AvaloniaUI/Avalonia

This system is a comprehensive, cross-platform UI framework that provides a complete toolkit for building desktop and mobile applications with a focus on performance and modern architecture. It features a highly optimized property and data binding engine, a modular control system, and a new composition-based rendering pipeline that supports GPU interop and hardware acceleration. The framework includes extensive platform-specific implementations for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and WebAssembly, alongside robust support for animations, text rendering, and accessibility.

This period focused on modernizing the Avalonia framework by removing legacy code and centralizing build and dependency management. Significant efforts were directed at porting the framework to new platforms, including Android, iOS, and Linux framebuffer, while also introducing remote rendering and XAML previewing capabilities. The core library was refactored to support a new property system, compiled bindings, and a modular control architecture.

60 changes

This period focused on a comprehensive overhaul of the data binding system, introducing compiled bindings, a plugin-based architecture, and a suite of new value converters. Concurrently, the framework expanded its UI capabilities with new controls like DatePicker, Flyout, and HamburgerMenu, while establishing a robust accessibility layer through UI Automation peers and properties.

65 changes

This period focused on a comprehensive overhaul of the rendering and input systems, introducing a new composition-based rendering pipeline and a modernized input API with typed formats and async support. The work also delivered significant features including a new ColorPicker control suite, rich text formatting, and a complete rewrite of the animation and layout engines.

65 changes

This period focused on modernizing the rendering pipeline with Vulkan and D3D11 interop support, while introducing a new server-side composition system. Significant additions included Wayland and headless testing infrastructure, alongside new UI controls like CommandBar and Page navigation.

43 changes

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