# VitalElement/AvalonStudio

Cross platform IDE and Shell

Repository: https://github.com/VitalElement/AvalonStudio
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/avalonstudio
Language: C#
License: LGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: avalonia, cross-platform-ide, mono, linux, macos, dotnetcore, csharp, cplusplus, gdb, xaml, llvm, clang, gcc, ubuntu, arch-linux, stm32
Last push: 2024-01-23T11:35:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3995, "days_push": 953, "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 1721, forks 246 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:26.858153+00:00)

## What it is
AvalonStudio is an extensible, cross-platform IDE written in C# targeting Embedded C/C++, .NET Core, Avalonia, and TypeScript development. It also serves as a shell framework built on the Avalonia UI framework.

## Use cases
- develop embedded C/C++ firmware for STM32 microcontrollers
- cross-platform IDE that runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows
- debug embedded targets with GDB
- build .NET Core applications from a lightweight IDE
- use an Avalonia-based shell for building desktop tooling
- compile with GCC, Clang, or LLVM toolchains

## When to choose
- you need a free cross-platform IDE for embedded C/C++ development
- you want an IDE built with and for Avalonia
- you target ARM microcontrollers like STM32 with GCC/Clang toolchains

## When to avoid
- you need full-featured IDE support comparable to Visual Studio or VS Code
- you require broad language support beyond C/C++, .NET, and TypeScript
- you need a project with frequent releases and active maintenance guarantees

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor, gui, developer-tools, compiler
- domain: developer-tools, embedded-systems, cross-platform, desktop-applications
- platform: windows, cross-platform, dotnet
- tags: ide, avalonia, embedded-c-cpp, gdb, llvm, stm32, xaml, shell, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- VitalElement/AvalonStudio (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:26.858153+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 2026-08-30T03:34:01.071085+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/VitalElement/AvalonStudio (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:26.858153+00:00, sha ea0165bc533f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.