# tryphotino/photino.NET

Repository: https://github.com/tryphotino/photino.NET
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/photinonet
Homepage: https://tryphotino.io
Language: C#
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-03-26T15:15:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 59/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 74, release rhythm 16, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2057, "days_push": 160, "days_rel": 587, "gap_med": 118, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1326, forks 108 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:22.731102+00:00)

## What it is
Photino.NET is the .NET 6 wrapper for the Photino.Native project, enabling developers to build lightweight native cross-platform desktop applications with web UIs (Blazor, React, Angular, Vue, plain HTML) on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It uses the OS's built-in WebKit/Chromium-based browser control, making apps far smaller and lighter than Electron.

## Use cases
- build cross-platform desktop apps with web UI in C#
- lightweight Electron alternative for .NET
- wrap a Blazor app in a native desktop window
- build a desktop app with React or Vue frontend and .NET backend
- create small native apps using OS webview instead of bundling Chromium
- develop hybrid desktop applications with HTML/JS/CSS UI

## When to choose
- you want a .NET desktop app with a web-based UI without Electron's size and memory overhead
- you already have web frontend skills (Blazor, React, Angular, Vue) and want native packaging
- you need cross-platform desktop support on Windows, macOS, and Linux from one codebase

## When to avoid
- you need deep native UI widgets or platform-specific look and feel rather than web-rendered UI
- you require a mature ecosystem with extensive tooling like Electron's
- your app must run on platforms outside Windows/macOS/Linux

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: desktop-framework, web-framework, ui-components
- domain: desktop-applications, cross-platform, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: windows, dotnet, cross-platform
- tags: webview, electron-alternative, blazor, hybrid-apps, lightweight, nuget, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- tryphotino/photino.NET (main) score 59

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:22.731102+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 2026-08-30T04:46:24.833395+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tryphotino/photino.NET (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:22.731102+00:00, sha 405232c79911)
  - homepage: https://tryphotino.io (fetched 2026-08-29T12:05:24.940029+00:00, sha 33065e843897)
  - site_page: https://docs.tryphotino.io (fetched 2026-08-29T12:05:24.942650+00:00, sha 1776d5a7da16)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.