UWP
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
7warn against
Jan 3, 2026first mention
Jun 21, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“UWP had a lot of good ideas.”
“it was already quite good with UWP on Windows 10”
Caveats and dissent
“"modern" UWP apps feel clunky and prone to breakage”
“given how bad UWP landed”
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“Microsoft appears to have entirely given up on UWP”
“UWP (which was the right way to do gui in Win 10) is now defunct for win ui”
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All comments 11
“"modern" UWP apps feel clunky and prone to breakage”
“given how bad UWP landed”
“Microsoft appears to have entirely given up on UWP”
“UWP had a lot of good ideas.”
“UWP (which was the right way to do gui in Win 10) is now defunct for win ui”
“what surprised me is how different the rendering architecture is for each framework.”
“it was already quite good with UWP on Windows 10”
“UWP is not under active development.”
“Microsoft deprecated it towards WINDOWS UI but it didn't have the same features than wpf”
“UWP is still largely useless today”
“It was the goal with UAP and UWP, but they clearly messed up the execution.”