https://github.com/m417z/UWPSpy

An inspection tool for UWP and WinUI 3 applications. Seamlessly view and manipulate UI elements and their properties in real time.
https://github.com/m417z/UWPSpy

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An inspection tool for UWP and WinUI 3 applications. Seamlessly view and manipulate UI elements and their properties in real time.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/m417z/UWPSpy
• Owner: m417z
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2023-05-25T23:52:27.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-02-10T09:34:11.000Z (2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-09T06:04:31.200Z (5 days ago)
• Topics: uwp, xaml
• Language: C++
• Homepage: https://ramensoftware.com/uwpspy
• Size: 6.03 MB
• Stars: 395
• Watchers: 9
• Forks: 24
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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UWPSpy



An inspection tool for UWP and WinUI 3 applications. Seamlessly view and

manipulate UI elements and their properties in real time.

[🏠 Homepage](https://ramensoftware.com/uwpspy)

![Screenshot](screenshot.png)

## Usage

- Download the latest release from

  [here](https://ramensoftware.com/downloads/uwpspy.zip).

- Run **UWPSpy.exe** and select the UWP/WinUI 3 application you want to spy on.

- A window with the application's UI elements will appear for each UI thread of

  the target application.

## Demo

[![Demo video](screenshot-video.png)](https://youtu.be/Zxgk_BOVpfk)

*Click on the image to view the demo video on YouTube.*

## Supported Windows versions

UWPSpy uses the [XAML Diagnostic

APIs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/xamlom/nf-xamlom-initializexamldiagnosticsex)

which were added in Windows 10, version 1703. Earlier versions of Windows are

not supported.

## References

- The

  [`ExplorerTAP`](https://github.com/TranslucentTB/TranslucentTB/tree/release/ExplorerTAP)

  part of the [TranslucentTB](https://github.com/TranslucentTB/TranslucentTB)

  project. That's the only usage example of the XAML Diagnostic APIs I could

  find on the internet.

- [Ahmed Walid (ahmed605)](https://github.com/ahmed605), thanks for helping with

  many UWP-related questions.