Design Notes
Blog Index
If you want one place to explore the project rationale, architecture, Linux host strategy, X11 bring-up work, and NativeAOT direction, start here.
Article entry points
If you want the technical story first, these are the best entry points.
Start here if you want to understand why the project should exist at all and what gap it is trying to close.
Start here if you want a quick mental model of the repository structure, runtime layers, and module boundaries.
Start here if you care about deployment size, runtime trimming, AOT constraints, and GUI tradeoffs.
Start here if you are following Linux desktop, device-side hosts, and the longer runtime roadmap.
Start here if you want the practical debugging story behind getting PictureBoxDemo, MusicDemo, and SmartWatchDemo running on X11.
Suggested reading order
If this is your first pass through the blog, this order builds context most effectively.
Continue reading
Once you finish the core articles, these pages are the next best places to continue.
Use the news section if you want the strongest recent changes in a faster, update-style format.
Return to the English docs map and choose the next reading path by topic.
Review the currently curated demo and runtime-host screenshots.
Start here if you are ready to install packages and try a minimal setup.