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picoe/Eto

Cross platform GUI framework for desktop and mobile applications in .NET observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/picoe/Eto · C# · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

86/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 60
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 82.0
  • age_days: 5571
  • days_rel: 184
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 5

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3963 stars · 348 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Eto.Forms is a cross-platform GUI framework for .NET that lets you build desktop (and eventually mobile) applications with a single UI codebase. It renders using each platform's native toolkit (WPF, Windows Forms, MonoMac, GTK#) so apps look and behave natively on every OS.

Use cases

  • build a cross-platform desktop app in C#
  • write one UI codebase that runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux
  • create native-looking .NET GUI applications
  • share UI code between desktop platforms in .NET
  • build a desktop app without learning each platform's toolkit
  • wrap platform-specific features around a common UI

When to choose

  • you want truly native look and feel on each platform from one codebase
  • your team works in .NET/C# or F#
  • you need to target Windows, macOS, and Linux desktops
  • you want a mature, permissively-licensed alternative to Avalonia or MAUI

When to avoid

  • you need a production-ready mobile (iOS/Android) target today - the mobile port is incomplete
  • you want pixel-perfect identical rendering across platforms rather than native styling
  • you're building web or console-only applications

Facets

framework · maturity active

gui ui-components mobile-framework desktop-framework cross-platform desktop-applications mobile-development web-development windows dotnet cross-platform eto-forms native-ui wpf winforms gtk monomac single-codebase macos linux desktop mobile

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
picoe/Etomain86

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