted the code of conduct defined by the Contributor Covenant to clarify expected behavior in our community. For more information see the .NET Foundation Code of Conduct.

Contribution License Agreement

By signing the CLA, the community is free to use your contribution to .NET Foundation projects.

.NET Foundation

This project is supported by the .NET Foundation.

Dev Tools

We want to give some ❤ to this dev tools which makes the work a little bit easier!

Cake (C# Make) a free and open source cross-platform build automation system.
ReSharper
Rider
AppVeyor CI/CD service for Windows, Linux and macOS

A big thank goes to JetBrains who provide an Open Source License for ReSharper and Rider.

Contributors

A big virtual hug :hugs: goes to all the great people around the world who contributed to this project!

Awesome Application Samples

Showcase/Demo application The showcase/demo application built by the MahApps.Metro team. Compiled versions can be downloaded from releases and preview versions can be downloaded from CI artifacts
Azuser by @Inzanit Azure SQL Server User Management
Carnac by @Code52 the Magnificent Keyboard Utility
Certify The Web by @webprofusion The GUI to manage free certificates from Let's Encrypt
Chocolatey GUI Chocolatey GUI is a user interface for Chocolatey (a Machine Package Manager for Windows)
CodeTrack by Nico Van Goethem CodeTrack is a versatile profiler with some extra tricks up its sleeve.
FolderSecurityViewer Easy to use NTFS permissions reporter to get all effective security owners of your data
Hearthstone-Deck-Tracker by @Epix37 HDT is an automatic deck tracker and manager for Hearthstone
Markdown Edit by @mike-ward A full-featured Markdown editor for Windows with an emphasis on content and keyboard shortcuts
Markdown Monster by @RickStrahl An extensible Markdown Editor, Viewer and Weblog Publisher for Windows
MarkPad (DownmarkerWPF) by @Code52 a visual Markdown editor
Modern UI for WPF (MUI) Inspired by MahApps.Metro
NETworkManager by @BornToBeRoot A powerful tool for managing networks and troubleshoot network problems!
Papercut by @Jaben Simple Desktop SMTP Server / Email Receiver
RainyDay Backup Backup system for Azure DevOps Services and Azure Devops Server
SimpleMP by @punker76 Simple Music Player - SimpleMP - Keeps it simple and plays your music
Solutionizer by @thoemmi Creating ad-hoc solutions for Visual Studio
Version Changer Version Changer is a Visual Studio extension that makes it simple to change the version numbers of all the projects in a solution.
WinReform by @AKruimink A simple tool to help resize and relocate stubborn windows.
Xamarin Inspector Visualize and debug your live app
Xamarin Workbooks Xamarin Workbooks provide a blend of documentation and code that is perfect for experimentation, learning, and creating guides and teaching aids.

Something missing?

If you're looking for other awesome libraries which are compatible with MahApps, check them out:

MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit Comprehensive and easy to use Material Design theme and control library for the Windows desktop. http://materialdesigninxaml.net
Fluent.Ribbon made by @batzen a library that implements an Office-like user interface for the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).
MahApps.Metro.SimpleChildWindow A simple child window for MahApps.Metro.
LoadingIndicators.WPF made by @zeluisping
Dragablz Tearable tab control for WPF, which includes docking, tool windows and MDI. http://dragablz.net

Sponsoring

This framework is free and can be used for free, open source and commercial applications. MahApps.Metro (all code, NuGets and binaries) are under the MIT License (MIT). It's tested, used and contributed by many awesome people. So hit the magic ⭐ button, we appreciate it!!! 🙏

The core team member(s), MahApps.Metro contributors and contributors in the ecosystem do this open source work in their free time. If you use MahApps.Metro a serious task, and you'd like us to invest more time on it, please donate. This project increases your income/productivity/usability too.

Become a sponsor and show your support to this open source project.