FlaUI

What FlaUI is

FlaUI is a free .NET library for automating tests of Windows desktop applications, including Win32, WinForms, WPF, and Store Apps. It wraps Microsoft’s native UI Automation libraries while exposing native objects when its wrappers do not cover a case. Developers choose between UIA2 and UIA3, search application interfaces for automation elements, and interact with those elements. A helper class can launch, attach to, or close applications. The project is distributed under the MIT License, allowing use, modification, distribution, and sale under its conditions. The maker provides UIA2 and UIA3 assemblies through NuGet, with source download and compilation as another option. The README distinguishes the automation choices: UIA2 lacks newer capabilities such as touch and does not work well with WPF or Windows Store Apps, while UIA3 can have bugs in WinForms applications that UIA2 avoids. Questions can go to a Gitter chat, and GitHub handles issue reports and pull requests. The MIT license provides the software as-is and disclaims warranties and liability.