Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.MSIX by: Microsoft

This package generates an .msix from the output of your project.

Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation by: Microsoft

Windows App SDK

Microsoft.Windows.SDK.Contracts by: Microsoft

The Windows WinRT API Pack enables you to add the latest Windows Runtime APIs support to your .NET Framework 4.6+ and .NET Core 3.0+ libraries and apps.   This package includes all the supported Windows Runtime APIs up to Windows version 2004. If you are targeting earlier platforms, consider only offering functionality available on the detected platform version. For further details, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/debug-test-perf/version-adaptive-code Supported platforms: - .NET Framework 4.6+ - .NET Core 3.0+ Requires default package management format set to PackageReference, and NuGet 4.0 or higher.

Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Packages by: Microsoft

The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows Desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support. This is a package that can be referenced to declare the WindowsAppSDK framework packages should be referenced by default.

Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT by: Microsoft

C#/WinRT provides packaged WinRT projection support for the C# language. It is compatible with .NET 10 or later, and does not require any built-in knowledge of WinRT by the C# compiler.

Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Runtime by: Microsoft

The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows Desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support. This is a package that can be referenced to declare the WindowsAppSDK framework packages should be referenced by default.

Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI by: Microsoft

The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows Desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support. This package contains the modern Windows UI features.

Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools by: Microsoft

Includes tools required for building projects targeting the Windows SDK.

Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64 by: Microsoft

Package Description

Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Widgets by: Microsoft

The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows Desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support. This package contains the Widgets APIs.

Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Base by: Microsoft

The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows Desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support. This is a package that is used as a dependency by other Windows App SDK component packages and not meant to be directly referenced.

Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Search by: Microsoft

The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows Desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support. This package contains the Windows Search APIs.

Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences by: Microsoft

The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows Desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support. This package contains the Microsoft Interactive Experiences features.

Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.ML by: Microsoft

The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows Desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support. This package contains the Windows Machine Learning APIs.

Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.AI by: Microsoft

The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows Desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support. This package contains the Windows AI APIs.

Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.WinApp by: Microsoft

Enables 'dotnet run' for packaged Windows applications. This package provides MSBuild targets that integrate with the .NET CLI to build, register, and launch packaged applications seamlessly.

Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref by: Microsoft

Package Description

Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK by: Microsoft

The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows Desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support.

Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.Ref by: Microsoft

The Windows SDK available as a targeting pack for .NET 9 and later applications. For further details, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/apps/desktop/modernize/desktop-to-uwp-enhance

Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.DWrite by: Microsoft

DWriteCore is an implementation of the Microsoft Windows DirectWrite API that has been decoupled from the Windows OS. DWriteCore provides services for applications to enumerate fonts and format and render text.