Downloads for the Windows App SDK
This page provides download links to the various releases of the Windows App SDK. To get started quickly, download the latest Visual Studio extensions (VSIX) and installer below:
Latest Stable 1.2
For all Windows App SDK downloads, refer to the tables and links below. Depending on your development scenario, you may require the following:
SDK downloads
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| Visual Studio extension | The Windows App SDK Visual Studio extension (VSIX) provides project and item templates to get started. You can choose from three versions of the extension: stable, preview, and experimental. See Set up your development environment for more details on how to install the extension. |
| NuGet package | The Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK NuGet package provides access to APIs provided by the Windows App SDK. The NuGet package is included with the Visual Studio extension project templates. If you have an existing project in which you want to use the Windows App SDK, you can install the latest version of the Windows App SDK NuGet package in your project directly from Visual Studio. For setup instructions, see Use the Windows App SDK in an existing project. |
Runtime downloads
Apps packaged with external location, and unpackaged apps, that use the Windows App SDK can use the standalone .exe runtime installer or MSIX packages to deploy the Windows App SDK package dependencies with them. For setup instructions, see Windows App SDK deployment guide for framework-dependent apps packaged with external location or unpackaged.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| Installer | The standalone .exe installer, WindowsAppRuntimeInstall.exe, is available as a separate download beginning with Windows App SDK 1.0.1. It installs the Windows App SDK Runtime which includes the Framework, Main, Singleton and DDLM packages. |
| Redistributable | The Windows App Runtime Redistributable (Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Redist) is a zip file that includes the installer and MSIX packages for all architectures (x64, x86, and ARM64). |
To learn more, see the Windows App SDK release channels and the release notes provided below for each version.
Current releases
Windows App SDK 1.3
| Version | SDK downloads | Runtime downloads | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🔄️ | 1.3.0 Experimental1 (1.3.230202101-experimental1) 02/06/2023 Release notes |
C# Visual Studio 2022 extension C++ Visual Studio 2022 extension |
Installer (x64) Installer (x86) Installer (arm64) Redistributable |
Windows App SDK 1.2
Windows App SDK 1.1
Windows App SDK 1.0
Windows App SDK 0.8
| Version | SDK downloads | Runtime downloads | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ✅ | 0.8 Stable 06/24/2021 Release notes |
Visual Studio extension | Redistributable |
| ❇️ | 0.8 Preview 05/27/2021 Release notes |
Visual Studio extension | Redistributable |
Maintenance releases
| Version | |
|---|---|
| ✅ | 0.5 Stable 03/29/2021 |
Out of support releases
| Version | |
|---|---|
| ❇️ | 1.0 Preview 2 [Deprecated] 10/5/2021 Release notes |
| ❇️ | 1.0 Preview 1 [Deprecated] 09/17/2021 Release notes |
| ✅ | 0.1 Stable 12/11/2020 |
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