Avalonia for Windows
.NET UI on Windows with C# and XAML
Pixel-Perfect UI on Windows
Avalonia renders every control through Skia, giving you DPI-independent, GPU-driven XAML that looks identical on a 4K Surface and a 1080p tower.
Smooth 60 fps animations, crisp vector text and sub-pixel positioning come out of the box — no per-monitor hacks required.
Fluent Design without the lock-in
Out of the box, your app ships with a Windows 11-style Fluent theme that covers every built-in control — buttons, sliders, calendars, toggles and more.
Every colour, corner radius and animation timing is an overridable style resource, so you can stay close to the platform look or diverge completely.
The same theme renders consistently from Windows 10 through to Server 2022, keeping your support matrix simple.
Seamless migration from WPF
Avalonia is the spiritual successor to WPF. If your team already knows XAML, data bindings and MVVM, you'll feel at home on day one.
Most WPF concepts map directly, so typical porting timelines are measured in weeks, not quarters.
Need a drop-in solution? Avalonia XPF is our commercial WPF compatibility layer that lets existing WPF apps run cross-platform with minimal changes.
Performance without compromise
Sub-second cold start, a modest memory footprint and sub-30 ms input latency let you tackle use cases that demand real-time responsiveness.
Trading terminals, video-surveillance dashboards and industrial HMIs all benefit from the same rendering pipeline — no special-case optimisation required.
Windows Store Ready
Ship MSIX, MSI or AppInstaller bundles with tools you already know — the Windows MSIX SDK, WiX or Velopack.
Push your app to the Microsoft Store or deploy through Intune with the same build artefacts, no separate packaging step needed.
First-class Visual Studio tooling
The Avalonia extension for Visual Studio gives you project templates, a live previewer for .axaml files and IntelliSense that understands x:DataType.
Multi-target your project for Windows, macOS and Linux without leaving the IDE — build, debug and hot-reload all from a single solution.
Avalonia Windows Apps Showcase
ODC Studio
The low-code platform by OutSystems — built with Avalonia for a native desktop experience.
MultiDrive
Backup, cloning and drive-restore made simple for Windows users.
Fluent Search
Instant app, file and tab search for Windows 10 and later.