Downloads for the Windows App SDK

This page provides download links to the various releases of the Windows App SDK. To get started quickly, download the latest Visual Studio extensions (VSIX) and installer below:

Latest Stable 1.1

Download 1.1 Visual Studio 2022 Extension (C#)

Download 1.1 Visual Studio 2022 Extension (C++)

Download 1.1 Installer (x64)

Latest Stable 1.0

Download 1.0 Visual Studio 2022 Extension (C#)

Download 1.0 Visual Studio 2022 Extension (C++)

Download 1.0 Installer (x64)

For all Windows App SDK downloads, refer to the tables and links below. Depending on your development scenario, you may require the following:

SDK downloads

Tool	Description
Visual Studio extension	The Windows App SDK Visual Studio extension (VSIX) provides project and item templates to get started. You can choose from three versions of the extension: stable, preview, and experimental. See Set up your development environment for more details on how to install the extension.
NuGet package	The Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK NuGet package provides access to APIs provided by the Windows App SDK. The NuGet package is included with the Visual Studio extension project templates. If you have an existing project in which you want to use the Windows App SDK, you can install the latest version of the Windows App SDK NuGet package in your project directly from Visual Studio. For setup instructions, see Use the Windows App SDK in an existing project.

Runtime downloads

Unpackaged or sparse-packaged apps that use the Windows App SDK can use the standalone .exe Runtime installer or MSIX packages to deploy the Windows App SDK package dependencies with their app. For setup instructions, see Windows App SDK deployment guide for unpackaged apps.

Tool	Description
Installer	The standalone .exe installer, WindowsAppRuntimeInstall.exe, is available as a separate download beginning with Windows App SDK 1.0.1. It installs the Windows App SDK Runtime which includes the Framework, Main, Singleton and DDLM packages.
Redistributable	The Windows App Runtime Redistributable (Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Redist) is a zip file that includes the installer and MSIX packages for all architectures (x64, x86, and ARM64).

To learn more, see the Windows App SDK release channels and the release notes provided below for each version.

Current releases

Windows App SDK 1.1

	Version	SDK downloads	Runtime downloads
✅	1.1.1       06/14/2022 Release notes	C# Visual Studio 2022 extension C++ Visual Studio 2022 extension C# Visual Studio 2019 extension C++ Visual Studio 2019 extension	Installer (x64) Installer (x86) Installer (arm64) Redistributable
✅	1.1.0       05/24/2022 Release notes	C# Visual Studio 2022 extension C++ Visual Studio 2022 extension C# Visual Studio 2019 extension C++ Visual Studio 2019 extension	Installer (x64) Installer (x86) Installer (arm64) Redistributable
❇️	1.1.0 Preview 3       05/03/2022 Release notes	C# Visual Studio 2022 extension C++ Visual Studio 2022 extension C# Visual Studio 2019 extension C++ Visual Studio 2019 extension	Installer (x64) Installer (x86) Installer (arm64) Redistributable
❇️	1.1.0 Preview 2       04/19/2022 Release notes	C# Visual Studio 2022 extension C++ Visual Studio 2022 extension C# Visual Studio 2019 extension C++ Visual Studio 2019 extension	Installer (x64) Installer (x86) Installer (arm64) Redistributable
❇️	1.1.0 Preview 1       03/29/2022 Release notes	No new Visual Studio extensions.	Installer (x64) Installer (x86) Installer (arm64) Redistributable

Windows App SDK 1.0

	Version	SDK downloads	Runtime downloads
✅	1.0.4 06/14/2022 Release notes	C# Visual Studio 2022 extension C++ Visual Studio 2022 extension C# Visual Studio 2019 extension C++ Visual Studio 2019 extension	Installer (x64) Installer (x86) Installer (arm64) Redistributable
✅	1.0.3 04/18/2022 Release notes	No new Visual Studio extensions.	Installer (x64) Installer (x86) Installer (arm64) Redistributable
✅	1.0.2 04/05/2022 Release notes	C# Visual Studio 2022 extension C++ Visual Studio 2022 extension C# Visual Studio 2019 extension C++ Visual Studio 2019 extension	Installer (x64) Installer (x86) Installer (arm64) Redistributable
✅	1.0.1 03/15/2022 Release notes	C# Visual Studio 2022 extension C++ Visual Studio 2022 extension C# Visual Studio 2019 extension C++ Visual Studio 2019 extension	Installer (x64) Installer (x86) Installer (arm64) Redistributable
✅	1.0.0 11/16/2021 Release notes	C# Visual Studio 2022 extension C++ Visual Studio 2022 extension C# Visual Studio 2019 extension C++ Visual Studio 2019 extension	Redistributable
❇️	1.0.0 Preview 3  10/27/2021 Release notes	C# Visual Studio 2022 extension C++ Visual Studio 2022 extension C# Visual Studio 2019 extension C++ Visual Studio 2019 extension	Redistributable
🔄️	1.0.0 Experimental  08/09/2021 Release notes	Visual Studio extension	Redistributable

Windows App SDK 0.8

	Version	SDK downloads	Runtime downloads
✅	0.8 Stable  06/24/2021 Release notes	Visual Studio extension	Redistributable
❇️	0.8 Preview  05/27/2021 Release notes	Visual Studio extension	Redistributable

Maintenance releases

	Version
✅	0.5 Stable 03/29/2021

Out of support releases

	Version
❇️	1.0 Preview 2  [Deprecated] 10/5/2021 Release notes
❇️	1.0 Preview 1  [Deprecated] 09/17/2021 Release notes
✅	0.1 Stable 12/11/2020