# MahApps/MahApps.Metro

A framework that allows developers to cobble together a better UI for their own WPF applications with minimal effort.

Repository: https://github.com/MahApps/MahApps.Metro
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mahappsmetro
Homepage: https://mahapps.github.io/mahapps.com/
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: mahapps, metro, wpf, xaml, ui, wpf-mahapps, modern, windows, c-sharp, oss, open-source, theme, winui, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-25T06:41:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 70/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 15, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5435, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 354, "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 9817, forks 2419 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:37.340646+00:00)

## What it is
MahApps.Metro is a UI toolkit for WPF that restyles common controls with a modern Metro/Modern look and adds custom controls inspired by Windows Phone and UWP apps. It ships as a NuGet package supporting .NET Framework 4.6.2+, .NET Core 3.1, and .NET 5/6 on Windows.

## Use cases
- give my WPF app a modern metro look
- restyle default WPF controls with modern themes
- build a windows desktop app with modern ui in c#
- add custom controls like flyouts and dialogs to wpf
- theme a wpf application with dark and light modes
- make my winforms-era desktop app look modern

## When to choose
- you are building a WPF desktop application in C# on Windows and want a polished modern UI with minimal effort
- you want out-of-the-box restyled controls plus extra custom controls
- you need a mature, widely adopted MIT-licensed UI library with an active community

## When to avoid
- you are targeting cross-platform desktop UIs (e.g. Avalonia, MAUI, Electron) rather than WPF on Windows
- you need WinUI 3 or UWP native controls instead of WPF
- you want a full application framework rather than a styling and control toolkit

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: ui-components, theme, frontend-framework
- domain: desktop-applications, web-design, cross-platform
- platform: windows, dotnet
- tags: wpf, xaml, metro-ui, modern-ui, csharp, control-styles, desktop

## Member repositories
- MahApps/MahApps.Metro (main) score 70

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:37.340646+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 2026-08-29T17:20:57.361952+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/MahApps/MahApps.Metro (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:37.340646+00:00, sha 407751b2fb69)
  - homepage: https://mahapps.github.io/mahapps.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:27.836323+00:00, sha 1a23fe0fe54a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.