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-# Avalonia UI
+[](https://gitter.im/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia?utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_source=badge) [](https://dev.azure.com/AvaloniaUI/AvaloniaUI/_build/latest?definitionId=4) [](#backers) [](#sponsors) 
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+[](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Avalonia) [](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Avalonia) [](https://www.myget.org/gallery/avalonia-ci) 
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+## 📖 About AvaloniaUI
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+Avalonia is a cross-platform XAML-based UI framework providing a flexible styling system and supporting a wide range of Operating Systems such as Windows via .NET Framework and .NET Core, Linux via Xorg, macOS. Avalonia is ready for **General-Purpose Desktop App Development**. However, there may be some bugs and breaking changes as we continue along into this project's development.
-| Gitter Chat | Build Status (Win, Linux, OSX) | Open Collective | NuGet | MyGet |
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-| [](https://gitter.im/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia?utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_source=badge) | [](https://dev.azure.com/AvaloniaUI/AvaloniaUI/_build/latest?definitionId=4) | [](#backers) [](#sponsors) | [](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Avalonia) | [](https://www.myget.org/gallery/avalonia-ci) |
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+To see the status of some of our features, please see our [Roadmap](https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia/issues/2239). You can also see what [breaking changes](https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia/issues/3538) we have planned and what our [past breaking changes](https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia/wiki/Breaking-Changes) have been. [Awesome Avalonia](https://github.com/AvaloniaCommunity/awesome-avalonia) is community-curated list of awesome Avalonia UI tools, libraries, projects and resources. Go and see what people are building with Avalonia!
-## About
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-**Avalonia** is a cross-platform XAML-based UI framework providing a flexible styling system and supporting a wide range of Operating Systems such as Windows (.NET Framework, .NET Core), Linux (via Xorg), macOS.
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-**Avalonia** is ready for **General-Purpose Desktop App Development**. However, there may be some bugs and breaking changes as we continue along into this project's development.
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-To see the status of some of our features, please see our [Roadmap here](https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia/issues/2239).
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-You can also see what [breaking changes](https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia/issues/3538) we have planned and what our [past breaking changes](https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia/wiki/Breaking-Changes) have been.
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-[Awesome Avalonia](https://github.com/AvaloniaCommunity/awesome-avalonia) is community-curated list of awesome Avalonia UI tools, libraries, projects and resources. Go and see what people are building with Avalonia!
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-## Getting Started
+## 🚀 Getting Started
The Avalonia [Visual Studio Extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=AvaloniaTeam.AvaloniaforVisualStudio) contains project and control templates that will help you get started, or you can use the .NET Core CLI. For a starer guide see our [documentation](http://avaloniaui.net/docs/quickstart/create-new-project).