A multi-platform .NET UI framework. It runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, iOS and Android.
## About
Avalonia is a WPF-inspired cross-platform XAML-based UI framework providing a flexible styling system and supporting a wide range of OSs: Windows (.NET Framework, .NET Core), Linux (GTK), MacOS, Android and iOS.
<b>Avalonia is now in alpha.</b> This means that framework is now at a stage where you can have a play and hopefully create simple applications. There's still a lot missing, and you *will* find bugs, and the API *will* change, but this represents the first time where we've made it somewhat easy to have a play and experiment with the framework.
| Control catalog | Desktop platforms | Mobile platforms |
Avalonia is a WPF-inspired cross-platform XAML-based UI framework providing a flexible styling system and supporting a wide range of OSs: Windows (.NET Framework, .NET Core), Android, Linux (GTK), MacOS and iOS.
<b>Avalonia is now in alpha.</b> What does "alpha" mean? Well, it means that it's now at a stage where you can have a play and hopefully create simple applications. There's still a lot missing, and you *will* find bugs, and the API *will* change, but this represents the first time where we've made it somewhat easy to have a play and experiment with the framework.
## Getting Started
Avalonia [Visual Studio Extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=AvaloniaTeam.AvaloniaforVisualStudio) contains project and control templates that will help you get started. After installing it, open "New Project" dialog in Visual Studio, choose "Avalonia" in "Visual C#" section and press OK (<ahref="https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia/raw/master/docs/tutorial/images/add-dialogs.png">screenshot</a>). Now you can write code and markup that will work on multiple platforms!
Avalonia [Visual Studio Extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=AvaloniaTeam.AvaloniaforVisualStudio) contains project and control templates that will help you get started. After installing it, open "New Project" dialog in Visual Studio, choose "Avalonia" in "Visual C#" section, select "Avalonia .NET Core Application" and press OK (<ahref="https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia/raw/master/docs/tutorial/images/add-dialogs.png">screenshot</a>). Now you can write code and markup that will work on multiple platforms!
Avalonia is also delivered as a <b>NuGet</b> package. You can find the packages here: ([stable(ish)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Avalonia/), [nightly](https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia/wiki/Using-nightly-build-feed))
Avalonia is delivered via <b>NuGet</b> package manager. You can find the packages here: ([stable(ish)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Avalonia/), [nightly](https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia/wiki/Using-nightly-build-feed))
Use this command in Package Manager console to install the package:
Use these commands in Package Manager console to install Avalonia manually: