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Maui Linux .NET
In 2022, .NET MAUI was officially released by Microsoft. However, despite numerous requests from the community, official Linux support was never provided. Shortly afterward, the Maui-Linux and MauiGtk projects were launched with the goal of bringing Linux support to MAUI based on GTK and GtkSharp.
To this day, though, MAUI is still not in a state where it can be used productively on Linux.
Maui-Linux.NET aims to change that — by building a central knowledge hub at wiki.maui-linux.net, publishing news and experience reports on blog.maui-linux.net, and maintaining a presence across major social media platforms.
Step by step, the goal is to create a strong and dedicated community that will help bring full .NET MAUI Linux support to life.
Note: This project is not affiliated with Microsoft or the official .NET MAUI team.
📅 Timeline
| Date | Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| May 19–20, 2020 | Announcement | Microsoft unveils .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI) at Build 2020 as the evolution of Xamarin.Forms. |
| August 2021 | First commits to **maui-linux** repository | The project starts under the GitHub account of jsuarezruiz. |
| Oct 12, 2021 | Late Previews | Preview 9 ships alongside .NET 6 RC2 and Visual Studio 2022 Preview 5. |
| May 10, 2022 | Release Candidate 3 (Go-Live) | RC3 arrives with production "go-live" support for developers. |
| May 23–24, 2022 | General Availability (GA) | .NET MAUI reaches stable general availability with .NET 6. |
| Aug 17, 2022 | Tooling GA | Visual Studio 2022 version 17.3 adds stable .NET MAUI tooling support. |
| Nov 8, 2022 | .NET 7 Wave | .NET MAUI for .NET 7 ships during .NET Conf 2022 with new features and performance improvements. |
| Nov 14, 2023 | .NET 8 Wave | .NET MAUI in .NET 8 goes GA with further performance and reliability updates. |
| June 11, 2024 | .NET 8 Integration in MAUI-Linux | The community-driven maui-linux project shows first confirmed builds targeting .NET 8 (net8.0-gtk), indicating the start of .NET 8 integration efforts. |
| Nov 12, 2024 | .NET 9 Wave | .NET MAUI 9 releases (GA) with new controls and a strong focus on quality and stability. |
| Sept 11, 2025 | Support Policy Update | Microsoft updates official support tables — MAUI 9 (released Nov 12, 2024) supported until May 12, 2026. |
🚧 Project Status
Maui Linux .NET aims to make .NET MAUI applications run natively on Linux desktops through a GtkSharp backend.
However, the original maui-linux project suffered from several core problems:
- 📚 Lack of documentation – build steps and dependencies were unclear or outdated.
- 🧩 Build failures – even experienced developers struggled to compile a working binary.
- 💤 No recent updates – the last meaningful commits date back many months.
- 👥 No community traction – without guidance or working examples, contributors lost interest quickly.
- Maui Linux .NET exists to change that — by re-organizing the codebase, documenting every step, and providing working templates for future contributors.
💪 Contribute
We’re rebuilding the project as a transparent, open collaboration. If you want to help, you can:
- Fix and refactor the GtkSharp backend.
- Develop missing Controls
- Improve documentation (build steps, dependencies, packaging).
- Test on multiple distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, openSUSE).
- Add automation (CI pipelines, build scripts, sample apps).
Start here: How to Start If you encounter problems: Troubleshooting Guide
🧭 How to Start
Detailed instructions: How_to_Start
🔗 External Links
- Original repository: maui-linux (GitHub)