.NET MAUI Labs

Experimental packages and tooling for .NET MAUI. This repository hosts pre-release projects that are in active development and may ship independently.

⚠️ These packages are experimental. APIs may change between releases. These packages are not covered by the .NET MAUI Support Policy and are provided as-is.

Products

Cli

A command-line tool for .NET MAUI development environment setup, device management, and app automation.

• Environment diagnostics (maui doctor) with auto-fix capabilities
• Android SDK and JDK management (maui android) — install, update, and configure
• Emulator management (maui android emulator) — create, start, stop, and delete Android emulators
• Apple platform management (maui apple) — Xcode, simulator, and runtime management (macOS)
• Device listing (maui device list) across all connected platforms
• DevFlow app automation (maui devflow) — visual tree inspection, element interaction, screenshots, WebView/CDP automation, network monitoring, profiling, storage access, real-time log/sensor streaming, and MCP server for AI agents
• Version info (maui version)
• Global options — --json for CI pipelines, --verbose, --dry-run, --ci

Package	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Cli	CLI global tool (maui)

# Microsoft.Maui.Cli is currently released as a pre-release, so make sure to use the --prerelease flag
dotnet tool install -g Microsoft.Maui.Cli --prerelease
maui doctor

DevFlow

A comprehensive MAUI testing, automation, and debugging toolkit. The DevFlow CLI is integrated into the maui CLI as maui devflow — see Cli above.

• In-app HTTP agent for visual tree inspection, element interaction, and screenshots
• Blazor CDP bridge for Chrome DevTools Protocol on Blazor WebViews
• MCP server for AI agent integration (via maui devflow mcp)
• Platform drivers for iOS, Android, Mac Catalyst, Windows, and Linux/GTK
• Network monitoring and performance profiling
• Real-time streaming — WebSocket channels for logs, network requests, sensor data, profiler samples, and UI events
• Storage access — read/write app preferences and secure storage
• Device introspection — battery, connectivity, geolocation, display info, and permissions

Package	Description
Microsoft.Maui.DevFlow.Agent	In-app agent for MAUI automation
Microsoft.Maui.DevFlow.Agent.Core	Platform-agnostic agent core
Microsoft.Maui.DevFlow.Agent.Gtk	GTK/Linux agent
Microsoft.Maui.DevFlow.Blazor	Blazor WebView CDP bridge
Microsoft.Maui.DevFlow.Blazor.Gtk	WebKitGTK CDP bridge
Microsoft.Maui.DevFlow.Driver	Platform driver library
Microsoft.Maui.DevFlow.Logging	Buffered JSONL file logger

Getting Started

See CONTRIBUTING.md for build instructions and development setup.

For the formal DevFlow HTTP and WebSocket contract, see docs/DevFlow/spec.

Agent Skills

This repository is also a marketplace for distributable agent skills for .NET MAUI development. Skills are organized as plugins compatible with Copilot CLI, Claude Code, and VS Code.

Plugin	Description
dotnet-maui	MAUI development: DevFlow automation, profiling, accessibility, platform bindings, diagnostics

# Install via Copilot CLI
/plugin marketplace add dotnet/maui-labs
/plugin install dotnet-maui@dotnet-maui-labs

See plugins/ for the full catalog and plugins/CONTRIBUTING.md for how to add skills.

Support

See SUPPORT.md for how to file issues, get help, and the support policy for this repository.