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Top 8 C++ Winui Projects
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Windows UI Library
WinUI: a modern UI framework with a rich set of controls and styles to build dynamic and high-performing Windows applications.
Project mention: Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-11-17This comment should provide a good overview of the current chaos,
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40843252
Then check the feedback on the latest community call,
https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/discussions/1...
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InfluxDB
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ProjectReunion
The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support, shipped via NuGet.
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Could be the other way around, where react in the start menu is rendered to XAML. Then mod tools would just modify the rendered XAML.
https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-xaml
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QStyleHelper
A Helper class for managing QStyle, QPalette, TitleBar Color on Windows and auto detect color scheme changes.
NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
C++ Winui discussion
C++ Winui related posts
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The power of interoperability: Why objects are inevitable (2013) [pdf]
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WinUI3 + WebView2
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How can i change the pointer of my cursor in winui3?
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Leaked Microsoft poll shows fewer employees have confidence in leadership
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For the past year and a half I've been working on Wintoys, an app that let's you experience Windows in your way and keep it fresh everyday while having everything you need in one place
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My app works perfectly in Visual Studio but not outside of it.
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Looks like Phone Link is the first built in app upgrading from UWP to WinAppSDK
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Winui projects in C++? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | Windows UI Library | 7,191 |
| 2 | ProjectReunion | 4,375 |
| 3 | WindowsAppSDK-Samples | 914 |
| 4 | fhash | 418 |
| 5 | unpaint | 279 |
| 6 | FFmpegInteropX | 225 |
| 7 | react-native-xaml | 109 |
| 8 | QStyleHelper | 35 |
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