Dock for Avalonia

Dock is a docking layout system for Avalonia applications. It provides document and tool panes, floating windows, docking targets, and layout persistence, with multiple MVVM integrations and both XAML and code-first layout options.

Highlights

Document and tool docking with configurable rules.
Floating windows, docking targets, and drag behaviors.
Layout persistence and restoration.
Theme support and overlay customization.
Integrations for MVVM, ReactiveUI, Prism, and more.

Architecture

Dock separates the model from the view:

Dock.Model defines layout state, docking rules, and serialization.
Dock.Avalonia provides the Avalonia controls and visual behavior.
Framework integrations add view model bases and patterns for common MVVM stacks.

This design keeps the layout engine reusable and lets you swap view models or frameworks without rewriting docking logic.

Install

dotnet add package Dock.Avalonia
dotnet add package Dock.Model.Mvvm
dotnet add package Dock.Avalonia.Themes.Fluent

Get started

Recommended path:

Quick start to build a minimal layout.
Document and tool content guide for content setup.
Framework integration to choose the MVVM stack that matches your app.

NuGet packages

NuGet	Package	Downloads
	`Dock.Avalonia`
	`Dock.Avalonia.Diagnostics`
	`Dock.Avalonia.Themes.Fluent`
	`Dock.Avalonia.Themes.Simple`
	`Dock.Controls.ProportionalStackPanel`
	`Dock.Controls.Recycling`
	`Dock.Controls.Recycling.Model`
	`Dock.MarkupExtension`
	`Dock.Model`
	`Dock.Model.Avalonia`
	`Dock.Model.CaliburMicro`
	`Dock.Model.Inpc`
	`Dock.Model.Mvvm`
	`Dock.Model.Prism`
	`Dock.Model.ReactiveProperty`
	`Dock.Model.ReactiveUI`
	`Dock.Model.ReactiveUI.Services`
	`Dock.Model.ReactiveUI.Services.Avalonia`
	`Dock.Serializer.Newtonsoft`
	`Dock.Serializer.Protobuf`
	`Dock.Serializer.SystemTextJson`
	`Dock.Serializer.Xml`
	`Dock.Serializer.Yaml`
	`Dock.Settings`