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Microsoft.Maui.Essentials

.NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) is a cross-platform framework for creating native mobile and desktop apps with C# and XAML. This package contains a collection of cross-platform APIs for working with device sensors and other features.

Total Downloads
28.1M
28,141,530
Published
Mar 10, 2026
Latest stable version

Install

.NET CLI
dotnet add package Microsoft.Maui.Essentials --version 11.0.0-preview.2.26152.10
Package Manager Console
Install-Package Microsoft.Maui.Essentials -Version 11.0.0-preview.2.26152.10
PackageReference
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Maui.Essentials" Version="11.0.0-preview.2.26152.10" />

Frameworks

net11.0 net11.0-android36.0 net11.0-ios26.2 net11.0-maccatalyst26.2 net11.0-windows10.0.19041 net11.0-windows10.0.20348 .NETStandard2.0 .NETStandard2.1

Dependencies

[11.0.0-preview.2.26152.10, )
Microsoft.Maui.Graphics
net11.0-android36.0
[11.0.0-preview.2.26152.10, )
Xamarin.AndroidX.Activity
net11.0-android36.0
[1.10.1.3, )
Xamarin.AndroidX.Browser
net11.0-android36.0
[1.8.0.11, )
[1.1.0.4-alpha07, )
[1.18.0.1, )
[11.0.0-preview.2.26152.10, )
Microsoft.Maui.Graphics
net11.0-maccatalyst26.2
[11.0.0-preview.2.26152.10, )
Microsoft.Maui.Graphics
net11.0-windows10.0.19041
[11.0.0-preview.2.26152.10, )
Microsoft.Web.WebView2
net11.0-windows10.0.19041
[1.0.3179.45, )
Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK
net11.0-windows10.0.19041
[1.8.251106002, )
Microsoft.Maui.Graphics
net11.0-windows10.0.20348
[11.0.0-preview.2.26152.10, )
Microsoft.Web.WebView2
net11.0-windows10.0.20348
[1.0.3179.45, )
Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK
net11.0-windows10.0.20348
[1.8.251106002, )
[11.0.0-preview.2.26152.10, )
[4.6.1, )
[11.0.0-preview.2.26152.10, )
[4.6.1, )

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