# dotnet/try-convert

Helping .NET developers port their projects to .NET Core!

Repository: https://github.com/dotnet/try-convert
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/try-convert
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: dotnet, dotnetcore, msbuild, winforms, wpf, csharp
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-05-17T05:13:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2542, "days_push": 838, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1159, forks 164 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:48.674750+00:00)

## What it is
try-convert is a .NET CLI global tool that converts legacy .NET Framework projects (including WinForms and WPF) to the modern SDK-style project format for .NET Core/.NET 5+. It automates rewriting project files to ease migration.

## Use cases
- convert .NET Framework project to .NET Core
- migrate WPF app to modern .NET
- upgrade csproj to SDK-style format
- port WinForms project to .NET 6
- batch convert solution projects to new project format

## When to choose
- you have legacy .NET Framework csproj files you want to move to SDK-style projects
- you are migrating WinForms or WPF apps to modern .NET on Windows

## When to avoid
- you are on Linux or macOS - the tool only works on Windows
- your project needs complex manual migration beyond simple project file conversion
- you rely on Visual Studio developer command prompt MSBuild resolution

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, build-tool
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform, windows
- platform: windows, dotnet, cli
- tags: project-migration, msbuild, net-framework, net-core, wpf, winforms, csharp

## Member repositories
- dotnet/try-convert (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:48.674750+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 2026-08-30T06:31:53.205300+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dotnet/try-convert (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:48.674750+00:00, sha 77d9b3135a31)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.