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winapp, the Windows App Development CLI, is a single command-line interface for managing Windows SDKs, packaging, generating app identity, manifests, certificates, and using build tools with any app framework.

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Merged PRs (30d): 81

Dominant language: C#
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 19, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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[Feature]: find-ui should disclose undefined event handlers instead of deleting them Open

cli enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

microsoft/winappCli#925 · Opened Sep 22, 2026
JsProvider.dll is verified by path and then loaded by path, with nothing holding it in between Open

bug cli

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 70/100

microsoft/winappCli#923 · Opened Sep 22, 2026
[Bug]: Certificate tests leak thousands of dev certificates into CurrentUser\My Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/winappCli#918 · Opened Sep 21, 2026
[Bug]: `cert generate --if-exists skip --json` succeeds with completely empty output Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/winappCli#917 · Opened Sep 21, 2026
[Feature]: Improve WinUI analyzer checks for awaited, same-instance WebView2 initialization Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/winappCli#912 · Opened Sep 21, 2026
package: missing --cert file gives no guidance on how to create a certificate Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 88/100

microsoft/winappCli#900 · Opened Sep 21, 2026
winapp run: suggest --debug-output when an attached app exits with a nonzero code Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/winappCli#888 · Opened Sep 19, 2026
[Bug]: Console project run requires an interactive Sandbox desktop although guest execution is available Open

bug

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winappCli#886 · Opened Sep 18, 2026
[Bug]: build-and-package is flaky across branches, including main (3 undocumented flaky tests) Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/winappCli#862 · Opened Sep 16, 2026
winapp new --template-version latest downgrades a newer installed template pack, silently dropping the Reactor templates Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/winappCli#859 · Opened Sep 16, 2026
winapp run --debug-output can report an earlier handled exception instead of the crash Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/winappCli#836 · Opened Sep 11, 2026
`winapp new --list --json` should report whether a template pack update is available Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 70/100

microsoft/winappCli#835 · Opened Sep 11, 2026
Flaky test: Mp4SinkWriterEncoder_RealEncoderCoversValidationAndSuccessfulComplete intermittently fails with MF_E_SINK_NO_SAMPLES_PROCESSED Open

bug ui-automation

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 86/100

microsoft/winappCli#834 · Opened Sep 11, 2026
find-api: discover APIs in a cached latest-stable Windows App SDK catalog Open

microsoft/winappCli#832 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 10, 2026
find-api: reuse winapp's existing NuGet packages folder and Windows SDK root resolution Open

bug cli

microsoft/winappCli#831 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 10, 2026
[Feature]: Add batched in-process UI automation for PowerShell Open

enhancement ui-automation

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/winappCli#824 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 4, 2026
[Feature]: Add general launch readiness verification to winapp run Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winappCli#818 · Opened Sep 4, 2026
[Docs]: Update WinUI Docs to highlight WinUI Skills Open

documentation

microsoft/winappCli#813 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 2, 2026
[Docs]: Update WinApp CLI Docs to highlight WinUI Skills + WinUI Scenarios Open

documentation

microsoft/winappCli#812 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 2, 2026
Phase 2: CommunityToolkit publishes a sample index (and we delete ToolkitFetcher) Open

enhancement

microsoft/winappCli#810 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 2, 2026
[Feature]: `winapp ui` needs scoped/typed queries, text attributes and a batch mode to back a real UI suite Open

enhancement

microsoft/winappCli#798 · 4 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 25, 2026
[Feature]: Explore composable templates and a guided `winapp new` experience Open

cli enhancement

microsoft/winappCli#778 · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 20, 2026
[Feature]: Add worktree-isolated identity to `winapp run` Open

enhancement

microsoft/winappCli#763 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 17, 2026
[Feature]: Add deterministic window bounds control to `winapp ui` Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winappCli#760 · Opened Aug 17, 2026
Feature: Add C++ templates to new command Open

microsoft/winappCli#758 · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 14, 2026
[Docs]: Add winapp CLI alongside existing Microsoft Learn Windows app workflows Open

documentation

microsoft/winappCli#749 · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 13, 2026
[Feature]: winapp find-api check-file — validate the API references in a file before you build Open

enhancement

microsoft/winappCli#743 · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 13, 2026
[Feature]: Create Script to Cherry Pick Patch Fixes into a Release Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

microsoft/winappCli#714 · Opened Aug 5, 2026
[Samples]: Define how migrated samples land in WindowsAppSDK-Samples Open

documentation enhancement samples

microsoft/winappCli#712 · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 5, 2026
[Feature]: Publish sample indexes upstream (WinUI Gallery + Community Toolkit) so find-ui stops scraping Open

enhancement

microsoft/winappCli#703 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 30, 2026
[Bug]: `ui get-property` reports ordinary text boxes as password fields Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/winappCli#694 · Opened Jul 28, 2026
[Feature]: Add bounded ui tab-trace focus diagnostic Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winappCli#692 · Opened Jul 28, 2026
[Feature]: Add first-class native picker actions to winapp ui Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/winappCli#688 · Opened Jul 28, 2026
[Feature]: Support C++ (.vcxproj) projects in `winapp run` with clear prerequisite guidance Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

microsoft/winappCli#680 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 20, 2026
find-ui: add common control-combination patterns to core patterns Open

enhancement

microsoft/winappCli#679 · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 20, 2026
ui record: element-scoped recording of windowed popups (XAML flyouts/teaching tips) captures the underlying window Open

bug ui-automation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/winappCli#646 · Opened Jul 15, 2026
[Feature]: winapp run --devtools: in-app inspector and shared design-time protocol Open

cli dotnet enhancement

microsoft/winappCli#636 · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 15, 2026
[Feature]: winapp run --watch: WinUI C#/XAML hot reload Open

cli dotnet enhancement

microsoft/winappCli#635 · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 15, 2026
[Feature]: `winapp find-api` — semantic search for Windows APIs Open

cli enhancement

microsoft/winappCli#626 · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 14, 2026
[Feature]: `winapp find-ui` — semantic search for UI controls, samples & docs Open

cli enhancement

microsoft/winappCli#625 · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 14, 2026
Follow-up from #620: automate coverage for the put_accValue (LegacyIAccessible) set-value success path Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/winappCli#623 · Opened Jul 13, 2026
[Feature]: Resolve and print tool paths with `tool` command Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/winappCli#604 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 6, 2026
[Feature]: PowerShell CLI Friendly Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/winappCli#593 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 26, 2026
[Feature]: Create .appinstaller info for a package Open

cli enhancement

microsoft/winappCli#545 · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened May 20, 2026
Improve how winapp ui --help is interpreted by agents Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/winappCli#535 · Opened May 14, 2026
[Bug]: winapp ui inspect inspects the app in its current state. Open

cli enhancement

microsoft/winappCli#473 · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 20, 2026
[Feature]: Migrate GitHub Actions to ADO Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/winappCli#446 · Opened Apr 15, 2026
[Feature] Add CMAKE vcpkg Open

cli enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/winappCli#297 · Opened Feb 18, 2026
[Feature]: Add include and link path to CMakeLists.txt based on winapp.yaml Open

cli enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winappCli#292 · Opened Feb 13, 2026
[Feature]: RNW x WinAppCLI Scenarios Open

cli enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

microsoft/winappCli#265 · Opened Jan 29, 2026

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