1. Unity

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    The Unity Application Block (Unity) is a lightweight extensible dependency injection container with support for constructor, property, and method call injection. It facilitates loosely-coupled design.

  2. WinRT XAML Toolkit

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    A set of controls, extensions and helper classes for Windows Runtime XAML applications.

  3. MVVM Light

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    The MVVM Light Toolkit is a set of components helping people to get started in the Model-View-ViewModel pattern in Silverlight, WPF, Windows Phone and Windows 8. It is a light and pragmatic framework that contains only the essential components needed.

  4. MVVM Light libraries only

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    The MVVM Light Toolkit is a set of components helping people to get started in the Model-View-ViewModel pattern in Silverlight, WPF, Windows Phone and Windows 8. It is a light and pragmatic framework that contains only the essential components needed. This version contains only the libraries!

  5. Caliburn.Micro

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    A small, yet powerful framework designed for Xaml platforms, Caliburn.Micro implements a variety of UI patterns for solving real-world problems. Patterns that are highlighted include MVVM (Presentation Model), MVP and MVC.

  6. linqtotwitter

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    Supporting Twitter API v1.1! LINQ to Twitter is a 3rd party LINQ Provider for the Twitter micro-blogging service. It uses standard LINQ syntax for queries and includes method calls for changes via the Twitter API. Supported platforms include .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0, .NET 4.5, Silverlight 4.0, Windows Phone 7.1, Windows Phone 8, Window 8, and Windows Azu... More information

  7. WinRtBehaviors

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    WinRT XAML does not support behaviors out of the box. This library tries to fill the gap for people who really need behaviors to get cracking in XAML for Windows 8 apps. Version 1.0.2 adds a bit of Blend support; 1.0.3 fixes an issues with behaviors in Popups

    3,266 downloads

  8. sqlite-net

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    sqlite-net is an open source, minimal library to allow .NET and Mono applications to store data in SQLite databases. It is written in C# 3.0 and is meant to be simply compiled in with your projects. It was first designed to work with MonoTouch on the iPhone, but should work in any other CLI environment.

  9. Callisto

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    A control suite for some common things a Windows 8 XAML application might want to include such as a Flyout, Menu, Rating, Settings Pane, and other controls.

  10. NotificationsExtensions.WinRT

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    Provides an easy way to create tile, badge and toast notifications.

  11. Q42.WinRT

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    Open source library for Windows 8 XAML applications. This library is focused on web connected and data driven applications. It includes helpers to easily cache data from API calls and cache web images to the local storage. There's also a DataLoader included which functions as a wrapper around a Task<T> method. You can bind a progress bar to the Dat... More information

  12. Reactive Extensions - Windows Runtime Helpers

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    Windows Runtime extensions library for Rx. Contains scheduler functionality and various bridges for the Windows Runtime.

  13. WinRT XAML Toolkit - Data Visualization Controls

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    Charting Controls for Windows 8 RTM SDK, ported from the Silverlight Toolkit.

  14. reactiveui-winrt

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    An MVVM library for WPF and Silverlight that is deeply integrated with the Reactive Extensions

    1,104 downloads

  15. WinRTTriggers

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    An implementation of the triggers functionality that was available in Silverlight but is missing WinRT XAML. Supports event and property based triggers with storyboard, state and command actions. Actions can have conditions applied to them so they only fire under certain conditions.

  16. WinRT DatePicker

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    A simple Date Picker for use in WinRT XAML apps

  17. WinRT XAML Toolkit - Debugging Tools

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    A set of debugging controls and helpers for Windows Runtime XAML applications.

  18. Windows.UI.Interactivity

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    Windows.UI.Interactivity is a port of System.Windows.Interactivity to the Windows Runtime and allows you to use behaviors and triggers as in Silverlight.

  19. WinRT File Based Database

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    This database is based on a file system in Windows 8 and is using WinRT (Windows Runtime) in Windows 8 environment and thus can be used for Metro style applications. It includes simple, yet effective API that allows you to create tables based on classes. Each database consists of any number of tables. All operations are asynchronous to support M... More information

    702 downloads

  20. Metro Grid Helper for WinRT

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    Get the Metro design right in your Windows 8 app. Support for Filled, Snapped and Fullscreen, Landscape and Portrait. Based on the MetroGridHelper for Windows Phone by Jeff Wilcox.