Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK 1.8.260101001

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There is a newer prerelease version of this package available.
See the version list below for details.
dotnet add package Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK --version 1.8.260101001
                    
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK -Version 1.8.260101001
                    
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="1.8.260101001" />
                    
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.8.260101001" />
                    
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 1.8.260101001
                    
#r "nuget: Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK, 1.8.260101001"
                    
#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@1.8.260101001
                    
#: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=1.8.260101001
                    
Install as a Cake Addin
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK&version=1.8.260101001
                    
Install as a Cake Tool

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.

NuGet packages (532)

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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.

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.

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GitHub repositories (174)

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2.0.0-experimental3 5,206 11/11/2025
2.0.0-experimental2 949 11/6/2025
1.8.260101001 19,538 1/13/2026
1.8.251106002 92,450 11/11/2025
1.8.251003001 43,559 10/14/2025
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1.8.250702007-experimental4 4,290 7/8/2025
1.8.250610002-experimental3 2,764 6/12/2025
1.8.250515001-experimental2 2,866 5/16/2025
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1.7.250127003-experimental3 11,671 2/6/2025
1.7.250109001-experimental2 11,447 1/10/2025
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1.6.250602001 8,138 6/10/2025
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1.6.240807006-preview1 5,915 8/13/2024
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1.4.230628000-preview1 10,943 7/6/2023
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1.3.230502000 222,340 5/9/2023
1.3.230331000 202,953 4/12/2023
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1.3.230202101-experimental1 14,789 2/6/2023
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1.2.220902.1-preview1 22,651 9/6/2022
1.2.220727.1-experimental1 10,510 8/3/2022
1.1.5 1,043,414 9/13/2022
1.1.4 147,656 8/11/2022
1.1.3 503,429 7/20/2022
1.1.2 55,389 7/2/2022
1.1.1 126,121 6/14/2022
1.1.0 219,073 6/3/2022
1.1.0-preview3 29,720 5/3/2022
1.1.0-preview2 12,707 4/19/2022
1.1.0-preview1 11,402 3/29/2022
1.0.4 215,009 6/14/2022
1.0.3 411,882 4/18/2022
1.0.2 52,687 4/6/2022
1.0.1 100,559 3/17/2022
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1.0.0-preview3 44,171 10/27/2021
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1.0.0-experimental1 42,120 8/9/2021