# microsoft/TemplateStudio

Template Studio accelerates the creation of new WinUI 3, WPF, and UWP apps using a wizard-based experience.

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/TemplateStudio
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/templatestudio
Language: Rich Text Format
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: csharp, uwp, uwp-apps, visual-studio, windows-10, xaml, template-engine, template
Last push: 2024-10-09T01:33:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3542, "days_push": 694, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2813, forks 468 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:23.774402+00:00)

## What it is
Template Studio is a suite of Visual Studio 2022 extensions that accelerates creation of new WinUI 3, WPF, and UWP apps through a wizard-based experience. It generates well-structured, readable starter code incorporating proven patterns, documentation links, and TODO guidance.

## Use cases
- scaffold a new WinUI 3 app in Visual Studio
- generate a WPF project with MVVM patterns
- create a UWP app from a wizard template
- bootstrap a Windows desktop app with best practices
- generate boilerplate XAML project structure

## When to choose
- starting a new WinUI 3, WPF, or UWP project on Windows
- you want generated code following proven patterns and practices
- you use Visual Studio 2022 and want a guided project setup wizard

## When to avoid
- developing cross-platform apps outside Windows
- you don't use Visual Studio as your IDE
- you need a non-XAML technology stack like web or mobile frameworks

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: templating, boilerplate, developer-tools, ui-components
- domain: developer-tools, windows, web-development
- platform: windows, editor-plugin
- tags: visual-studio-extension, winui3, wpf, uwp, xaml, project-templates, wizard, csharp

## Member repositories
- microsoft/TemplateStudio (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:23.774402+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 2026-08-30T08:13:30.113114+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/TemplateStudio (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:23.774402+00:00, sha 884e42754431)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.