WPF and WinForms on MacOs and Linux

agucciardi 1 Reputation point
2022-01-16T16:47:43.867+00:00

Can you run a WPF or Windows Forms desktop app on MacOs and Linux with .NET6?

Windows Forms
Windows Forms
A set of .NET Framework managed libraries for developing graphical user interfaces.
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Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows Presentation Foundation
A part of the .NET Framework that provides a unified programming model for building line-of-business desktop applications on Windows.
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XAML
XAML
A language based on Extensible Markup Language (XML) that enables developers to specify a hierarchy of objects with a set of properties and logic.
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  1. Lex Li (Microsoft) 4,742 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2022-01-16T21:34:01.313+00:00

    When Microsoft announced WinForms and WPF in .NET Core 3.0, they made it very clear that no plan to bring them to non-Windows platforms.

    If you are looking for cross platform UI frameworks, my blog post might get you started.

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  2. Ken Tucker 5,846 Reputation points
    2022-01-16T21:58:09.707+00:00

    Avalonia UI is a cross plaform xaml based framework for creating apps that run on windows, linux, mac using c#

    https://docs.avaloniaui.net/

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