WinUI is the modern user interface framework for Windows, and its progress toward being open source faces challenges due to proprietary code entanglements. Introduced in 2020 under Project Reunion, it aims to unify developers using various frameworks. There is positive feedback from developers regarding the open-source move, but skepticism remains about Microsoft's commitment to resource investment. Beth Pan outlined a four-phase plan for transitioning to open source, which includes increasing code visibility on GitHub and allowing third-party contributions.
"Currently, much of the WinUI code is periodically mirrored to GitHub, but the main repository is private to Microsoft. Pan set out four phases for the move to open source, beginning with more frequent mirroring, followed by the ability for third-party developers to build the code, then the ability to contribute pull requests and run tests locally, and finally making GitHub the primary repo."
"Project Reunion became the Windows App SDK (WASDK). WinUI supports Fluent Design, the Microsoft design system used for apps across Windows, web, and mobile."
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