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title: Windows Community Toolkit Documentation
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# Windows Community Toolkit Documentation

The Windows Community Toolkit is a collection of controls for [WinUI 2](/windows/apps/winui/winui2/), [WinUI 3](/windows/apps/winui/winui3/), and [Uno Platform](https://platform.uno) developers. Simplifies and demonstrates common developer tasks building experiences for Windows with .NET.

The Windows Community Toolkit is available as a NuGet package for new or existing C# projects. Read the [Getting Started](getting-started.md) page for all the details.

You can also preview the capabilities of the toolkit by downloading the [Windows Community Toolkit Gallery](https://aka.ms/windowstoolkitapp) in the Windows Store.

Feel free to browse the documentation using the table of contents on the left side of this page.

## Open Source

[Windows Community Toolkit Source Code](https://aka.ms/toolkit/windows)

Built as an open source project hosted on GitHub with support from the community. It is part of the [.NET Foundation](https://dotnetfoundation.org).

The majority of the projects within the Windows Community Toolkit are licensed under a MIT license. Check the specific repo/NuGet packages for details on licensing and third-party usage notes.
