The .NET team hosts a discussion on Community Toolkits, with insights from maintainers and tips for contributing. Presented by dotnet.

Community Toolkit Roundup

The .NET Community Toolkit, MAUI Community Toolkit, and Windows Community Toolkit are valuable open-source collections of components, controls, and utilities designed to help .NET developers build better applications for desktop, mobile, web, and cross-platform environments. This session includes maintainers sharing updates, best practices, and ways you can get involved.

Highlights

• .NET Community Toolkit: Utilities and helpers for .NET applications
• MAUI Community Toolkit: Enhancements for cross-platform and mobile development
• Windows Community Toolkit: Controls and helpers for Windows apps
• Open Source Contribution: Guidance on contributing and benefiting as a community member

Major Announcements

• .NET 10: Unified and intelligent .NET platform.
• .NET Aspire 13: Orchestration for cloud-native apps.
• ASP.NET Core 10: Modern, secure web development.
• .NET MAUI 10: Cross-platform with advanced capabilities.
• C# 14: New language features.
• F# 10: Functional programming enhancements.
• Visual Studio 2026: IDE advancements.
• .NET Conf 2025: Insights into community innovation.

Get Involved

• Blog
• Docs
• Forums
• Q&A
• Microsoft Learn
• Community presence on Twitter, TikTok, Mastodon, LinkedIn, Facebook

Key Takeaways

• .NET Toolkits offer reusable, high-quality controls for all .NET platforms
• Strong focus on community-driven development and open-source contribution
• Support for latest .NET, language, and IDE features allows developers to stay current
• Opportunities to engage with the .NET ecosystem across many channels