Using F# for Desktop Apps

Option 1: Use Avalonia.FuncUI (cross-platform)

 Avalonia.FuncUI is an F# Model-View-Update framework for functional cross-platform UI development.

• Getting Started

• Examples

Option 2: Use Elmish.WPF (Windows Only)

Elmish.WPF is a production-ready library that allows you to write WPF apps with the robust, simple, well-known, and battle-tested MVU architecture, while still allowing you to use all your XAML knowledge and tooling to create UIs.

• Getting Started

• Tutorial

• Samples

Option 3: Use Windows Forms or WPF directly (Windows Only)

On Windows, F# lets you directly program Windows Forms and WPF applications directly. Some resources for doing this are below, many others are available on the web.

• WinForms Introduction

• WPF with FsXaml Introduction (.NET Framework only)

There are other options, see also F# Community Projects.