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Cross platform GUI framework for desktop and mobile applications in .NET

31 mentions on Hacker News by 25 people: 4 stories, 27 comments · first 2012-12-12 · latest 2024-10-31

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  1. Besides the other GUI libraries people have mentioned, there is also Eto: https://github.com/picoe/Eto
    comment by aero_code · 2024-10-31 · in A comparison of Rust’s borrow checker to the one in C#
  2. https://github.com/picoe/Eto - OS X: MonoMac or net6.0- - Linux: GTK+ - Windows: Windows Forms (using GDI or Direct2D) or WPF Gtk - Gtk3: https://github.com/GtkSharp/GtkSharp - Gtk4: https://github.com/gircore/gir.core
    comment by megapoliss · 2024-08-28 · in Microsoft donates the Mono Project to the Wine team
  3. Maybe Eto.Forms on .NET if you want to go native controls and simple for Windows, Linux, macOS: https://github.com/picoe/Eto It's not from Microsoft but who cares. They don't have a reputation of holding onto new UI frameworks anyway.
    comment by jug · 2023-11-24 · in .NET 8
  4. …every other mentioned approach: http://avaloniaui.net/ Of course, there are also others like Eto: https://github.com/picoe/Eto The point i'm making is that due to the history of .NET, cross platform wasn't a priority and therefore there is…
    comment by KronisLV · 2021-09-11 · in RAD Studio 11 Alexandria
  5. Language / UI Library Selection .. suggest ; https://github.com/picoe/Eto
    comment by rafntor · 2021-06-12 · in BinFinder – New Open Source Project – Have Questions
  6. …Windows-exclusive, there are several cross-platform UI libraries for .NET Core, like Eto.Forms ( https://github.com/picoe/Eto ) and Avalonia ( https://avaloniaui.net/ ). It's also possible to build an Electron wrapper around an ASP.NET…
    comment by strangecasts · 2019-09-23 · in .NET Core 3.0
  7. If you like WinForms, take a look at Eto ( https://github.com/picoe/Eto ) "This framework can be used to build applications that run across multiple platforms using their native toolkit, with an easy to use API. This will make your…
    comment by JCoder58 · 2019-09-22 · in Using Gooey as a Universal Front End for Any Language or CLI Application
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    Eto: Cross Platform C# GUI Framework
    story by Jeaye · 2019-07-05 · 0 comments
  9. …is a .NET application, and more than likely is written in C#. [1] https://www.mono-project.com/ [2] https://github.com/picoe/Eto
    comment by gregmac · 2018-12-11 · in REXPaint: Powerful, User-Friendly ASCII Art Editor
  10. …a good option. It's cross-platform and supports the native toolkits of the platforms it supports: https://github.com/picoe/Eto There's also Avalonia, but it's currently in beta: http://avaloniaui.net/
    comment by ZenoArrow · 2018-05-06 · in Hello Qt for Python
  11. The .net has Eto.Forms which does something similar https://github.com/picoe/Eto
    comment by AlikhanPeleg · 2018-05-04 · in Ask HN: Is a React Native like approach to desktop apps better than Electron?
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    Eto: Cross Platform C# GUI Framework
    story by ssth · 2018-04-10 · 0 comments
  13. …depending on what you find interesting. Do you want to make cross-platform things? Sure, try this https://github.com/picoe/Eto (or these http://www.mono-project.com/docs/gui/ ) Do you want to be closer to the metal? More OpenGL? Go C++ or…
    comment by pas · 2017-12-07 · in Qt 5.10 released
  14. …You could also look at https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia or https://github.com/picoe/Eto .
    comment by jsingleton · 2017-08-14 · in Announcing .NET Core 2.0
  15. We use Eto.Forms for our cross platform dotnet core app. https://github.com/picoe/Eto
    comment by doctoboggan · 2017-08-14 · in Announcing .NET Core 2.0
  16. …ERP solution built in Python, has commercial support and an active community. There is also Eto ( https://github.com/picoe/Eto ), a cross-platform C# GUI toolkit on which the excellent Manager accounting software ( http://www.manager.io/ )…
    comment by jasim · 2017-07-17 · in Ask HN: Good stack for a billing and invoicing application?
  17. …that's probably better in the long term) but there are x-platform options like: 1) Eto.Forms ( https://github.com/picoe/Eto ) 2) Avalonia ( https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia )
    comment by YaraGreyjoy · 2017-06-27 · in KeePassXC 2.2.0 released with YubiKey and TOTP support
  18. Apparently this is a hot topic. The options I'm aware of are: https://github.com/picoe/Eto (OP - BSD) https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia (MIT) Currently only with a preview for Mac, Xamarin.Forms is roadmapped for desktop platforms "Q3…
    comment by j_s · 2017-05-24 · in Show HN: Cross Platform .NET Desktop Application Framework
  19. Given the title, it seems that this should rather link to the framework itself ( https://github.com/picoe/Eto ).
    comment by denisw · 2017-05-24 · in Show HN: Cross Platform .NET Desktop Application Framework
  20. …to even get fully packaged OSX apps, along with requiring an external framework such as https://github.com/picoe/Eto , (its official package is broken in Xamarin though) I understand that win forms may not be great when you start to build…
    comment by devwastaken · 2017-03-25 · in Cross platform GUIs and Nim macros
  21. …in covers all platforms] xplat UI; Xamarin Forms targets mobile only. There are a couple options: https://github.com/picoe/Eto (Windows, Linux, OS X, iOS; Android, Windows phone: pre-alpha) https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia (Windows,…
    comment by j_s · 2016-12-14 · in Xamarin for All
  22. It looks like Eto doesn't plan to support .NET Core. https://github.com/picoe/Eto/issues/457 But this might change if a framework like Avalonia adds Core support.
    comment by jsingleton · 2016-07-10 · in Avalonia – A multi-platform .NET UI framework
  23. There's already https://github.com/picoe/Eto if you want to use native controls - if that's what you need go for it! But there's a need for both approaches IMO and hopefully Avalonia can start to fill one of those! EDIT: Ah you edited your…
    comment by grokys · 2016-07-10 · in Avalonia – A multi-platform .NET UI framework
  24. Does anyone have any war stories with Eto ( https://github.com/picoe/Eto )? It is a .NET cross platform toolkit similar in concept to Wx (it wraps native widgets).
    comment by oblio · 2016-07-09 · in Avalonia – A multi-platform .NET UI framework
  25. …failure because it didn't look native on any platform. I would recommend something like Eto.Forms ( https://github.com/picoe/Eto ) which is an abstraction over native GUI toolkits (WPF, WinForms, GTK+, Cocoa) Works really well and mature.
    comment by lubos · 2015-02-03 · in CoreCLR is now open source
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    Eto: Cross platform .NET GUI framework
    story by hanifvirani · 2013-10-16 · 0 comments
  27. …is Internet Explorer on Windows, Firefox on Linux and Safari on Mac OSX. Lots of credit goes to https://github.com/picoe/Eto which allows easy creation of these cross-platform apps.
    comment by lubos · 2013-10-15 · in Manager.io – Free accounting software for small businesses
  28. It's written in C#. I'm using cross-platform GUI framework http://github.com/picoe/Eto
    comment by lubos · 2013-10-15 · in Manager.io – Free accounting software for small businesses
  29. …UI components and not HTML/CSS/JS, take a look at these two which seem to be growing rapidly: https://github.com/picoe/eto https://github.com/mono/xwt
    comment by WayneDB · 2013-01-07 · in Create multi-platform desktop apps with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript
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    Free cross-platform GUI framework for .NET
    story by lubos · 2012-12-13 · 0 comments
  31. …thinking to start development of cross-platform GUI app in .NET, I encourage to check Eto project - https://github.com/picoe/eto
    comment by lubos · 2012-12-12 · in Your C# App on 66 Million Macs: Announcing Xamarin.Mac