Here’s the Deal
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When comparing Avalonia vs Tk, the Slant community recommends Avalonia for most people. In the question“What are the best cross-platform GUI toolkits?” Avalonia is ranked 3rd while Tk is ranked 9th.
Specs
PlatformsWindows, Linux, Mac, Pi, Android, iOS
Popular Language BindingsC#, .NET, XAML
Mobile targetsAndroid, iOS
PlatformsWindows, Linux, Unix, Mac
Popular Language BindingsTcl Python
Current stable version8.6
LicenseBSD
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Pros
Pro Open source
Pro UI designer plugin
A User Interface designer plugin for Visual Studio can be downloaded from the Visual Studio Marketplace.
Pro Easy styling
Once you understand how to style, the styling can look great.
Pro Great for beginners
Easy to pick up and run with it.
Pro Easy and good looking in Mac, Linux and Windows
Pro Bindings for several languages
Bindings for Python, C, C++, Ruby, Perl, Go, Java, Haskell and more, see Languages with a Tk binding.
Cons
Con Beta
Still in beta status.
Con Base looks are garbage without a good amount of styling
Going with the base look for your app is a bad idea because it looks like garbage with the defaults.
Con C# support lacking
Although the Eagle Project exists, which offers Mono and .NET Core support, C# support is not standard.