What's New and Roadmap

 

Recent Developments, Changelog, and Nightly builds:

 

• Latest announcement: OpenSilver 1.1 is out! (October 4, 2022)
   
• Changelog: To see the latest commits, please visit the History of the 'develop' branch on GitHub

• Latest NuGet packages: Nightly builds of the OpenSilver NuGet package can be found on MyGet here. To easily use the latest nightly builds in your project, please refer to "How to get the latest preview version of OpenSilver".
   
• Major release builds of the OpenSilver NuGet package are available on NuGet here.

 

Community, Press, and Podcasts:

• OpenSilver on Twitter
• Issues on GitHub
• Press articles about OpenSilver
• Podcasts: Interviews with the Userware CEO on DotNetRocks:
  • Episode 1769 | Dec 9, 2021 | OpenSilver Ships with Giovanni Albani (podcast)
  • Episode 1698 | July 30, 2020 | OpenSilver with Giovanni Albani (podcast)
• [Legacy] CSHTML5-related sites (note: CSHTML5 is a sister product that shares some of the same code - many features are already in OpenSilver):
  • CSHTML5 UserVoice
  • CSHTML5 Forums

 

Roadmap: 

• [Q1 2023] - OpenSilver 2.0 Preview
  • With VB.NET support! (in addition to C#)
     
• 2023-2024:
  • Improved support for migrating WPF applications (in addition to Silverlight)
  • .NET CLI support
  • "Business Application" project template to easily get started with RIA Services
  • Support for Microsoft LightSwitch
  • The awesome PivotViewer control will make a comeback :)
  • F# support to create web apps with F# and XAML
  • Dozens of popular JS-based libraries will be made compatible with OpenSilver and distributed as ready-to-use .NET NuGet packages
  • More extensive examples, case studies, and cool demos
  • And lots of other great new features... Stay tuned!

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Older Announcements:

• Check out our All-Inclusive Migration Service FAQ
• OpenSilver 1.0 has just been released ! Read the Official Announcement - Press Release (PDF) - Press Room
• Introducing the Silverlight Migration Support Plan
• Success stories - see some applications that have been migrated from Silverlight to OpenSilver
• Introducing the OpenSilver Beta : Read the Official Announcement - Press Release (PDF) - Press Room
• The first version of the OpenSilver documentation is now online. You can read the "internals" page to learn about the inner workings, or search the full API reference. When viewing the reference of a class, you can click "View Source" in the top-right corner to jump to the class C# implementation on GitHub.