mono/xwt
A cross-platform UI toolkit for creating desktop applications with .NET and Mono observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5425
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1268
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1349 stars · 245 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Xwt is a cross-platform UI toolkit for .NET and Mono that exposes a single unified API mapped to native widgets on each platform (WPF/Gtk on Windows, Cocoa/Gtk on macOS, Gtk on Linux). It can power entire applications or be embedded into existing native hosts for dialogs and cross-platform surfaces.
Use cases
- build a desktop app that runs on windows mac and linux from one c# codebase
- embed cross-platform dialogs into an existing wpf application
- add ui panels to a gtk# application like monodevelop
- write native-looking desktop ui without learning each platform's toolkit
- create a cross-platform .net gui using native controls instead of custom rendering
When to choose
- you want one .NET codebase with native widgets on Windows, macOS, and Linux
- you need to embed cross-platform UI inside an existing WPF, Gtk#, or Cocoa host application
- you are maintaining a Mono/.NET desktop project already using Xwt
When to avoid
- you are starting a brand-new cross-platform .NET app today - consider Avalonia or MAUI, as Xwt development is largely dormant
- you need mobile or web targets
- you need a large ecosystem of modern controls and theming
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
ui-components desktop-framework cross-platform desktop-applications web-development windows cross-platform dotnet ui-toolkit native-controls gtk wpf cocoa mono net macos linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/mono/xwt · fetched 2026-08-28 · 5f2aba373ea0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mono/xwt | main | 10 |
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