# Windows-XAML/Template10

Making Windows 10 apps great again

Repository: https://github.com/Windows-XAML/Template10
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/template10
Language: C#
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: c-sharp, uwp, xaml, winrt, visualstudio
Last push: 2024-05-09T03:46:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4164, "days_push": 846, "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 1397, forks 381 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:36.704013+00:00)

## What it is
Template10 is a C# library of templates and helpers for building Windows 10 UWP XAML applications, providing application startup, navigation, dependency injection, and MVVM view-model support. It is distributed via NuGet and Visual Studio templates.

## Use cases
- bootstrap a UWP Windows 10 app with MVVM structure
- add navigation management to a XAML app
- set up dependency injection in a WinRT application
- implement in-process messaging between app components
- create Visual Studio project templates for Windows apps

## When to choose
- you are building a Windows 10 UWP app in C# with XAML
- you want opinionated app startup, navigation, and DI conventions out of the box

## When to avoid
- you are targeting WinUI 3, MAUI, or cross-platform .NET instead of UWP
- you need a framework under heavy active development - UWP is a legacy platform

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, state-management, routing, middleware
- domain: windows, mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: windows, dotnet, cpp
- tags: uwp, xaml, winrt, c-sharp, mvvm, app-templates

## Member repositories
- Windows-XAML/Template10 (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.704013+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 2026-08-30T04:39:15.899085+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Windows-XAML/Template10 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.704013+00:00, sha 4d1493fbde0e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.