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2026 18

  1. Microsoft.UI.Reactor: a C#-first way to build WinUI apps
  2. WinUI Gallery 3.0 is here: TableView, Charts, InkCanvas and more
  3. WinAppCLI v0.7.0 – Windows Sandbox automation, Native AOT support, single-file applications, and more
  4. Announcing AppxManifest IntelliSense Support in the WinApp VS Code Extension
  5. Windows App Development CLI v0.6 – create new WinUI applications, sign packages with Azure, and more
  6. A new way to bring native Windows APIs to JavaScript – introducing dynamic API projections for Node.js
  7. Windows App Development CLI v0.5.0 – expanded UI automation, JS/TS bindings, and more
  8. Announcing a New Visual Manifest Editor in the WinApp VS Code Extension
  9. Windows App Development CLI v0.3.2 — bundling support, smarter initialization, and more
  10. Introducing WinUI agent plugin for GitHub Copilot and Claude Code
  11. Introducing dotnet new WinUI templates
  12. Announcing the WinApp VS Code Extension — Run, Debug, and Package Windows Apps in VS Code
  13. Announcing WinUI 3 Gallery 2.9
  14. Windows App Development CLI v0.3: new run and ui commands, plus dotnet run support for packaged apps
  15. Announcing WinUI Gallery 2.8
  16. Windows App Development CLI v0.2: .NET support, manifest placeholders, “winapp store” and more!
  17. Use Windows on-device AI in your Electron app
  18. XAML Studio is now Open Sourced

2025 2

  1. Announcing WinUI Gallery 2.7
  2. Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v8.2

2024 2

  1. Modernize your UWP app with preview UWP support for .NET 9 and Native AOT
  2. Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v8.1

2023 5

  1. Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v8.0
  2. Windows Community Toolkit 8.0 Pre-release
  3. Microsoft Store Open Source Series — AppServices library
  4. Introducing the Microsoft Store channel on Discord
  5. The Windows Community Toolkit 2023 Update

2022 6

  1. Windows Community Toolkit Labs Experiments are Here!
  2. Announcing the Windows Community Toolkit Labs!
  3. Leveraging trimming to make the Microsoft Store faster and reduce its binary size
  4. The journey of moving from C++/WinRT to C# in the Microsoft Store
  5. Announcing .NET Community Toolkit v8.0.0 Preview 3
  6. Announcing .NET Community Toolkit v8.0.0 Preview 1

2021 14

  1. Astrophotography with Windows, Tiny PCs, and WPF
  2. Building Your First UWP Application
  3. Build ML powered experiences with Windows Machine Learning (WinML) and Intelligent APIs!
  4. Get started building a Progressive Web App!
  5. Windows Community Toolkit 7.1 Preview Release!
  6. Welcome to the Community Toolkit!
  7. WinUI Desktop Unit Tests
  8. Windows Community Toolkit for the Windows App SDK
  9. Leverage Microsoft Graph in Electron Applications using Microsoft Graph Toolkit!
  10. Creating a Windows Service with C#/.NET5
  11. Command Line Parser on .NET5
  12. Using WinML in .NET5
  13. Use a Custom Resource Markup Extension to Succeed at UI String Globalization!
  14. WinUI 3 Preview 3

2020 2

  1. A Sneak Peek of New Features with Microsoft Graph Toolkit v2.0.0
  2. MVVM Toolkit Preview 3 & The Journey of an API