Any free WPF themes?

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I'm not a designer, so I'm looking for some free WPF themes.

Any suggestions?

The top answers are seriously dated, check out the WPF project on CodePlex first. — Michael Regan, Sep 13 '09 at 06:41
Similar: [Free WPF controls and control templates](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/121724/where-can-i-find-free-wpf-controls-and-control-templates) — , Aug 13 '10 at 15:29
Just released: http://brianlagunas.com/free-metro-light-and-dark-themes-for-wpf-and-silverlight-microsoft-controls/ Metro themes for both WPF and Silverlight — TimothyP, May 25 '13 at 02:27
[ModernWPF UI Library](https://github.com/ghost1372/ModernWpf) has a VS VSIX extension. — ΩmegaMan, Mar 12 '21 at 05:02

score 64 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 12 '21 at 05:04

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The only one that I have found (for sale) is reuxables. A little pricey, if you ask me, but you do get 9 themes/61 variations.

UPDATE 1:

A WPF Contrib project ... which does have 1 theme that they never released.

UPDATE 2:

Rudi Grobler (above) just created CodePlex community for this ... starting with converted themes he mentions above. See his blog post for more info. Way to go Rudi!

UPDATE 3:

As another answer below has mentioned, since this question and my answer were written, the WPF Toolkit has incorporated some free themes, in particular, the themes from the Silverlight Toolkit. Rudi's project goes a little further and adds several more ... but depending on your situation, the WPF Toolkit might be all you need (and you might be installing it already).

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answered Nov 04 '08 at 00:11

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The link to Reuxables themes by Nukeation is broken. At current time of writing http://www.nukeation.com/reuxables.aspx will get you to the correct location. – Kjetil Klaussen Jan 03 '11 at 08:06
Highrobotics created free theme at http://highrobotics.com/we-did-it/wpf-themes.aspx – Artur A Nov 01 '13 at 09:41

score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 04 '12 at 07:08

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Not purely themes, but MahApps.Metro provides Windows 8 Look and feel with a few variants like dark and light base themes with green,blue etc for text and others. Its pretty cool and can be used out of the box.

answered Aug 04 '12 at 07:08

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Oops. sorry its already mentioned by Legoless. Didn't noticed. – Mat J Aug 04 '12 at 07:10

Legoless · Answer 3 · 2012-05-22T05:07:47.493

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I also found those: http://xceed.com/ProThemes_WPF_Features.html

And of course there are many implementations of Metro UI for WPF: https://github.com/MahApps/MahApps.Metro http://mosaicproject.codeplex.com/

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answered Apr 11 '12 at 19:43

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score 12 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 04 '08 at 06:29

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I bought a theme from www.xamltemplates.net. The themes ship with source code so you can tweak them. They also offer a free theme (source code included).

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I find it worrying that many of the posts in this thread look a lot like plain advertisements. – Priidu Neemre Oct 09 '13 at 13:18
Which posts exactly do you mean? – Alex Janzik May 14 '16 at 16:10

Nelson Reis · Answer 5 · 2010-05-11T10:24:13.013

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There are some Microsoft Themes in the WPF page on CodePlex:

CodePlex - Windows Presentation Foundation

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answered Jul 13 '09 at 16:45

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score 7 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 02 '09 at 13:18

The direct link to the WPF themes project is here: WPF themes

Download the source code (currently there is no binary release) and check out the demo that comes with it to get an idea of the capabilities.

You will need to install the WPF toolkit in order to compile and use the themes.

This is an ongoing project, so I think more themes will be added in the future. It will probably ruin the the sites trying to sell themes to you, but it is great for one man shops that can't invest too much up front.

score 7 · Answer 7 · answered Nov 04 '08 at 07:05

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Read this article on how to convert a silverlight theme to WPF... The have a look at the Silverlight toolkit, thy released loads of free silverlight themes!!!

Expression Dark
Expression Light
Rainier Purple
Rainier Orange
Shiny Blue
Shiny Red

answered Nov 04 '08 at 07:05

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score 6 · Answer 8 · edited Nov 03 '20 at 17:04

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You can download 7 free WPF themes from http://www.nukeation.com/free.aspx . I found them very useful. You should surely try it out. They are designed by the people who have desiged the official WPF & Silverlight Themes.

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These free themes do not include DataGrid support nor a few other new controls added in .NET 4 (per their download page). – yzorg Oct 12 '10 at 17:51

score 4 · Answer 9 · edited Aug 15 '22 at 14:04

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Here's another one for Silverlight. And a list of nice gradients to use.

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score 3 · Answer 10 · answered Aug 01 '12 at 15:37

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Amazings WPF Controls includes the Jetpack theme for WPF.

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Jetpack is by far the prettiest theme I found so far! – bitbonk Jan 21 '13 at 12:30

score 3 · Answer 11 · edited Aug 25 '11 at 08:17

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Here's my expression dark theme for WPF controls.

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Final link is broken :( – Moumit Aug 29 '16 at 11:48

score 3 · Answer 12 · answered Mar 02 '09 at 05:46

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Sunny Orange WPF Theme

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Final link is broken :( – Moumit Aug 29 '16 at 11:48

score 2 · Answer 13 · answered Nov 04 '08 at 09:16

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We use the Assergs Application Framework themes:

http://www.codeplex.com/appfx

They have a nice office look and feel to it :)

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score 1 · Answer 14 · answered Apr 16 '09 at 06:31

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You might want to try www.reuxables.com - we have both commercial and free themes, and it is the largest and most diverse theme library for WPF.

answered Apr 16 '09 at 06:31

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@Sarah- free themes- http://www.nukeation.com/free.aspx – Dominic K Aug 22 '10 at 22:45

Lukas Cenovsky · Answer 15 · 2011-11-06T20:55:50.687

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Viblend WPF themes are free.

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answered Nov 06 '11 at 19:05

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The last update of this project has been done in 2010. Also it doesn't include DataGrid sytles. – NoWar Feb 15 '12 at 18:11

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