.NET MAUI Is Coming to Linux and the Browser, Powered by Avalonia | Community Feed

Avalonia’s backend keeps the .NET MAUI application model while replacing native platform controls with Avalonia’s hardware-accelerated drawn UI. The early announcement lays out the platform goals, architectural motivation, and benefits both projects expect from the collaboration.

What you’ll learn

Which platforms become possible — the backend targets first-class desktop and embedded Linux plus WebAssembly, while also running through Avalonia on Windows and macOS
How existing apps are preserved — MAUI code remains in place while Avalonia supplies the rendering layer, allowing teams to add targets without rewriting their application in another framework
Why a drawn UI changes consistency — one renderer can provide matching control appearance and behavior instead of inheriting differences from each operating system’s native toolkit
Why maintenance can get simpler — implementing and fixing one Avalonia backend reduces duplicated platform work and makes behavior more predictable across targets
What the early performance signal showed — representative macOS desktop scenarios were reported at more than twice the performance of the Mac Catalyst approach, with further GPU work anticipated
How the work benefits Avalonia too — supporting MAUI exposes mobile API, control, and tooling gaps that can guide Avalonia’s own investment and introduce MAUI developers to its rendering model

Open the original announcement to try the early browser demo and understand the platform vision that led to the public Avalonia MAUI previews.