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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
31.1M
31,097,312
Published
Oct 16, 2025
Latest stable version

Install

.NET CLI
dotnet add package Microsoft.Maui.Essentials --version 9.0.120
Package Manager Console
Install-Package Microsoft.Maui.Essentials -Version 9.0.120
PackageReference
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Maui.Essentials" Version="9.0.120" />

Frameworks

net9.0 net9.0-android35.0 net9.0-ios18.0 net9.0-maccatalyst18.0 net9.0-tizen7.0 net9.0-windows10.0.19041 net9.0-windows10.0.20348 .NETStandard2.0 .NETStandard2.1

Dependencies

[9.0.120, )
Microsoft.Maui.Graphics
net9.0-android35.0
[9.0.120, )
Xamarin.AndroidX.Browser
net9.0-android35.0
[1.8.0.9, )
[1.1.0.3-alpha07, )
[1.17.0.1, )
[9.0.120, )
Microsoft.Maui.Graphics
net9.0-maccatalyst18.0
[9.0.120, )
[9.0.120, )
Microsoft.Maui.Graphics
net9.0-windows10.0.19041
[9.0.120, )
Microsoft.Web.WebView2
net9.0-windows10.0.19041
[1.0.3179.45, )
Microsoft.Maui.Graphics
net9.0-windows10.0.20348
[9.0.120, )
Microsoft.Web.WebView2
net9.0-windows10.0.20348
[1.0.3179.45, )
[9.0.120, )
[4.5.0, )
[9.0.120, )
[4.5.0, )

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