egvijayanand/winui-templates

WinUI 3 CLI Templates

CLI Project and Item Templates for developing WinUI 3 based Windows Desktop Apps

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Package Status:

Channel	Version
Stable

Item	Template Name	Type
WinUI 3 App	winui	Project
WinUI 3 Blazor App	winui-blazor	Project
WinUI 3 Class Library	winuilib	Project
WinUI 3 Page	winui-page	Item
WinUI 3 UserControl	winui-usercontrol	Item
WinUI 3 Window	winui-window	Item

All three project templates takes the target framework as an input parameter, can be specified with --framework / -f.

And the supported values are:

• net6.0
• net7.0
• net8.0 (the default value)
• net9.0

Note: The default value for the framework parameter remains as net8.0 (the latest stable channel), which means to create a project for .NET 9 (the preview channel), an explicit value of net9.0 is to be passed.

All three project templates take the below optional parameter to include the officially supported CommunityToolkit.Mvvm NuGet package.

• -imt | --include-mvvm-toolkit - Default value is false

Both the App project takes another optional parameter thus allowing it to be created as MVVM supported solution using the same Microsoft MVVM Toolkit.

• -mvvm | --use-mvvm - Default value is false

Starting with v3.1.0, all three project templates take the below optional parameter support NuGet's Central Package Management (CPM) feature.

• -cpm | --central-pkg-mgmt - Default value is false

Note: This can also be used in combination with other options.

To install the template NuGet package, use the below .NET CLI command:

Latest stable version:

dotnet new install VijayAnand.WinUITemplates

If you've already installed this package, then it can be updated to the latest version with the below command:

dotnet new update --check-only

dotnet new update

Use the below .NET CLI command to create the projects out these template:

WinUI 3 App:

dotnet new winui -n MyApp

.NET 7:

dotnet new winui -n MyApp -f net7.0

.NET 9 Preview:

dotnet new winui -n MyApp -f net9.0

MVVM based solution:

dotnet new winui -n MyApp -mvvm

Option to include only the MVVM NuGet package:

dotnet new winui -n MyApp -imt

Option to use the CPM feature:

dotnet new winui -n MyApp -cpm

Blazor Hybrid App:

dotnet new winui-blazor -n HybridApp

.NET 7:

dotnet new winui-blazor -n HybridApp -f net7.0

.NET 9 Preview:

dotnet new winui-blazor -n HybridApp -f net9.0

MVVM based solution:

dotnet new winui-blazor -n HybridApp -mvvm

Option to include only the MVVM NuGet package:

dotnet new winui-blazor -n HybridApp -imt

Option to use the CPM feature:

dotnet new winui-blazor -n HybridApp -cpm

Library:

dotnet new winuilib -n MyLib

.NET 7:

dotnet new winuilib -n MyLib -f net7.0

.NET 9 Preview:

dotnet new winuilib -n MyLib -f net9.0

Option to include only the MVVM NuGet package:

dotnet new winuilib -n MyLib -imt

Option to use the CPM feature:

dotnet new winuilib -n MyLib -cpm

Use the below .NET CLI command to create the items out these template:

All these item templates require one mandatory parameter:

• -n | --name - Name of the item

Auto suffixing of the Type name is supported for the files created with the Page and Window item templates.

Page:

dotnet new winui-page -n Order

UserControl:

dotnet new winui-usercontrol -n CardView

Window:

dotnet new winui-window -n Home