Project Reunion 0.5 - Available now! 🚀

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Our team is SUPER EXCITED to share with you that we have just released version 0.5 of Project Reunion! This is our first production-ready release, and the first complete release of Project Reunion that includes WinUI 3. This is the first opportunity to build new WinUI 3 desktop packaged apps meant for production. We're looking forward to hearing your feedback!

What's in Project Reunion 0.5?

Project Reunion is still in its early stages, but 0.5 includes production-ready support for packaged MSIX desktop apps to use...

• WinUI 3
• Text rendering
• Resource management

How do I use it?

See our documentation for installation instructions and getting started.

What's next?

We're working on support for unpackaged desktop apps, new features, and more. Check out our roadmap for more details!

We love feedback!

• For WinUI-specific topics...
  • Ask questions or file bugs
• For non-WinUI topics (text rendering, resource management, or general Project Reunion topics)...
  • Ask questions
  • File bugs

What's new compared to the 0.5 preview release?

Most of the features introduced in past preview releases have now been stabilized for use in production apps, including (but definitely not limited to):

• Ability to create desktop apps with WinUI, including .NET 5 for Win32 apps
• Chromium-based WebView2 control
• Custom titlebar support
• ARM64 Support
• SwapChainPanel

Where did preview features go?

As this is a stable release, preview features have been removed from this version of WinUI 3, including support for building UWP apps. You can still access these features by using the previous Project Reunion 0.5 preview.

Using Project Reunion 0.5 with our ecosystem partners

Project Reunion 0.5 is in the process of being integrated into several other important ecosystem technologies. To test out and follow that progress, check out some of our partner technologies below:

• Windows Community Toolkit (Microsoft): The latest version of the WCT is working towards supporting Project Reunion 0.5 in the near future, and provides tons of new controls and capabilities for use in your WinUI app. You can check out their open source repo here.
• Uno Platform: Developers using WinUI have an option to take WinUI-built applications to WebAssembly, Linux, macOS, Android and iOS via open-source project Uno Platform, and easily style them with Material and Fluent UI design systems for pixel-perfect experience everywhere. To set up your environment and get started with Uno Platform follow instructions laid out here.
• Telerik: Telerik UI for WinUI is a UI component suite targeting WinUI 3 UWP apps currently released as Preview. The Telerik UI Preview includes several feature-rich controls including Ribbon, DataGrid, Charts, Gauges, Barcode, and more.
• Syncfusion: The Syncfusion WinUI controls preview includes a large variety of high performance and modern controls for WinUI 3 UWP apps. The initial preview includes a suite of controls for data visualization, notifications, navigation, and content editing.
• DevExpress: The entire suite of DevExpress UWP controls is available in preview for WinUI 3 UWP apps. Some example controls include Scheduler, Charts, Navigation, DataGrid, and more
• GrapeCity's service components allow users to integrate data from popular online data sources such as Dynamics, Salesforce, Quickbooks and Google Analytics, and optimize performance with data virtualization. GrapeCity also plans to bring their popular desktop UI controls to WinUI3 later this year.
• Infragistics: Ultimate UI for WinUI brings business critical, high performing, and feature rich line of business controls to your apps that target any platform that runs Windows, including the new ARM64-based Surface Pro X. The Ultimate UI or WinUI Preview includes DataGrid, Charts (50+), Gauges, and more.
• Actipro Software is currently working on migrating their vast UI control offerings over to WinUI 3, including their popular SyntaxEditor code editor, property grid, native type edit boxes, docking/MDI, charts, and more.