Avalonia UI has released Preview 1 of their MAUI compatibility layer, bringing Microsoft's .NET MAUI framework to Linux for the first time. This enables developers to create cross-platform applications using MAUI tooling that can run natively on Linux desktop environments. The preview represents a significant step toward true cross-platform .NET development beyond Microsoft's official platform support.
Background
.NET MAUI (Multi-platform App UI) is Microsoft's evolution of Xamarin.Forms for building cross-platform apps, but it has lacked official Linux desktop support. Avalonia UI is an open-source, cross-platform UI framework for .NET that has supported Linux from its inception.
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- Hacker News (RSS)
- Published
- Mar 22, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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- 7.0 / 10