To install the templates for Fabulous for Avalonia, run the following command:
dotnet new install Fabulous.Avalonia.Templates
You can check the installed templates on your machine by running the command:
dotnet new list
You should see the installed Fabulous for Avalonia templates:
Template Name Short Name Language Tags
----------------------- ----------------- -------- -----------------
Fabulous Avalonia Blank fabulous-avalonia F# Fabulous/Avalonia
Fabulous Avalonia Multi fabulous-avalonia-multi F#. Fabulous/Avalonia
To get started, we are going to use the simplest Fabulous for Avalonia template: Fabulous Avalonia Blank
(or fabulous-avalonia
in the CLI).
Run the command:
dotnet new fabulous-avalonia -n GetStartedApp
This will create a new folder called GetStartedApp containing the new project.
In this folder, you'll find a project named GetStartedApp
. This project uses the single project format to target several platforms from a single codebase.
Note: Browser target is not supported in the single project template
To get started, we are going to use the multi project template: Fabulous Avalonia Multi
(or fabulous-avalonia-multi
in the CLI).
Run the command:
dotnet new fabulous-avalonia-multi -n GetStartedApp
This will create a set of folders called GetStartedApp containing the supported platform targets.
{% hint style="info" %} See the official Avalonia documentation for more information on the supported platforms. {% endhint %}
We are now ready to run the project!
Go into the GetStartedApp
directory and run:
# run the Desktop app
dotnet run -f net8.0
You can also open the solution GetStartedApp.sln
with your favorite IDE and select the platform you want, then press debug to deploy and run the app.