# dotnet/maui

.NET MAUI is the .NET Multi-platform App UI, a framework for building native device applications spanning mobile, tablet, and desktop.

Repository: https://github.com/dotnet/maui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/maui
Homepage: https://dot.net/maui
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: dotnet, maui, multi-platform, user-interface, microsoft, hacktoberfest, android, desktop, ios, maccatalyst, mobile, winui, winui3
Last push: 2026-08-27T00:31:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2308, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 13, "gap_med": 14.0, "n_releases_24m": 45}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 23310, forks 1961 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:34.669226+00:00)

## What it is
.NET MAUI is Microsoft's cross-platform framework for building native mobile and desktop applications with C# and XAML from a single shared codebase. It targets Android, iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Windows, and is the evolution of Xamarin.Forms.

## Use cases
- build a mobile app for android and ios with c#
- create a cross-platform desktop app for windows and macos
- migrate a xamarin.forms app to .net
- share one codebase across mobile and desktop platforms
- build native ui apps with xaml and mvvm
- develop a tablet app from a single project

## When to choose
- your team knows C# and .NET and wants native mobile/desktop apps
- you need one codebase targeting Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows
- you want deep Visual Studio tooling and Microsoft support
- you are upgrading an existing Xamarin.Forms application

## When to avoid
- you need a web-based app or responsive website (use ASP.NET or a JS framework)
- you target Linux desktop as a first-class platform
- you prefer Flutter, React Native, or native Swift/Kotlin toolchains
- you need pixel-perfect custom UI with maximal ecosystem plugins

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: mobile-framework, desktop-framework, ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: mobile-development, desktop-applications, cross-platform, web-development
- platform: windows, dotnet, cross-platform
- tags: xaml, csharp, xamarin-forms-successor, native-apps, mvvm, microsoft, android, ios, macos

## Member repositories
- dotnet/maui (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:34.669226+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 2026-08-29T16:56:45.071032+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dotnet/maui (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:34.669226+00:00, sha 2b490d9b0dff)
  - homepage: https://dot.net/maui (fetched 2026-08-29T07:54:32.076486+00:00, sha 3a3b6f2c732b)
  - site_page: https://learn.microsoft.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T07:54:32.087866+00:00, sha f29800be2b9a)
  - site_page: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet (fetched 2026-08-29T07:54:32.085995+00:00, sha efa9016b58aa)
  - site_page: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/maui (fetched 2026-08-29T07:54:32.089561+00:00, sha 630fe0a33644)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.