# BAndysc/AvaloniaVisualBasic6

A recreation of the classic Visual Basic 6 IDE and language in C# with Avalonia

Repository: https://github.com/BAndysc/AvaloniaVisualBasic6
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/avaloniavisualbasic6
Homepage: https://bandysc.github.io/AvaloniaVisualBasic6/
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: avalonia, avalonia-ui, avaloniaui, csharp, ide, vb6, visualbasic, visualbasic6
Last push: 2024-11-17T18:14:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 12/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 47
- inputs: {"age_days": 665, "days_push": 654, "days_rel": 654, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1590, forks 101 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:08.507521+00:00)

## What it is
A recreation of the classic Visual Basic 6 IDE and language written in C# using the Avalonia UI framework. It supports a visual designer, VB6-compatible project files, and running projects with limited VB6 language support, available as a desktop app or in the browser.

## Use cases
- run classic Visual Basic 6 projects on modern operating systems
- try the VB6 IDE in a browser without installing anything
- edit VB6 forms with a visual designer
- load and save VB6-compatible project files
- learn how the classic VB6 IDE worked
- build simple VB6-style apps cross-platform

## When to choose
- you want a nostalgic or educational recreation of the VB6 development experience
- you need to open or run simple VB6 projects on Linux, macOS, or in a browser
- you want a free, open-source, MIT-licensed VB6-like IDE

## When to avoid
- you need full, production-grade VB6 language compatibility
- you are maintaining legacy VB6 business applications that require exact runtime behavior
- you need commercial support or guaranteed correctness

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: interpreter, gui, editor, programming-language
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications, programming-languages, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform, browser, windows, dotnet
- tags: visual-basic-6, ide-recreation, avalonia, nostalgia, visual-designer, retro-computing, desktop, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- BAndysc/AvaloniaVisualBasic6 (main) score 12

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:08.507521+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 2026-08-30T03:54:45.898981+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/BAndysc/AvaloniaVisualBasic6 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:08.507521+00:00, sha d50ea0bb80b7)
  - homepage: https://bandysc.github.io/AvaloniaVisualBasic6/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:25:19.680068+00:00, sha d6cbf1202186)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.