OpenSilver 3.1: First XAML Designer for VS Code, Modern UI Theme, WPF Everywhere, and More!
XAML Designer v0.3 Released with Mobile Preview, Multi-Select and Quick Size
Now included in the OpenSilver VSIX v3.0.0.10 and online at XAML.io v0.3
XAML Designer v0.2 Released with VB6-like "Alignment Dots" and Smart Anchoring
OpenSilver 3.0 Launches with AI-Powered UI Designer, VS Code Support, and XAML.io!
OpenSilver 2.2 Launches with the LightSwitch Compatibility Pack!
OpenSilver 2.1 Launches with F# Support!
Plus, check out the newly migrated Silverlight Toolkit Samples app.
OpenSilver 2.0 Launches with VB.NET Support, Live XAML Preview, and Over 100 New Features!
Recent Developments, Changelog, and Nightly builds:
The OpenSilver team is very active, pushing dozens of commits every month.
- Latest VSIX: Version 3.1.0.0 released on December 10, 2024. Download it here.
- 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“.
- Stable release builds of the OpenSilver NuGet package are available on NuGet here.
Community:
- OpenSilver on Twitter
- Issues on GitHub
- Podcasts: DotNetRocks Interview of Giovanni Albani, CEO of Userware:
- Episode 1769 | Dec 9, 2021 | OpenSilver Ships with Giovanni Albani (podcast)
- Episode 1698 | July 30, 2020 | OpenSilver with Giovanni Albani (podcast)
- [Legacy] CSHTML5 Forums (note: CSHTML5 is the ancestor of OpenSilver):
Roadmap:
- 2025-2026:
- Further improvements to XAML.io and the XAML Designer
- New Documentation
- Rider support
- .NET MAUI integration for building apps for iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows. You’ll be able to easily create hybrid apps that call native APIs and quickly deploy to App Stores
- Ability to import Blazor components inside your XAML-based OpenSilver application
- Further support for migrating WPF applications (in addition to Silverlight, which is already mostly completely supported)
- The awesome PivotViewer control by Microsoft Labs will make a comeback 🙂
- New releases of XR#, the 3D and AR/VR toolkit built atop OpenSilver
- More extensive examples, case studies, and cool demos
- And lots of other great new features…
- Note: we are also working on a secret new feature that will radically accelerate the development cycle… it will be available in 2025, stay tuned for updates!
Excited about our upcoming features? Accelerate their delivery by partnering with us through co-funding options. As an open-source project, OpenSilver offers the opportunity to share the costs of development. For an estimate and to begin collaboration, please get in touch with us.
Older Announcements:
- Check out our All-Inclusive Migration Service FAQ
- Introducing OpenSilver 3.0 with the First AI-Powered UI Designer for .NET! (July 9, 2024)
- Introducing OpenSilver 2.2 and the LightSwitch Compatibility Pack (April 30, 2024)
- Introducing OpenSilver 2.1: F# Meets XAML for Advanced Web App Development (February 6, 2024)
- OpenSilver 2.0 Launches with VB.NET Support and Over 100 New Features (read what’s new here) (October 16, 2023)
- OpenSilver 1.1 is out! (read what’s new here) (October 4, 2022)
- OpenSilver 1.0 has been released! (October 2021) 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 (September 2021): Read the Official Announcement – Press Release (PDF) – Press Room
- The first version of the OpenSilver documentation is 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.