# HandyOrg/HandyControl

Contains some simple and commonly used WPF controls

Repository: https://github.com/HandyOrg/HandyControl
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/handycontrol
Homepage: https://handyorg.github.io/
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: wpf, wpf-ui, wpf-controls, control, csharp, xaml, color-picker, gif, relativepanel, flipclock, propertygrid
Last push: 2026-08-11T02:30:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3025, "days_push": 23, "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 7167, forks 1167 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:56.349087+00:00)

## What it is
HandyControl is a UI control library for WPF (.NET) offering a set of simple, commonly used custom controls and styles written in C# and XAML. It is distributed via NuGet and includes controls like color pickers, property grids, flip clocks, and layout panels.

## Use cases
- build modern-looking WPF desktop apps with styled controls
- add a color picker to a C# WPF application
- use a property grid control in a .NET desktop app
- apply consistent XAML themes and styles across a WPF project
- find WPF alternatives for common UI controls like relative panel or GIF display

## When to choose
- you are building a Windows desktop app with WPF in C#
- you want ready-made, MIT-licensed WPF controls without building them from scratch
- you need a lightweight UI toolkit that integrates via NuGet into existing .NET projects

## When to avoid
- you are targeting cross-platform GUIs outside WPF (e.g., Avalonia, MAUI, web)
- you need WinForms or UWP controls rather than WPF
- your project is not on the .NET platform

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, templating
- domain: desktop-applications, web-development, cross-platform
- platform: windows, dotnet
- tags: wpf, xaml, csharp, control-library, color-picker, propertygrid, nuget

## Member repositories
- HandyOrg/HandyControl (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:56.349087+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 2026-08-29T17:39:57.656965+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/HandyOrg/HandyControl (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:56.349087+00:00, sha 2ebe5d899f5f)
  - homepage: https://handyorg.github.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:11.774636+00:00, sha 75a563f6644a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.