# ookii-dialogs/ookii-dialogs-wpf

Awesome dialogs for Windows Desktop applications built with Microsoft .NET (WPF)

Repository: https://github.com/ookii-dialogs/ookii-dialogs-wpf
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ookii-dialogs-wpf
Language: C#
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: ookii, dialogs, wpf, windows-presentation-foundation, progress-dialog, task-dialog, credential-dialog, common-file-dialog, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-01-23T15:22:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 51/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 63, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2891, "days_push": 222, "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 1336, forks 89 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:25.506667+00:00)

## What it is
A .NET class library providing native Windows dialogs for WPF applications, including task dialogs, progress dialogs, credential dialogs, and common file dialogs. It wraps Windows Vista+ common dialog APIs with a managed, designer-friendly API.

## Use cases
- show a modern task dialog with command links in a WPF app
- display a progress dialog for long-running operations
- prompt users for credentials in a .NET desktop application
- open native file and folder picker dialogs in WPF
- replace plain MessageBox with richer Vista-style dialogs

## When to choose
- building a WPF desktop app on Windows that needs native-looking dialogs
- you need task dialogs, progress, or credential dialogs beyond what WPF offers out of the box
- you want a maintained NuGet package with Visual Studio designer support

## When to avoid
- building cross-platform .NET UI (e.g., Avalonia, MAUI) where Windows-only dialogs won't work
- your app is Windows Forms instead of WPF (use Ookii.Dialogs.WinForms)
- you only need simple message boxes already provided by WPF

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, gui
- domain: desktop-applications, windows, cross-platform
- platform: windows, dotnet
- tags: wpf, dialogs, task-dialog, progress-dialog, credential-dialog, file-dialog, csharp, nuget

## Member repositories
- ookii-dialogs/ookii-dialogs-wpf (main) score 51

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:25.506667+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 2026-08-30T04:44:16.186612+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ookii-dialogs/ookii-dialogs-wpf (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:25.506667+00:00, sha 4195f0a11d2d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.