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[account ↗] [repo ↗] APPLICATION ★ 31070 5822 ● active (last update 2 weeks ago)
reviewed by: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash

This is Microsoft's open-source Windows Calculator, the production calculator app shipped on Windows. The repository is a full UWP/XAML application with Standard, Scientific, Programmer, Date, Unit Converter, and Graphing modes. The core is split into `CalcManager` (a native C++ calculation engine implementing arbitrary-precision rational arithmetic via the Ratpack library), `CalcViewModel` (C++/CX view models handling history, memory, copy/paste, unit data, navigation, and state snapshots), `Calculator` (the C#/XAML UI shell), and `GraphControl` (a DirectX-based graphing control). The app is MVVM-structured, heavily localized in 25+ languages, and includes both C++ unit tests and WinAppDriver-based UI tests.

RATING8.4/10
QUALITY7.8/10
MAINTENANCEactive
DRIFTmedium
CONTRIBUTORS113
VELOCITY0.68
OPEN ISSUES475
CLOSED ISSUES737
LAST COMMIT2 weeks ago
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236
C#
150
Other (.resw)
121
C/C++ Header
84
C++
64
Other (.xaml)
30
YAML
13
Markdown
12
PowerShell
6
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6
Other (.csproj)
6
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5
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14MB
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8MB
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1MB
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1MB
C++
602KB
Other (.tm7)
539KB
Other (.png)
425KB
C/C++ Header
341KB
Other (.vcxproj)
81KB
Other (.csproj)
73KB
Markdown
65KB
YAML
42KB

The LLM identified 4 files worth highlighting for reuse:

A self-contained C/C++ rational number engine used by the calculator's core. It implements custom arbitrary-precision NUMBER and RAT types, base conversion, transcendentals, and rational arithmetic without requiring the rest of the app. This is highly reusable for any project needing exact, high-precision mathematical computation.

file: src/CalcManager/Ratpack/ ↗ | tags: #arbitrary-precision #rational-arithmetic #math-library

Centralizes clipboard parsing and validation for all calculator modes, enforcing per-mode syntax rules, radix constraints, operand sanitization, and length limits. The pattern of separating paste validation from UI logic is directly reusable in any application that accepts externally supplied numeric or expression input.

file: src/CalcViewModel/Common/CopyPasteManager.cpp ↗ | tags: #clipboard #input-validation #sanitization

A self-contained C# page-object framework for driving UWP applications via WinAppDriver. It abstracts calculator panels, results, history, memory, and navigation into composable test components and includes helper extensions for window management and element interaction. This can be extracted and adapted for UI automation of other Windows desktop apps.

file: src/CalculatorUITestFramework/ ↗ | tags: #page-object #ui-testing #winappdriver

Implements keyboard shortcut registration as a XAML attached property, with per-window state and weak-reference event handling to avoid leaks. This is a clean, reusable pattern for any XAML application needing declarative, localized keyboard shortcut bindings.

file: src/Calculator/Common/KeyboardShortcutManager.cs ↗ | tags: #keyboard-shortcuts #attached-properties #xaml
Last analyzed: 2026-08-21 07:28:19.659684
Next check: 2026-10-09 16:44:40.245380
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