🎉 The Windows Community Toolkit is 9 years old! 🎉

[michael-hawker]

Hey everyone, it's been 9 years since 1.0 of the Windows Community Toolkit (then UWP Community Toolkit) released! 🎉🎉🎉

Awesome Contributors 🏆

All this wouldn't be possible without all our contributors over the years, thank you! 🦙❤️ @CommunityToolkit/hall-of-fame

History 📝

I figured it'd be fun to share a breakdown of all the history of the various releases that I've kept track of over the years. (I do miss when we updated the photo of the sample app each release [except for that time I forgot... 🙈].)

Look how far we've come from the 1.0 release:

Version	Date	Release Theme/Partial Highlights	Blog & Release Note Links	Photo Credit	Photo Url
GitHub	2/25/2026	Officially archived the old WindowCommunityToolkit repository
8.2.251219	12/19/2025	Bug fixes	Release Notes
GitHub	8/26/2025	This post, you're reading it! Documenting History of 9 years of time	Release of the known history of the Windows Community Toolkit	As recorded and told by the XAML Llama (@michael-hawker) 🦙	(It's technically a bit late for exactly 9 years, sorry! [For Snuggles 🐶🪦])
INotifyPodcastChanged	8/15/2025	INotifyPodcastChanged	Episode 8: Windows Community Toolkit with Michael Hawker	w/ @TheJoeFin and @tomzorz
8.2.250402	4/2/2025	Native AOT WASDK 1.6 @Arlodotexe, UWP for .NET 9 @Sergio0694, SwitchConverter @michael-hawker, Fixes from @Poker-sang, @dotMorten, @TopperDEL, @ajpinedam, @HotCakeX	8.2 blog
.NET Conf 2024	11/18/2024	.NET Conf 2024	Community Toolkit Roundup 2024
8.1.240821	08/22/24	.NET 8, Uno 5.2, WASDK 1.5, ColorPicker Port @niels9001, TabbedCommandBar Port @niels9001, Fixes from @GreenShadeZhang, @shatyuka, @Poker-sang	8.1 blog
8.0.240109	01/09/24	Minor Update
.NET Conf 2023	11/17/2023	.NET Conf 2023	First Community Toolkit Roundup
8.0.230907	09/07/23	Biggest release of the Toolkit to date. Support for UWP/WinUI/Uno from a single code-base @michael-hawker. Allows UWP apps to migrate easier to the WASDK with no changes to code using Toolkit components. Overhauled Sizers: GridSplitter, ContentSizer, and PropertySizer @michael-hawker, HeaderedControls, SegmentedControl @niels9001, Settings Controls @michael-hawker & @niels9001, StackedNotificationsBehavior @vgromfeld, Revamped Styles @niels9001,	8.0 blog
8.0.2308.0.240109823-rc	08/23/23	First release to NuGet.org of 8.0 version of the Toolkit, support for UWP/WinUI3/Uno from a single code-base.	8.0 pre-release blog
Blog	4/20/2023	WCT 2023 Progress Update	The Windows Community Toolkit 2023 Update	Open at Microsoft video from April 11th with @niels9001
GitHub	3/15/2023	New Windows repo first-commit
.NET Conf 2022	11/11/2022	.NET Conf 2022	Accelerate your WinUI 3 app with the Windows Community Toolkit
Blog	11/9/2022	Labs Experiments	Windows Community Toolkit Labs Experiments are Here!
Discord	10/6/2022	🦙 @michael-hawker a co-admin of Windows App Community Discord [then UWP Community]
.NCT 8.0.0	8/4/2022	Release Blog on .NET Blog! MVVM Toolkit Sample App in Microsoft Store, incremental MVVM source generators, improved messenger perf, collection apis, .NET 6 support @Sergio0694	.NET Community Toolkit 8.0 blog
Blog	7/20/2022	WCT Labs Beta Announcement	Announcing the Windows Community Toolkit Labs!
.NCT 8.0.0-preview1	1/25/2022	First independent release of .NET Community Toolkit, New Package Identity, Source Generators V2 for MVVM @Sergio0694	.NET Community Toolkit 8.0-preview blog
GitHub	12/07/2021	New Tooling-Windows-Submodule repo first-commit
7.1.2	11/30/2021	Hotfix, Aligns UWP/WinUI 3 version, ships on top of WinAppSDK 1.0	Github Discussion
.NET Conf 2021	11/16/2021	.NET Conf 2021	How the Community Toolkit streamlines development of Microsoft built apps and your apps alike!	w/ @JustinXinLiu about collaboration with the Microsoft Store team
Twitter	11/11/2021	@Arlodotexe joins the Toolkit Team	@michael-hawker's tweet
7.1.1	10/19/2021	Bug Fixes
GitHub	10/12/2021	New Labs-Windows repo first-commit
7.1.0	09/23/2021	Microsoft Identity & Graph & OneDrive Storage Helpers @shanebweaver, Attached Shadows from Microsoft Store @Ryken100 and @michael-hawker, RichSuggestBox @huynhsontung, Previews: MVVM Source Generators @Sergio0694, Toolkit Labs: Intelligent APIs @amrutha95, Gaze @harishsk, MetadataControl @vgromfeld, ConstrainedBox @michael-hawker and @Ryken100, Even more from: @RosarioPulella, @XAML-Knight, @robloo, @yoshiask, @Vijay-Nirmal, @jbrianceau, @Panda-Sharp, @COM8, @dpaulino, @ArchieCoder	7.1 blog Greatest Toolkit Video of All Time	Ferris wheel by the sea by Yux Xiang on Unsplash Promo Video Background Image: https://unsplash.com/photos/3DSt8b-nCyo Photo by Mike Meeks on Unsplash	https://unsplash.com/photos/QY0G3UzmAOk
7.1.0-preview1	8/05/2021		7.1 preview blog
Blog	7/27/2021	Community Toolkit Organization Change	Community Toolkit org blog Announce .NET CommunityToolkit 2nd time renamed/moved org/repo on GitHub
Blog	7/15/2021	MAUI Community Toolkit Joins	[Future of Xamarin Community Toolkit blog[(https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/the-future-of-xamarin-community-toolkit)
Discord	6/25/2021	🦙 @michael-hawker joined Windows App Community Discord staff [then UWP Community]
MS Build	5/26/2021	Enlighten your Windows app with Microsoft Graph OD531	OD531
Twitter	5/19/2021	Graph Controls at Build	Promo Video	Outtakes video
7.0.2	5/12/2021	Bug Fixes
WinUI 3	4/1/2021	Same 7.0 Feature Set but for WinUI 3 / Project Reunion 0.5 @azchohfi	WCT ❤️ WinUI 3 blog	Elevator by Michel Paz on Unsplash	https://unsplash.com/photos/Nsn_NDZDX7U
7.0.1	3/29/2021	Bug Fixes
7.0	3/16/2021 - Blog 3/11/2021 - NuGet	Dependency Optimizations @michael-hawker + MVVM @Sergio0694 + Toast Notification Simplification @andrewleader + New Animations @Sergio0694 + Improved Color Picker @robloo + TabbedCommandBar @yoshiask + VS Metadata Refactor + SwitchPresenter @michael-hawker + Win2D Path Mini Language Parser @ratishphilip	7.0 blog	Pink toned thoughts on a hike by Simon Berger on Unsplash	https://unsplash.com/photos/twukN12EN7c
UnoConf 2020	8/12/2020	WCT @ UnoConf 2020	UnoConf 2020 livestream
MVVM	8/11/2020	MVVM Samples	.NET Conf Presentation - Introducing the MVVM Toolkit, a .NET Standard Library in the Windows Community Toolkit @Sergio0694 @michael-hawker	GD4 2018 Spring by Esther Jiao	https://unsplash.com/photos/B3FyeM21GdA
6.1	6/15/2020	TokenizingTextBox @michael-hawker, State Triggers @dotMorten, ItemsRepeater Layouts @skendrot, Guard/HighPerformance .NET APIs @Sergio0694, Pipeline Brushes @Sergio0694, Toast Helpers @michaeldietrich, Fixes from: @marcpems @andrewleader @vgromfeld @filipwa84 @deanchalk @azchohfi @MartinZikmund @skendrot @simpo-msft @john-h-k @Jasonstein @BurkusCat @jeromelaban @SoundersFan @Polf @kmgallahan @weitzhandler @salmanmkc @Kyaa-dost	6.1 blog	Pink Tree Photo by Ruby Doan on Unsplash	https://unsplash.com/photos/BrFuaOEfxCk
Debug Update	5/13/2020	(Internal Tooling Help)	i.e. can run both sample apps in parallel dev and stable	Wrenches Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash	https://unsplash.com/photos/60krlMMeWxU
Discord	1/22/2020	#community-toolkit channel created on Windows App Community Discord [then UWP Community]	🦙 arrived on 1/10/2020
Twitter	12/25/2019	Another 12 Days of XAML	#12DaysOfXAML w/ friends!	Intro Video link
6.0	11/13/2019	XAML Islands @marb2000 @ocalvo @rjmurillo @GraniteStateHacker, ARM64 @azchohfi, Eye Dropper @HHChaos (who later wrote the TransitionHelper 🙏), Graph Preview, Fixes from: @encrypt0r @skendrot @clairernovotny @h82258652 @Code-ScottLe @andrewleader @arcadiogarcia @shweaver-MSFT @michael-hawker @Bmartin2013 @mrlacey @factormystic @rudyhuyn @Kyaa-dost @marianstdt @Odonno @RBrid @SoundersFan @Jasonstein @GeertvanHorrik @Hosch250 @kmgallahan @VisualByteStudios @filipwa84 @weskroesbergen	6.0 blog	Large pumpkins in field by Aaron Burden	https://unsplash.com/photos/Ik4Df7hISDQ
UnoConf 2019	9/19/2019	WCT @ UnoConf 2019	UnoConf 2019 livestream
Build 2019	5/16/2019	WCT @ Build 2019	BDL2053
5.1.1	3/15/2019	Bug Fixes		- No Sample App Update	-
5.1	2/13/2019	Lottie, Remote Device Picker @avknaidu, Image Cropper @HHChaos (who later wrote the TransitionHelper 🙏), Accessibility, .NET Core 3 Preview	5.1 blog	😔 Forgot to Update	-
Twitter	12/25/2018	First 12 Days of XAML	First day of XAML
Twitter	Nov 2018	@michael-hawker (Michael A. Hawker) takes on Toolkit Ownership	@nmetulev's tweet	-	-
5.0	10/31/2018	XAML Islands @ryalanms @rjmurillo, Wrapped Controls @GraniteStateHacker, TabView @michael-hawker, Connected Animations @nmetulev, .NET Standard Services @validvoid @h82258652 @kbrons @ClairelyClaire @marcominerva	5.0 blog	Nordic sunset by Maarten Verstraete	https://unsplash.com/photos/yJiPvuyhO4s
4.0	8/8/2018	DataGrid @MSRegisB, Graph Controls (Planner, Power BI) @OGcanviz	4.0 blog	by Christoffer Engström	https://unsplash.com/@christoffere https://unsplash.com/photos/8NuHwPbO62k
3.0	5/30/2018	WebView @rjmurillo, Gaze @harishsk, Platform Specific Analyzer @hermitdave, Graph Controls @OGcanviz, Camera Preview @skommireddi, UniformGrid @michael-hawker, InfiniteCanvas @IbraheemOsama	3.0 blog	by Simon Berger	https://unsplash.com/photos/5EB1k3iCsJM
Blog	5/2/2018	New Name - Windows Community Toolkit!	Introducing Windows Community Toolkit	-	-
2.2	2/28/2018	Markdown Parsers @WilliamABradley, Staggered Panel @skendrot, XAML Brushes (RadialGradientBrush) @michael-hawker, Notifications Shoulder Taps @anbare	2.2 blog	By Sean on Unsplash	https://unsplash.com/photos/105m46GatAg
2.1	11/22/2017	DockPanel @IbraheemOsama, HeaderedControls @skendrot, Connected/Implicit Animations @nmetulev, DesignTime integration @dotMorten, SystemInformation @mrlacey	2.1 blog	by Ales Krivec	https://unsplash.com/photos/GfLUxuWZg0w
2.0	8/30/2017	New Sample App @nmetulev (Live XAML editing @michael-hawker), First .NET Standard libraries @cbarkerms, InAppNotification @Odonno, TextToolbar @WilliamABradley, Expander Orientations @Odonno	2.0 blog	by Ron Manke	https://unsplash.com/photos/xghkLM1p1zA
1.5	7/5/2017	Menu @IbraheemOsama, OrbitView @nmetulev, RadialProgressBar @albertofustinoni, RoundImageEx @WilliamABradley, ExpressionBuilder @skendrot, BluetoohLEHelper @drache42	1.5 blog	-	-
Org	-	@nmetulev (Nikola Metulev) takes on Toolkit Ownership	-	-	-
1.4	4/3/2017	FocusTracker & AlignmentGrid @deltakosh, Carousel @mimetis, ViewExtensions @hermitdave, NetworkHelper @hermitdave, Saturation @shenchauhan	1.4 blog	-	-
1.3	2/10/2017	WrapPanel @IbraheemOsama, TextboxMask @IbraheemOsama, MarkdownTextBlock @QuinnDamerell, TileControl @samoteph, ScrollHeader @pdehne, Expander @Odonno, AdvancedCollectionView @tomzorz, Loading @dachibox, Light @shenchauhan, ReOrder Grid @skendrot, ParallaxService @skendrot	1.3 blog	-	-
1.2	11/18/2016	Helpers, ListDetailsView [then MasterDetailView] @skendrot	1.2 blog	-	-
Org	-	David does blogs above		-	-
1.1	10/5/2016	.NET Foundation, Blade @NicoVermeir, GridSplitter @IbraheemOsama, DropShadowPanel @dupuyjs, FadeHeaderBehavior @LanceMcCarthy, Services	1.1 blog	-	-
1.0	8/17/2016	@deltakosh (David Catuhe) creates and owns UWP Community Toolkit with leadership support from @gisardo (Giorgio Sardo), who writes/authors initial blogs	1.0 blog 1.0 Release Notes
Pre	Started 7/26/2015	A long-lost spiritual pre-cursor to the UWP Community Toolkit driving Windows App Studio, which later became Windows Template Studio 😉	https://github.com/wasteam/waslibs

I'm sorry if I've missed an @ mention above or If you didn't get notified; I think we hit a GitHub limit! 😅 Share this post with pride with anyone and everyone you know who loves the Windows Community Toolkit! 🦙❤️

Platform History 🏗️

Did you know a number of controls that exist within WinUI today started their journey in the Windows Community Toolkit? The table below (not complete) shows a number of the controls we've tracked over the years, when they were added to the WCT and when they were added to the platform.

Toolkit Control	Added to Toolkit	Deprecated	Removed	WinUI Control	Added
Hamburger Menu	1.0	?	5.0	NavigationView	16299 (1709)
Menu	1.5 by @IbraheemOsama in #1086	?	8.0	MenuBar	17763 (1809)
PullToRefreshListView	1.0	?	5.0	RefreshContainer	17134 (1803)
SlidableListItem	1.0	?	5.0	SwipeControl	16299 (1709)
TabView	5.0 by @michael-hawker	6.1	7.0	TabView (🤫 Did you know this was driven by Terminal?)	2.2
RadialGradientBrush	2.2 by @michael-hawker	?	8.0	RadialGradientBrush	2.4
RadialProgressBar	1.5 by @albertofustinoni in #828	7.0	8.0	ProgressRing improvements	2.5
InAppNotification	2.0 by @Odonno in #1343	-	8.0	InfoBar WinUI #913	2.5
Expander	1.3	?	8.0	Expander WinUI #3279	2.6
WebView (Edge WPF/WinForms)		6.1?	7.0	WebView2	w/ WinUI 3
XAML Islands		6.1?	7.0	WinUI 3 Islands	~WASDK 1.4
Notifications			8.0	Windows App SDK API
TitleBar	Labs by @niels9001			TitleBar	1.7

We've also created a number of WPF Polyfills over the year including: GridSplitter, WrapPanel, DockPanel, LayoutTransformControl, UniformGrid, Expander, SwitchConverter, and AdvancedCollectionView

Videos 📺

I pulled out some highlightable moments above for conference appearances and videos, but there's even more! Most of that is archived on the XAML Llama's YouTube page here.

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[shanebweaver]

Omg @michael-hawker this is amazing 🤩 Happy Anniversary to the Windows Community Toolkit and cheers to many more! 🎉 So much good work for the community, you all are amazing!

[michael-hawker]

Thanks so much Shane! It's been a pleasure working with you on the Toolkit over the years! 🦙❤️

I even remembered I had missed a couple of more pages of my notebook to bring over here. Added some history about our story with WinUI in above now too, and the early days of the .NET Community Toolkit as it spun out of the WCT from @Sergio0694's initial work in the Toolkit.

Hopefully we'll remember to update this post in the future as a living history of the WCT and all its releases past, present, and future!

[Odonno]

Time flies!

[deltakosh]

Gosh, thanks so much for that trip down memory lane!

[rachelkang]

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(I do miss when we updated the photo of the sample app each release [except for that time I forgot... 🙈].) Look how far we've come from the 1.0 release: image.png (view on web)<https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bafd970d-60a7-421a-aef0-ca17d7d8d8fa> Version Date Release Theme/Partial Highlights Blog & Release Note Links Photo Credit Photo Url GitHub 8/26/2025 This post, you're reading it! Documenting History of 9 years of time Release of the known history of the Windows Community Toolkit As recorded and told by the XAML Llama ***@***.***<https://github.com/michael-hawker>) 🦙 (It's technically a bit late for exactly 9 years, sorry! [For Snuggles 🐶🪦]) INotifyPodcastChanged 8/15/2025 INotifyPodcastChanged<https://inotifypodcastchanged.com/> Episode 8: Windows Community Toolkit with Michael Hawker<https://inotifypodcastchanged.com/8> w/ @TheJoeFin<https://github.com/TheJoeFin> and @tomzorz<https://github.com/tomzorz> 8.2.250402 4/2/2025 Native AOT WASDK 1.6 @Arlodotexe<https://github.com/Arlodotexe>, UWP for .NET 9 @Sergio0694<https://github.com/Sergio0694>, SwitchConverter @michael-hawker<https://github.com/michael-hawker>, Fixes from @Poker-sang<https://github.com/Poker-sang>, @dotMorten<https://github.com/dotMorten>, @TopperDEL<https://github.com/TopperDEL>, @ajpinedam<https://github.com/ajpinedam>, @HotCakeX<https://github.com/HotCakeX> 8.2 blog<https://devblogs.microsoft.com/ifdef-windows/announcing-windows-community-toolkit-v8-2/> .NET Conf 2024 11/18/2024 .NET Conf 2024 Community Toolkit Roundup 2024<https://youtu.be/jDnUxM85K5Q?si=I--BEfXU1ySWnExm> 8.1.240821 08/22/24 .NET 8, Uno 5.2, WASDK 1.5, ColorPicker Port @niels9001<https://github.com/niels9001>, TabbedCommandBar Port @niels9001<https://github.com/niels9001>, Fixes from @GreenShadeZhang<https://github.com/GreenShadeZhang>, @shatyuka<https://github.com/shatyuka>, @Poker-sang<https://github.com/Poker-sang> 8.1 blog<https://devblogs.microsoft.com/ifdef-windows/announcing-windows-community-toolkit-v8-1/> 8.0.240109 01/09/24 Minor Update .NET Conf 2023 11/17/2023 .NET Conf 2023 First Community Toolkit Roundup<https://youtu.be/T5j4kEuA_m8?si=HGjwwKqytMUOWZKW> 8.0.230907 09/07/23 Biggest release of the Toolkit to date. Support for UWP/WinUI/Uno from a single code-base @michael-hawker<https://github.com/michael-hawker>. Allows UWP apps to migrate easier to the WASDK with no changes to code using Toolkit components. Overhauled Sizers: GridSplitter, ContentSizer, and PropertySizer @michael-hawker<https://github.com/michael-hawker>, HeaderedControls, SegmentedControl @niels9001<https://github.com/niels9001>, Settings Controls @michael-hawker<https://github.com/michael-hawker> & @niels9001<https://github.com/niels9001>, StackedNotificationsBehavior @vgromfeld<https://github.com/vgromfeld>, Revamped Styles @niels9001<https://github.com/niels9001>, 8.0 blog<https://devblogs.microsoft.com/ifdef-windows/announcing-windows-community-toolkit-v8-0/> 8.0.2308.0.240109823-rc 08/23/23 First release to NuGet.org of 8.0 version of the Toolkit, support for UWP/WinUI3/Uno from a single code-base. 8.0 pre-release blog<https://devblogs.microsoft.com/ifdef-windows/windows-community-toolkit-8-0-pre-release/> GitHub 3/15/2023 New Windows<https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Windows> repo first-commit .NET Conf 2022 11/11/2022 .NET Conf 2022 Accelerate your WinUI 3 app with the Windows Community Toolkit<https://youtu.be/WH-vRxvY95M?si=6Qax7d5oDvoomM9U> Discord 10/6/2022 🦙 @michael-hawker<https://github.com/michael-hawker> a co-admin of Windows App Community Discord<https://windowsappcommunity.com/> [then UWP Community] GitHub 12/07/2021 New Tooling-Windows-Submodule<https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Tooling-Windows-Submodule> repo first-commit 7.1.2 11/30/2021 Hotfix, Aligns UWP/WinUI 3 version, ships on top of WinAppSDK 1.0 Github Discussion<CommunityToolkit/WindowsCommunityToolkit#4405> .NET Conf 2021 11/16/2021 .NET Conf 2021 How the Community Toolkit streamlines development of Microsoft built apps and your apps alike!<https://youtu.be/W7fhomSClro?si=0rnUfveyM263g5XZ> w/ @JustinXinLiu<https://github.com/JustinXinLiu> Twitter 11/11/2021 @Arlodotexe<https://github.com/Arlodotexe> joins the Toolkit Team @michael-hawker's tweet<https://x.com/XAMLLlama/status/1458874071790153728> 7.1.1 10/19/2021 Bug Fixes GitHub 10/12/2021 New Labs-Windows<https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Labs-Windows> repo first-commit 7.1.0 09/23/2021 Microsoft Identity & Graph & OneDrive Storage Helpers @shanebweaver<https://github.com/shanebweaver>, Attached Shadows from Microsoft Store @Ryken100<https://github.com/Ryken100> and @michael-hawker<https://github.com/michael-hawker>, RichSuggestBox @huynhsontung<https://github.com/huynhsontung>, Previews: MVVM Source Generators @Sergio0694<https://github.com/Sergio0694>, Toolkit Labs: Intelligent APIs @amrutha95<https://github.com/amrutha95>, Gaze @harishsk<https://github.com/harishsk>, MetadataControl @vgromfeld<https://github.com/vgromfeld>, ConstrainedBox @michael-hawker<https://github.com/michael-hawker> and @Ryken100<https://github.com/Ryken100>, Even more from: @RosarioPulella, @XAML-Knight<https://github.com/XAML-Knight>, @robloo<https://github.com/robloo>, @yoshiask<https://github.com/yoshiask>, @Vijay-Nirmal<https://github.com/Vijay-Nirmal>, @jbrianceau<https://github.com/jbrianceau>, @Panda-Sharp<https://github.com/Panda-Sharp>, @COM8<https://github.com/COM8>, @dpaulino<https://github.com/dpaulino>, @ArchieCoder<https://github.com/ArchieCoder> 7.1 blog<https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2021/09/23/announcing-windows-community-toolkit-v7-1/> Greatest Toolkit Video of All Time<https://x.com/XAMLLlama/status/1441121617900277767> Ferris wheel by the sea by Yux Xiang on Unsplash Promo Video Background Image: https://unsplash.com/photos/3DSt8b-nCyo Photo by Mike Meeks on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/QY0G3UzmAOk 7.1.0-preview1 8/05/2021 7.1 preview blog<https://devblogs.microsoft.com/ifdef-windows/windows-community-toolkit-7-1-preview-release/> Blog 7/27/2021 Community Toolkit Organization Change Community Toolkit org blog<https://devblogs.microsoft.com/ifdef-windows/welcome-to-the-community-toolkit/> Announce .NET CommunityToolkit<https://aka.ms/toolkit/dotnet> 2nd time renamed/moved org/repo on GitHub Blog 7/15/2021 MAUI Community Toolkit Joins [Future of Xamarin Community Toolkit blog[(https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/the-future-of-xamarin-community-toolkit) Discord 6/25/2021 🦙 @michael-hawker<https://github.com/michael-hawker> joined Windows App Community Discord<https://windowsappcommunity.com/> staff [then UWP Community] MS Build 5/26/2021 Enlighten your Windows app with Microsoft Graph OD531 OD531<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAV7a-pmVec> Twitter 5/19/2021 Graph Controls at Build Promo Video<https://x.com/metulev/status/1395068868658225153> Outtakes video<https://x.com/XAMLLlama/status/1395418136921337859> 7.0.2 5/12/2021 Bug Fixes WinUI 3 4/1/2021 Same 7.0 Feature Set but for WinUI 3 / Project Reunion 0.5 @azchohfi<https://github.com/azchohfi> WCT ❤️ WinUI 3 blog<https://devblogs.microsoft.com/ifdef-windows/windows-community-toolkit-for-project-reunion-0-5/> Elevator by Michel Paz on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/Nsn_NDZDX7U 7.0.1 3/29/2021 Bug Fixes 7.0 3/16/2021 - Blog 3/11/2021 - NuGet Dependency Optimizations @michael-hawker<https://github.com/michael-hawker> + MVVM @Sergio0694<https://github.com/Sergio0694> + Toast Notification Simplification @andrewleader<https://github.com/andrewleader> + New Animations @Sergio0694<https://github.com/Sergio0694> + Improved Color Picker @robloo<https://github.com/robloo> + TabbedCommandBar @yoshiask<https://github.com/yoshiask> + VS Metadata Refactor + SwitchPresenter @michael-hawker<https://github.com/michael-hawker> + Win2D Path Mini Language Parser @ratishphilip<https://github.com/ratishphilip> 7.0 blog<https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2021/03/16/announcing-windows-community-toolkit-v7-0/> Pink toned thoughts on a hike by Simon Berger on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/twukN12EN7c UnoConf 2020 8/12/2020 WCT @ UnoConf 2020 UnoConf 2020 livestream<https://www.youtube.com/live/nbqe9uHWT_c?si=bphCzLWwcr-iFfxY&t=14579> MVVM 8/11/2020 MVVM Samples .NET Conf Presentation - Introducing the MVVM Toolkit, a .NET Standard Library in the Windows Community Toolkit<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYfEpvH-o14> @Sergio0694<https://github.com/Sergio0694> @michael-hawker<https://github.com/michael-hawker> GD4 2018 Spring by Esther Jiao https://unsplash.com/photos/B3FyeM21GdA 6.1 6/15/2020 TokenizingTextBox @michael-hawker<https://github.com/michael-hawker>, State Triggers @dotMorten<https://github.com/dotMorten>, ItemsRepeater Layouts @skendrot<https://github.com/skendrot>, Guard/HighPerformance .NET APIs @Sergio0694<https://github.com/Sergio0694>, Pipeline Brushes @Sergio0694<https://github.com/Sergio0694>, Toast Helpers @michaeldietrich<https://github.com/michaeldietrich>, Fixes from: @marcpems<https://github.com/marcpems> @andrewleader<https://github.com/andrewleader> @vgromfeld<https://github.com/vgromfeld> @filipwa84<https://github.com/filipwa84> @deanchalk<https://github.com/deanchalk> @azchohfi<https://github.com/azchohfi> @MartinZikmund<https://github.com/MartinZikmund> @skendrot<https://github.com/skendrot> @simpo-msft @john-h-k<https://github.com/john-h-k> @Jasonstein<https://github.com/Jasonstein> @BurkusCat<https://github.com/BurkusCat> @jeromelaban<https://github.com/jeromelaban> @SoundersFan<https://github.com/SoundersFan> @Polf<https://github.com/Polf> @kmgallahan<https://github.com/kmgallahan> @weitzhandler<https://github.com/weitzhandler> @salmanmkc<https://github.com/salmanmkc> @Kyaa-dost<https://github.com/Kyaa-dost> 6.1 blog<https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2020/06/15/announcing-windows-community-toolkit-v6-1/> Pink Tree Photo by Ruby Doan on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/BrFuaOEfxCk Debug Update 5/13/2020 (Internal Tooling Help) i.e. can run both sample apps in parallel dev and stable Wrenches Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/60krlMMeWxU Discord 1/22/2020 #community-toolkit channel<https://aka.ms/wct/discord> created on Windows App Community Discord<https://windowsappcommunity.com/> [then UWP Community] 🦙 arrived on 1/10/2020 Twitter 12/25/2019 Another 12 Days of XAML #12DaysOfXAML<https://x.com/XAMLLlama/status/1209913811026595840> w/ friends! Intro Video link<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNRDcksIt0M> 6.0 11/13/2019 XAML Islands @marb2000 @ocalvo @rjmurillo @GraniteStateHacker, ARM64 @azchohfi<https://github.com/azchohfi>, Eye Dropper @HHChaos (who later wrote the TransitionHelper<CommunityToolkit/Labs-Windows#354> 🙏), Graph Preview, Fixes from: @encrypt0r @skendrot<https://github.com/skendrot> @clairernovotny @h82258652 @Code-ScottLe @andrewleader<https://github.com/andrewleader> @arcadiogarcia @shweaver-MSFT @michael-hawker<https://github.com/michael-hawker> @Bmartin2013 @mrlacey @factormystic @rudyhuyn @Kyaa-dost<https://github.com/Kyaa-dost> @marianstdt @Odonno @RBrid @SoundersFan<https://github.com/SoundersFan> @Jasonstein<https://github.com/Jasonstein> @GeertvanHorrik @Hosch250 @kmgallahan<https://github.com/kmgallahan> @VisualByteStudios @filipwa84<https://github.com/filipwa84> @weskroesbergen 6.0 blog<https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2019/11/13/announcing-windows-community-toolkit-v6-0/> Large pumpkins in field by Aaron Burden https://unsplash.com/photos/Ik4Df7hISDQ UnoConf 2019 9/19/2019 WCT @ UnoConf 2019 UnoConf 2019 livestream<https://www.youtube.com/live/tYk2us6W6Gg?si=hvmUznZFdz0YD92p&t=9344> Build 2019 5/16/2019 WCT @ Build 2019 BDL2053<https://youtu.be/xIbnLnnbGss?si=FAIQyyRndJR8wpko> 5.1.1 3/15/2019 Bug Fixes - No Sample App Update - 5.1 2/13/2019 Lottie, Remote Device Picker @avknaidu, Image Cropper @HHChaos (who later wrote the TransitionHelper<CommunityToolkit/Labs-Windows#354> 🙏), Accessibility, .NET Core 3 Preview 5.1 blog<https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2019/02/13/announcing-windows-community-toolkit-v5-1/> 😔 Forgot to Update - Twitter 12/25/2018 First 12 Days of XAML First day of XAML<https://x.com/XAMLLlama/status/1077625105419661312> Twitter Nov 2018 @michael-hawker<https://github.com/michael-hawker> (Michael A. Hawker) takes on Toolkit Ownership @nmetulev's tweet<https://twitter.com/metulev/status/1101601223784882176> - - 5.0 10/31/2018 XAML Islands @ryalanms @rjmurillo, Wrapped Controls @GraniteStateHacker, TabView @michael-hawker<https://github.com/michael-hawker>, Connected Animations @nmetulev, .NET Standard Services @validvoid @h82258652 @kbrons @ClairelyClaire @marcominerva 5.0 blog<https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2018/10/31/announcing-windows-community-toolkit-v5-0/> Nordic sunset by Maarten Verstraete https://unsplash.com/photos/yJiPvuyhO4s 4.0 8/8/2018 DataGrid @MSRegisB, Graph Controls (Planner, Power BI) @OGcanviz 4.0 blog<https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2018/08/08/announcing-windows-community-toolkit-v4-0/> by Christoffer Engström ***@***.*** https://unsplash.com/photos/8NuHwPbO62k 3.0 5/30/2018 WebView @rjmurillo, Gaze @harishsk<https://github.com/harishsk>, Platform Specific Analyzer @hermitdave, Graph Controls @OGcanviz, Camera Preview @skommireddi, UniformGrid @michael-hawker<https://github.com/michael-hawker>, InfiniteCanvas @IbraheemOsama 3.0 blog<https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2018/05/30/announcing-windows-community-toolkit-v3-0/> by Simon Berger https://unsplash.com/photos/5EB1k3iCsJM Blog 5/2/2018 New Name - Windows Community Toolkit! Introducing Windows Community Toolkit<https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2018/05/02/announcing-a-new-name-for-the-uwp-community-toolkit-windows-community-toolkit/> - - 2.2 2/28/2018 Markdown Parsers @WilliamABradley, Staggered Panel @skendrot<https://github.com/skendrot>, XAML Brushes (RadialGradientBrush) @michael-hawker<https://github.com/michael-hawker>, Notifications Shoulder Taps @anbare 2.2 blog<https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2018/02/28/uwp-community-toolkit-v2-2/> By Sean on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/105m46GatAg 2.1 11/22/2017 DockPanel @IbraheemOsama, HeaderedControls @skendrot<https://github.com/skendrot>, Connected/Implicit Animations @nmetulev, DesignTime integration @dotMorten<https://github.com/dotMorten>, SystemInformation @mrlacey 2.1 blog<https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2017/11/22/uwp-community-toolkit-v2-1/> by Ales Krivec https://unsplash.com/photos/GfLUxuWZg0w 2.0 8/30/2017 New Sample App @nmetulev (Live XAML editing @michael-hawker<https://github.com/michael-hawker>), First .NET Standard libraries @cbarkerms, InAppNotification @Odonno, TextToolbar @WilliamABradley, Expander Orientations @Odonno 2.0 blog<https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2017/08/30/uwp-community-toolkit-v2-0/> by Ron Manke https://unsplash.com/photos/xghkLM1p1zA 1.5 7/5/2017 Menu @IbraheemOsama, OrbitView @nmetulev, RadialProgressBar @albertofustinoni, RoundImageEx @WilliamABradley, ExpressionBuilder @skendrot<https://github.com/skendrot>, BluetoohLEHelper @drache42 1.5 blog<https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2017/07/05/announcing-uwp-community-toolkit-1-5/> - - Org - @nmetulev (Nikola Metulev) takes on Toolkit Ownership - - - 1.4 4/3/2017 FocusTracker & AlignmentGrid @deltakosh, Carousel @mimetis, ViewExtensions @hermitdave, NetworkHelper @hermitdave, Saturation @shenchauhan 1.4 blog<https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2017/04/03/announcing-uwp-community-toolkit-1-4/> - - 1.3 2/10/2017 WrapPanel @IbraheemOsama, TextboxMask @IbraheemOsama, MarkdownTextBlock @QuinnDamerell, TileControl @samoteph, ScrollHeader @pdehne, Expander @Odonno, AdvancedCollectionView @tomzorz<https://github.com/tomzorz>, Loading @dachibox, Light @shenchauhan, ReOrder Grid @skendrot<https://github.com/skendrot>, ParallaxService @skendrot<https://github.com/skendrot> 1.3 blog<https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2017/02/10/announcing-uwp-community-toolkit-1-3/> - - 1.2 11/18/2016 Helpers, ListDetailsView [then MasterDetailView] @skendrot<https://github.com/skendrot> 1.2 blog<https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2016/11/18/announcing-uwp-community-toolkit-1-2/> - - Org - David does blogs above - - 1.1 10/5/2016 .NET Foundation, Blade @NicoVermeir, GridSplitter @IbraheemOsama, DropShadowPanel @dupuyjs, FadeHeaderBehavior @LanceMcCarthy, Services 1.1 blog<https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2016/10/05/announcing-uwp-community-toolkit-1-1/> - - 1.0 8/17/2016 @deltakosh (David Catuhe) creates and owns UWP Community Toolkit with leadership support from @gisardo (Giorgio Sardo), who writes/authors initial blogs 1.0 blog<https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2016/08/17/introducing-the-uwp-community-toolkit/> 1.0 Release Notes<https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/WindowsCommunityToolkit/releases/tag/v1.0.0> Pre Started 7/26/2015 A long-lost spiritual pre-cursor to the UWP Community Toolkit driving Windows App Studio<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_App_Studio>, which later became Windows Template Studio<http://aka.ms/wts> 😉 https://github.com/wasteam/waslibs I'm sorry if I've missed an @ mention above or If you didn't get notified; I think we hit a GitHub limit! 😅 Share this post with pride with anyone and everyone you know who loves the Windows Community Toolkit! 🦙❤️ Videos I pulled out some highlightable moments above for conference appearances and videos, but there's even more! 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[pedrolamas]

Thank you for this @michael-hawker, it's absolutely amazing to see how much such a great product has evolve over the years!! 😁

Here's to the next 9! 🍸

[HotCakeX]

Congratz!

[salmanmkc]

wow time flies, can't believe it's been that long, still have this repo pinned to my GitHub profile

[michael-hawker]

Was looking up some old info and realized I had missed a couple of blog posts about WCT Labs and its start!