The ModernWpf Community Toolkit is a collection of helper functions and custom controls for the ModernWpf library.
This project incorporates components from the Windows Community Toolkit. The Windows Community Toolkit's license and 3rd party notices could be found here and here respectively.
ModernWpf Community Toolkit & the Windows Community Toolkit
First of all, we must thank the contributors of the WCT for their awesome work on the toolkit.
The ModernWpf Community Toolkit (MCT) is a port of the well-known & popular Windows Community Toolkit to WPF/ModernWpf.
The Windows Community Toolkit (WCT) [being a part of the .NET Foundation and actively developed by Microsoft and the community] is a collection of helper functions, custom controls and app services which simplifies and helps the development of UWP apps for Windows.
It has some parts which depend on some UWP only APIs (which can't be used from Win32 apps). And some parts are dependent on the UWP XAML (aka WinUI). Thus, rendering the WCT unusable from some application (such as pure WPF apps).
To resolve this barrier, ModernWpf Community Toolkit was made.
ModernWpf Community Toolkit is also a collection of helper functions and custom controls but for building WPF (Win32) apps.
This toolkit depends on another well-known & popular library called ModernWpf which brings WinUI controls & styles to WPF applications. Whereas, this toolkit brings some WCT controls & helpers to WPF.
There may be some differences (in APIs or availability of some features) between MCT and WCT due to certain difference between WPF (.NET) & UWP (WinRT) APIs.
Most of the source code are ported from the WCT (some differences or variations can be found).
This toolkit contains ported custom controls and some features that are not restricted UWP only from WCT.
Parts of the WCT which target .NET Standard (as you can use them from any .NET library/application) are not ported. However, some WinUI (UWP XAML) specific features are ported.
This toolkit also contains some additional controls and helpers that are WPF or ModernWpf specific.
So, ModernWpf ≋ WinUI and MCT ≋ WCT.
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| ModernWpf.Toolkit |   |
| ModernWpf.Toolkit.UI |   |
| ModernWpf.Toolkit.UI.Controls |   |
| ModernWpf.Toolkit.UI.Controls.Markdown |   |