https://github.com/owtysm2/cuoreui

The FREE WinForms UI Library ∙ Stretch WinForms to its modern glory!
https://github.com/owtysm2/cuoreui

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The FREE WinForms UI Library ∙ Stretch WinForms to its modern glory!

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/owtysm2/cuoreui
• Owner: owtysm2
• License: unlicense
• Created: 2025-09-19T15:48:48.000Z (9 months ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-09-28T07:11:58.000Z (9 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-09-28T09:12:30.264Z (9 months ago)
• Topics: bunifu, cui, cuoreui, guna, gunaui, owtysm, siticone, telerik, ui, ui-library, winforms, winforms-ui
• Language: C#
• Homepage: https://cuoreui.netlify.app/
• Size: 10.6 MB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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README

          
![CuoreUI Banner](https://i.imgur.com/jkVHYpG.png)

> ![Microsoft logo](https://i.imgur.com/Wbos3r0.png) [Fluent Icons](https://github.com/microsoft/fluentui-system-icons) used in this project are licensed under the [![License: MIT License](https://img.shields.io/badge/MIT-License-006aff)](https://mit-license.org/) (MIT license @ https://mit-license.org).

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# ![cui-32x](https://i.imgur.com/PHRIIbS.png) CuoreUI.Winforms

This is a C# .NET Winforms library with **modern** controls, components and forms.

>[!TIP]

> Don't be afraid to report problems on the [![image](https://i.imgur.com/rJ9l299.png) Issues](https://github.com/owtysm2/CuoreUI) page! 

> [![image](https://i.imgur.com/rJ9l299.png) The master branch](https://github.com/owtysm2/CuoreUI) is usually ahead of the latest [![NuGet logo](https://i.imgur.com/6aPyVAg.png) NuGet package](https://www.nuget.org/packages/CuoreUI.Winforms/) in terms of changes made.

## 🗿 Why use Cuore

> CuoreUI Showcases is not out yet.

![CuoreUI Showcases: Message Dialog (UI)](https://i.imgur.com/z0XjHOY.png)

**UI Design**

CuoreUI draws inspiration from web UI designs. Tries to support control animations, blur effects on controls, and rounded forms for a "modern" look.

![CuoreUI binary size in comparison to other libraries](https://i.imgur.com/7yeFZER.png)

**Lightweight**

*(Data from Early July 2025)*

While smaller in size than other competitors, it still packs similar features due to not being obfuscated and not having a license manager.

![CuoreUI resource usage in "CuoreUI Showcases: Message Dialog" - Windows 10 Task Manager](https://i.imgur.com/9VbO6gK.png)

**Cautious with Resources**

We dispose classes inheriting `IDisposable`, and use memory efficiently.

The UI is drawn with the CPU, so we make sure to optimize that too.

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## 🔧 Installation 

### ![NuGet logo](https://i.imgur.com/6aPyVAg.png) Nuget

The official NuGet page is called [CuoreUI.Winforms![image](https://i.imgur.com/e4nwNIY.png)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/CuoreUI.Winforms)

>[!TIP]

> To install using the Package Manager Console: `Install-Package CuoreUI.Winforms`

### 📦 Add to toolbox from .DLL file

> Follow our **Step-by-step guide: ![GitHub logo](https://i.imgur.com/rJ9l299.png) [Load CuoreUI.dll from toolbox](./.github/load-into-toolbox.md)**

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## 📜 Documentation

*Documentation, documentation. Ah yes, the documentation..*

.. We currently don't provide any documentation for the project

There is, however, ongoing work towards writing the docs. 

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## 📅 Versioning

We use CalVer, please refer to ![image](https://i.imgur.com/rJ9l299.png) [/.github/versioning.md](https://github.com/owtysm2/CuoreUI/blob/master/.github/versioning.md) for more info.