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What are the best free controls for .NET?

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Krypton Suite vs ObjectListView vs Xceed WPF toolkit

 vs Avalonia vs ScintillaNET vs ZedGraph vs DockPanel Suite vs PDF File Writer vs NetworkView vs Numeric Field Control vs Microsoft Edge WebView2 vs Fast Colored TextBox vs SpreadsheetLight vs Graph3D vs WPF Spark vs Pie and Donut Chart Control vs ReaLTaiizor vs Open Hardware Monitor vs WPF: CountryFlag Control vs Stream Player Control vs Custom Numeric UpDown Control vs DrawingView vs Separator Control

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 Great resources

This control has a great selection of samples available for use to get familiar with the control. There is also a fantastic getting started page which takes you through step-by-step from the setup to customizing your own view.
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 Feature filled

Having a plethora of features built-in to the ObjectListView, there are millions of applications to use this control for. Some notable features include data binding for each type of controller, custom row formatting, cell events, save and restore states, and hot-item tracking to name a few.
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 Free to use

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 Bug fixes not released until next version

There are a couple of small bugs noted that are only fixed in the prereleased version 2.9.
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 Limited free edition

The free edition does not offer a DataGrid, which is one of the most useful controls.
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 Free for non-commercial use

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 Cross-platform

Avalonia works on any platform .NET runs on, that includes Xamarin-supported devices, Linux, Windows, and even macOS.
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 XAML Designer is only for Windows and macOS

As Blend for Visual Studio and Visual Studio is a Windows-only application, XAML designer is not available for other platforms. This may be an issue to some developers who need WYSWYG or drag and drop experience for composing interfaces.
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 Beta

Still in beta status.
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 Compatible with existing XAML/WPF workflows

Avalonia is one of the popular UI toolkits that are compatible with existing Xamarin or WPF workflows. Minor changes are only needed to adapt existing applications to Avalonia.
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 UI designer plugin

A User Interface designer plugin for Visual Studio can be downloaded from the Visual Studio Marketplace.
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 Open source

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 Free and open source

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 Great resources

With a plethora of tutorials, samples, and source code available, ZedGraph makes it an easy control to jump in and use. There are descriptions and examples of editing all aspects of the graphs as well as telling you in-depth what each component does.
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 Scalability

ZedGraph comes with all option defaults in place so a user can create their graph with as much or as little detail and customization required. Also, with the multiple different types of graphs and charts able to be made, this is a control that could be used in many projects.
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 Free to use

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 Difficult to get support

Most open tickets no longer receive any replies, and the last ticket to be closed was back in 2012.
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 .NET 6 version

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 Cross-platform

WebView2 isn't just a Windows-only endeavor; the roadmap cites that cross-platform support is coming soon as a preview, which allows developers to code share across all platforms.
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 Embeddable on Win32 applications

WebView2 is embeddable on Win32 applications, which allows them to enjoy the benefits of WebView even on traditional desktop applications.
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 Compatible with older Windows versions

As WebView2 uses the same engine as Microsoft Edge and Chromium, it retains the same cross-platform experience that both browsers enjoy.
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 Integrated within Windows

WebView2 is integrated on newer versions of Windows, including Windows 11, extensively used in Microsoft's own products.
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 Free

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 Non-Greenfield deployments will require Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime installed

Applications that do not deploy as a greenfield application will require the Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime installed, which is installed alongside Microsoft Edge.
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 No Cross-platform support

The cross platform support for WebView2 is still in development which means code-sharing with other platforms if you're using WebView2 is not yet possible.
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 Compare

Can be used as a "Diff viewer" with two synchronized panes.
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 Folding

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 Fast

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 Comments

There are still some comments in Russian in the source code.
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 Free

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 Interactive

The chart can be rotated using the mousewheel.
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 Free

Free and open-source.
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 Missing documentation

The source code is not properly documented and there is not even a readme file included.
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 Missing files

The example source code does not build in VS2019 as files seem to be missing.
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 Free

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 Does not use a timer

Does not use a timer for repeat-button functionality.
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 Different styles

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 Simple

Simple to implement in a .NET application, no dependencies on 3rd-party libraries or NuGet.
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 No drawing tools

No drawing with pen or other drawing tools, the example is drawn using code.
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 No .NET Core version

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 Real Separator Control

A separator control does not currently come with the standard set of controls for Windows Forms applications.
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 GitHub repo is gone

The GitHub repo with the source code is gone and the control is only available in a .NET 4.6 version.
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