Top 23 C# Desktop Projects

• PowerToys

  713 104,500 9.8 C#

  Windows system utilities to maximize productivity

  

Project mention: Unlock Web Dev Superpowers with PowerToys | dev.to | 2024-03-23

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• Avalonia

  254 23,824 9.9 C#

  Develop Desktop, Embedded, Mobile and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML. The most popular .NET UI client technology

  

Project mention: Industrial Controller? Windows or Linux? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-07

You might also want to look at AvaloniaUI[0] for a cross platform .NET GUI library. It is similar to WPF but much nicer to work with.

[0] https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia

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• lively

  281 13,868 8.5 C#

  Free and open-source software that allows users to set animated desktop wallpapers and screensavers powered by WinUI 3.

Project mention: how do i turn it off bruh | /r/LivelyWallpaper | 2023-09-22

• Flow.Launcher

  25 6,474 9.7 C#

  :mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins

  

Project mention: Quick file search and app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-28

• electrino

  1 4,362 0.0 C#

  Desktop runtime for apps built on web technologies, using the system's own web browser engine

• ModernWpf

  23 4,240 8.7 C#

  Modern styles and controls for your WPF applications

• winforms

  25 4,224 9.3 C#

  Windows Forms is a .NET UI framework for building Windows desktop applications.

  

Project mention: Ask HN: Any way to write a simple desktop app anymore? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-22

Windows Forms[0] is still alive and will never die, and very low overhead to start with, and works on new and shiny .NET 8.

If Linux or macOS, you can use AvaloniaUI[1] instead which is sufficiently advanced but assumes some prior knowledge.

[0] https://github.com/dotnet/winforms/blob/main/docs/getting-st...

[1] https://docs.avaloniaui.net/docs/get-started/

• SaaSHub

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• Maui

  22 2,045 9.2 C#

  The .NET MAUI Community Toolkit is a community-created library that contains .NET MAUI Extensions, Advanced UI/UX Controls, and Behaviors to help make your life as a .NET MAUI developer easier (by CommunityToolkit)

  

Project mention: CommunityToolkit / Maui Release v5.3.0 | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-08-15

• ipban

  16 1,509 8.9 C#

  Since 2011, IPBan is the worlds most trusted, free security software to block hackers and botnets. With both Windows and Linux support, IPBan has your dedicated or cloud server protected. Upgrade to IPBan Pro today and get a discount. Learn more at ↓

  

Project mention: Well I'm ready to throw in the towel - public IP to 3389 | /r/sysadmin | 2023-12-07

• desktopPet

  9 760 0.0 C#

  Remembering the lovely eSheep (stray sheep) from 1995 -

Project mention: What is so ancient only an Internet veteran can remember? | /r/AskReddit | 2023-07-15

Since I don’t remember it being that popular, I doubt anyone else will remember this, but at one point, there was a program called eSheep that was kind of like pets in your computer. They would walk around on your thumbnails, munch on grass that suddenly appeared, and if you were very lucky, every once in a blue moon, a flying saucer would appear and abduct one of them.

• ScreenTask

  1 738 0.0 C#

  (📢 New Version Released) Screen sharing made easy! Share your screen across local devices without internet.

• quick-picture-viewer

  1 616 6.4 C#

  🖼️ Lightweight, versatile desktop image viewer for Windows. The best replacement for the default Windows photo viewer.

  

• hass-workstation-service

  30 605 0.0 C#

  Provide useful sensors and services from your workstation to Home Assistant.

• CsWinRT

  6 505 7.6 C#

  C# language projection for the Windows Runtime

  

Project mention: Leaked Microsoft poll shows fewer employees have confidence in leadership | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-06-24

• CrossPlatformDiskTest

  4 455 1.4 C#

  Windows, macOS and Android storage (HDD, SSD, RAM) speed testing/performance benchmarking app

Project mention: Random speed drop in external nvme | /r/mac | 2023-05-11

• Discord-History-Tracker

  15 436 8.7 C#

  Desktop app & browser script that saves Discord chat history into a file, and an offline viewer that displays the file.

Project mention: Don't Use Discord as a Forum | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-09-13

If you ever need to extract important information buried somewhere in a Discord server, I am having luck with Discord History Tracker [1] (browser-only version). It lets you download all messages in a json file, which then you can read with [2] (works offline too).

[1] https://dht.chylex.com/

• Clowd.Squirrel

  5 428 9.1 C#

  Quick and easy installer and automatic updates for cross-platform dotnet applications

  

Project mention: ClickOnce | /r/dotnet | 2023-11-11

I never had much luck with ClickOnce, so I was using Squirrel.Windows. I've recently switched to the Clowd.Squirrel fork, since I needed support for AzureSignTool in the build process.

• ChromeCast-Desktop-Audio-Streamer

  9 403 6.1 C#

  Stream the sound of your desktop to your Chromecast Audio device

Project mention: Playing music via WiFi on a device on the same network | /r/musicbee | 2023-06-21

What type of speaker? I use https://github.com/SamDel/ChromeCast-Desktop-Audio-Streamer to stream things to ChromeCast Audio devices. It technically streams everything from my computer, not just MusicBee

• arcgis-osm-editor

  2 383 0.0 C#

  ArcGIS Editor for OpenStreetMap is a toolset for GIS users to access and contribute to OpenStreetMap through their Desktop or Server environment.

  

• SylphyHorn

  3 376 0.0 C#

  Virtual Desktop Tools for Windows 10.

• DotnetRuntimeBootstrapper

  7 255 7.6 C#

  Bootstrapped framework-dependent deployment for .NET applications

• velopack

  1 254 9.8 C#

  Installer and automatic update framework for cross-platform desktop applications

  

Project mention: AvaloniaUI: Create Multi-Platform Apps with .NET | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-03

• EdgeSharp

  2 227 0.0 C#

  Build .NET Win32/WinForms/WPF WebView2 HTML5 Desktop Apps

  

• SaaSHub

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