# WPFDevelopersOrg/WPFDevelopers

🎉  Welcome to follow the official account of "WPFDevelopers"! It covers the basic controls and custom control library (screenshot controls) of WPF. This project will be constantly updated, welcome to us ⭐  ️

Repository: https://github.com/WPFDevelopersOrg/WPFDevelopers
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wpfdevelopers
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: animation, wpf, wpf-ui, desktop, controls, ui, customcontrols, c-sharp, xaml, themes, screenshot
Last push: 2026-08-24T18:10:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 84, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1927, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 28, "gap_med": 44.0, "n_releases_24m": 13}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1912, forks 297 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:53.312477+00:00)

## What it is
A WPF control library providing basic and custom controls, themes, animations, and screenshot functionality for .NET desktop applications. It supports a wide range of .NET Framework and .NET (Core) versions and is distributed via NuGet.

## Use cases
- add modern themed controls to a WPF app
- find a WPF UI control library with themes
- add screenshot capture to a WPF application
- get animated custom controls for WPF
- style WPF apps with a consistent theme
- find open-source WPF custom controls

## When to choose
- building Windows desktop apps with WPF and wanting polished UI controls
- you need a screenshot control or themed controls across many .NET versions
- you want an MIT-licensed, actively updated WPF control library

## When to avoid
- building cross-platform GUIs outside Windows/WPF
- using WinForms, UWP, WinUI, or Avalonia instead of WPF
- you need a full application framework rather than a control library

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, theme, animation
- domain: desktop-applications, web-design, cross-platform
- platform: windows, dotnet
- tags: wpf, xaml, custom-controls, screenshot-tool, csharp, control-library, desktop

## Member repositories
- WPFDevelopersOrg/WPFDevelopers (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:53.312477+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 2026-08-30T03:10:38.026244+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/WPFDevelopersOrg/WPFDevelopers (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:53.312477+00:00, sha 4e442bbf4798)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.