# CommunityToolkit/Maui

The .NET MAUI Community Toolkit is a community-created library that contains .NET MAUI Extensions, Advanced UI/UX Controls, and Behaviors to help make your life as a .NET MAUI developer easier

Repository: https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Maui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/communitytoolkit-maui
Homepage: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/communitytoolkit/maui
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: dotnet, dotnet-maui, maui, ios, android, macos, maccatalyst, windows, winui, mobile, desktop, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-21T17:07:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1918, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 12, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 55}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2694, forks 499 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:11.121376+00:00)

## What it is
A community-maintained .NET MAUI library providing extensions, advanced UI/UX controls, behaviors, converters, and animations for cross-platform app development. It is distributed as NuGet packages and serves as an incubator for features that may be promoted into official .NET MAUI.

## Use cases
- add advanced UI controls to a .NET MAUI app
- reuse common behaviors and converters across MAUI apps
- add animations to a cross-platform mobile app
- play media in a .NET MAUI application
- build iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows apps from one C# codebase
- find community extensions for .NET MAUI development

## When to choose
- you build apps with .NET MAUI and want ready-made controls, behaviors, and helpers
- you want community-driven features that may become official MAUI APIs
- you need MediaElement, Maps, or Camera add-ons for MAUI

## When to avoid
- you are not using .NET MAUI (e.g., Xamarin.Forms, Flutter, React Native)
- you need only officially supported Microsoft APIs with long-term support guarantees
- you target platforms outside the MAUI-supported set

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, animation, sdk, developer-tools
- domain: mobile-development, cross-platform, desktop-applications, web-development
- platform: windows, dotnet, cross-platform
- tags: maui, xamarin, nuget, community-toolkit, csharp, winui, maccatalyst, android, ios, macos

## Member repositories
- CommunityToolkit/Maui (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.121376+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 2026-08-30T02:16:20.490597+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Maui (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.121376+00:00, sha 31c1dab7ad36)
  - homepage: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/communitytoolkit/maui (fetched 2026-08-29T09:59:26.029978+00:00, sha be05dad56f24)
  - site_page: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/faq/internet-explorer-microsoft-edge (fetched 2026-08-29T09:59:26.032579+00:00, sha c363b2f43d4b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.