# IgnaceMaes/MaterialSkin

Theming .NET WinForms, C# or VB.Net, to Google's Material Design Principles.

Repository: https://github.com/IgnaceMaes/MaterialSkin
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/materialskin
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: net-winforms, material-design, theme, design, c-sharp
Last push: 2024-07-15T08:36:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4275, "days_push": 779, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3041, forks 861 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:39.276689+00:00)

## What it is
A .NET library that applies Google's Material Design theming to Windows Forms applications in C# or VB.NET. It provides themed controls like buttons, checkboxes, text fields, and tab controls that inherit Material Design styling.

## Use cases
- make my winforms app look like material design
- theme a C# desktop application with Google's material design
- material design controls for VB.NET windows forms
- modernize legacy winforms UI
- add material design buttons and checkboxes to a .NET desktop app

## When to choose
- building or modernizing a Windows Forms desktop app in C# or VB.NET
- you want Material Design styling without migrating to WPF or a web stack
- you need light/dark theme switching with a color scheme manager

## When to avoid
- building WPF, UWP, or MAUI applications
- you need components not yet supported like dialogs, switches, or floating action buttons
- targeting non-Windows platforms

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, theme
- domain: desktop-applications, web-design, cross-platform
- platform: windows, dotnet
- tags: winforms, material-design, csharp, vbnet, theming

## Member repositories
- IgnaceMaes/MaterialSkin (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:39.276689+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 2026-08-30T07:29:14.275767+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/IgnaceMaes/MaterialSkin (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:39.276689+00:00, sha 114de15fa7b2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.