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Windows Forms for .NET 5 and .NET Core 3.1
Welcome to the Desktop Guide for Windows Forms, a UI framework that creates rich desktop client apps for Windows. The Windows Forms development platform supports a broad set of app development features, including controls, graphics, data binding, and user input. Windows Forms features a drag-and-drop visual designer in Visual Studio to easily create Windows Forms apps.
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There are two implementations of Windows Forms:
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The open-source implementation hosted on GitHub.
This version runs on .NET 5 and .NET Core 3.1. The Windows Forms Visual Designer requires, at a minimum, Visual Studio 2019 version 16.X.
Even though this version of .NET is cross-platform, Windows Forms remains a Windows-only technology.
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The .NET Framework 4 implementation that's supported by Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio 2017.
.NET Framework 4 is a Windows-only version of .NET and is considered a Windows Operating System component. This version of Windows Forms is distributed with .NET Framework.
This guide is written for Windows Forms on .NET 5 (and .NET Core 3.1) and later versions. For more information about the .NET Framework version of Windows Forms, see Windows Forms for .NET Framework.