# Welcome to the UWP Community Toolkit

> Microsoft just released a new toolkit: the UWP Community Toolkit. This toolkit is open source !!! Link to GitHub It brings together a whole bunch of…

- Author: Jérôme Giacomini
- Language: en
- Canonical URL: [Welcome to the UWP Community Toolkit](https://jeromegiacomini.net/articles/2016/08/18/welcome-to-the-uwp-community-toolkit)
- Published: 2016-08-18
- Last modified: 2026-09-05
- Topics: .NET, DevOps, Windows

Microsoft just released a new toolkit: the UWP Community Toolkit.

This toolkit is open source !!!

[Link to GitHub](https://github.com/Microsoft/UWPCommunityToolkit)

It brings together a whole bunch of controls/services that make it easier for us to create a new UWP app.

No need to redevelop these controls, it's all there!!!

![toolkit](https://jeromegiacomini.net/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/toolkit-1024x727.png)

And to make it easier for us, they provide us with a [an example app](https://www.microsoft.com/fr-fr/store/p/uwp-community-toolkit-sample-app/9nblggh4tlcq).

You want to use one of the components of this toolkit.

![toolkit_NuGet](https://jeromegiacomini.net/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/toolkit_nuget.png)

Happy coding 😀

For reference:

[Official announcement of the release of the Toolkit](https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2016/08/17/introducing-the-uwp-community-toolkit/)