# benruehl/adonis-ui

Lightweight UI toolkit for WPF applications offering classic but enhanced windows visuals

Repository: https://github.com/benruehl/adonis-ui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/adonis-ui
Homepage: https://benruehl.github.io/adonis-ui/
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: csharp, wpf, xaml, theme, design, light-theme, dark-theme, color-scheme, skinning, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2022-09-29T06:49:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3050, "days_push": 1434, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1866, forks 153 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:46.316096+00:00)

## What it is
Adonis UI is a lightweight UI toolkit for WPF applications that provides styles and templates for built-in WPF controls with a modern, enhanced Windows look. It includes light and dark color schemes with runtime switching, custom controls, and extensions designed as a drop-in replacement for existing apps.

## Use cases
- theme a wpf application with light and dark modes
- switch color schemes at runtime in a desktop app
- give wpf controls a modern consistent look
- add watermarks and extended features to built-in wpf controls
- restyle an existing wpf app without rewriting controls
- customize the window title bar in wpf

## When to choose
- you are building or restyling a WPF desktop application on .NET Framework or .NET Core/5+
- you want to stay close to WPF's native look while getting a visual overhaul
- you need drop-in styles for standard WPF controls with minimal configuration

## When to avoid
- you are building UWP, WinUI, Avalonia, or cross-platform .NET UIs rather than WPF
- you need a highly custom or radically different design language
- the project's maintenance-only state means you expect frequent new features

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, theme
- domain: desktop-applications, web-design, cross-platform
- platform: windows, dotnet
- tags: wpf, xaml, csharp, light-theme, dark-theme, skinning, desktop-ui

## Member repositories
- benruehl/adonis-ui (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:46.316096+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:15:32.092049+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/benruehl/adonis-ui (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:46.316096+00:00, sha 0b6675d51b17)
  - homepage: https://benruehl.github.io/adonis-ui/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:54:24.089588+00:00, sha f8f4c553d179)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.