Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK 2.5.4-experimental

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This is a prerelease version of Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.

dotnet add package Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK --version 2.5.4-experimental

NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK -Version 2.5.4-experimental

This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.

<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="2.5.4-experimental" />

For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.

<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="2.5.4-experimental" />
                    

                            Directory.Packages.props

<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" />
                    

                            Project file

For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.

paket add Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK --version 2.5.4-experimental

The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.

#r "nuget: Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK, 2.5.4-experimental"

#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.

#:package Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK@2.5.4-experimental

#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.

#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK&version=2.5.4-experimental&prerelease
                    

                            Install as a Cake Addin

#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK&version=2.5.4-experimental&prerelease
                    

                            Install as a Cake Tool

The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.

The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows Desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support.

Product	Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
native	native is compatible.

Compatible target framework(s)

Included target framework(s) (in package)

Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

- Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.AI (>= 2.5.4-experimental)
- Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Base (>= 2.0.5-experimental2)
- Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.DWrite (>= 2.1.1-experimental)
- Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation (>= 2.3.13-experimental)
- Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences (>= 2.1.10-experimental)
- Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.ML (>= 2.3.5-experimental)
- Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Runtime (= 2.5.4-experimental)
- Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Search (>= 2.5.4-experimental)
- Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Widgets (>= 2.0.6-experimental)
- Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI (>= 2.3.10-experimental)

NuGet packages (669)

Showing the top 5 NuGet packages that depend on Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK:

Package	Downloads
Microsoft.Maui.Graphics .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) is a cross-platform framework for creating native mobile and desktop apps with C# and XAML. This package contains a collection of cross-platform graphics and drawing APIs.	51.6M
Microsoft.Maui.Essentials .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) is a cross-platform framework for creating native mobile and desktop apps with C# and XAML. This package contains a collection of cross-platform APIs for working with device sensors and other features.	32.6M
Microsoft.Maui.Core .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) is a cross-platform framework for creating native mobile and desktop apps with C# and XAML. This package only contains the core objects used by .NET MAUI. Please install the Microsoft.Maui.Controls package to start using .NET MAUI.	32.3M
Uno.WinUI Build Mobile, Desktop and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML. Today. Open source and professionally supported.	11.6M
Microsoft.Maui.Graphics.Win2D.WinUI.Desktop .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) is a cross-platform framework for creating native mobile and desktop apps with C# and XAML. This package contains additional graphics and drawing APIs for using the Win2D graphics engine with .NET MAUI Graphics. This package is no longer needed and all APIs are now also in the Microsoft.Maui.Graphics package.	9.5M

GitHub repositories (232)

Showing the top 20 popular GitHub repositories that depend on Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK:

Repository	Stars
files-community/Files A modern file manager that helps users organize their files and folders.	45.9K
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dotnet/maui .NET MAUI is the .NET Multi-platform App UI, a framework for building native device applications spanning mobile, tablet, and desktop.	23.3K
lively-community/lively Free and open-source software that allows users to set animated desktop wallpapers and screensavers powered by WinUI 3.	19.8K
memstechtips/Winhance Application designed to optimize, customize and enhance your Windows experience.	13.4K
unoplatform/uno Open-source platform for building cross-platform native Mobile, Web, Desktop, and Embedded apps from a single C#/XAML codebase. Work from any IDE/CLI with Hot Reload, Visual Designer, MCPs, and Skills built for modern .NET workflows. 200M+ NuGet downloads.	10.1K
AutoDarkMode/Windows-Auto-Night-Mode Automatically switches between the dark and light theme of Windows 10 and Windows 11	9.7K
reactiveui/ReactiveUI A composable, cross-platform MVVM framework for .NET inspired by functional reactive programming. It moves mutable state out of the user interface, keeps each feature's logic in one readable place, and makes applications easier to test. Supports WPF, WinForms, WinUI, .NET MAUI, Avalonia, Uno Platform, Blazor and Android.	8.5K
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NickvisionApps/Parabolic Download web video and audio	7.3K
PrismLibrary/Prism Prism is a framework for building loosely coupled, maintainable, and testable XAML applications in WPF, Xamarin Forms, and Uno / Win UI Applications..	6.9K
ScottPlot/ScottPlot Interactive plotting library for .NET	6.8K
Tianyu199509/DeskBox A free, open-source Windows desktop organizer with native-feeling WinUI 3 widgets.	6.5K
builtbybel/FluentCleaner FluentCleaner is the transparent, community-powered CCleaner alternative for Windows.	6.3K
mono/SkiaSharp SkiaSharp is a cross-platform 2D graphics API for .NET platforms based on Google's Skia Graphics Library. It provides a comprehensive 2D API that can be used across mobile, server and desktop models to render images.	5.6K
rayenghanmi/RyTuneX RyTuneX is a cutting-edge optimizer built with the WinUI 3 framework, designed to amplify the performance of Windows devices. Crafted for both Windows 10 and 11.	5.5K
Live-Charts/LiveCharts2 Beautiful, interactive charts, maps, and gauges. One API for every .NET UI framework.	5.5K
MicaForEveryone/MicaForEveryone Mica For Everyone is a tool to enable backdrop effects on the title bars of Win32 apps on Windows 11.	5.2K
luolangaga/tubatools 这是图吧工具箱基于 WinUI 3 全新重构的版本，一款由社区驱动、深度契合 Windows 11 设计美学的现代化工具箱。它不仅确保你始终使用最新版本的工具，还集成了更加丰富的实用功能，更可满足高度自定义的个性化需求。	5.2K

Version	Downloads	Last Updated
2.5.4-experimental	800	9/29/2026
2.5.1	116,617	9/16/2026
2.4.1-experimental	2,451	8/25/2026
2.4.0	242,721	8/13/2026
2.3.2-experimentalA	2,244	7/30/2026
2.3.1	455,823	7/17/2026
2.2.2-experimental9	4,572	6/9/2026
2.2.0	231,353	6/9/2026
2.1.4-experimental8	1,893	5/21/2026
2.1.3	168,739	5/21/2026
2.0.1	117,904	4/29/2026
2.0.0-preview2	2,735	3/31/2026
2.0.0-experimental7	1,598	4/21/2026
1.8.260921001	10,127	9/24/2026
1.8.260804001	33,918	8/13/2026
1.8.260710003	46,849	7/14/2026
1.8.260529003	95,867	6/9/2026
1.8.260508005	134,175	5/12/2026
1.8.260416003	41,020	4/21/2026
1.8.260317003	196,872	3/18/2026