# PropertyTools/PropertyTools

Custom controls for WPF: PropertyGrid, DataGrid, multi-select TreeView, ColorPicker and more

Repository: https://github.com/PropertyTools/PropertyTools
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/propertytools
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-08T06:43:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4387, "days_push": 25, "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 1322, forks 214 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:22.124924+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of custom WPF controls for .NET, including PropertyGrid, DataGrid, TreeListBox, ColorPicker, and various pickers and editors. It provides ready-made UI components that extend the standard WPF control set.

## Use cases
- add a property grid to edit object properties in a WPF app
- show an Excel-like data grid in a .NET desktop application
- multi-select tree view with drag and drop in WPF
- color picker control for a Windows desktop app
- file and directory picker controls for WPF
- bind enums to checkbox or radio button lists in WPF

## When to choose
- you are building a WPF desktop application on .NET Framework 4.6.2+ or .NET 8/9/10 Windows
- you need a PropertyGrid or Excel-style DataGrid without building it from scratch
- you want MIT-licensed, stable custom controls distributed via NuGet

## When to avoid
- you are targeting non-Windows platforms or non-WPF UI frameworks like Avalonia or MAUI
- you need a virtualized data grid for very large datasets
- you are building web, mobile, or UWP applications

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components
- domain: desktop-applications, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: windows, dotnet
- tags: wpf, csharp, propertygrid, datagrid, colorpicker, xaml-controls, desktop

## Member repositories
- PropertyTools/PropertyTools (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:22.124924+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 2026-08-30T04:47:06.649489+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/PropertyTools/PropertyTools (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:22.124924+00:00, sha 3c193ce84b6a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.