OpenSourceToolkit.Net

Originally started as a C#/.NET 8 port of the utilities and tools found in the inspiring OpenSourceToolkit project, and has since been extended with additional tools and features (including a full Avalonia desktop app to explore everything interactively). Special thanks to the original author truethari for their incredible work.

This suite provides reusable, modular components for text manipulation, security, networking, hardware testing, and more. Crucially, it includes a full Avalonia UI application that allows users to interactively test and verify most functions of the 40+ tools (currently 41) and libraries in a modern desktop interface.

Porting was mainly done by help of AI, but I spent hundreds of hours tweaking
the tools, adding translations, add more features and simultaneously enhancing
my Flowery.NET component suite for the UI.

The total lines of code count (excluding comments) is > 91K.

🚀 Overview

• Frameworks: .NET 8 (net8.0 libraries + net8.0-windows desktop app)
• Language: C# (LangVersion: latest)
• Output: Reusable DLLs (class libraries) and a desktop GUI (WinExe).
• Architecture: Modular design with a core library and specialized domain libraries.

📁 Project Structure

The solution OpenSourceToolkit.Net.sln is organized into the following projects:

OpenSourceToolkit.NET

• Avalonia desktop application (GUI) to test all tools interactively.
• Target framework: net8.0-windows
• Dependencies: All of the below, Avalonia, Flowery.NET

Note: This repository also contains OpenSourceToolkit.AI (a .NET 8 library), but it is not included in OpenSourceToolkit.Net.sln by default.

🧰 Tool Catalog (GUI)

The desktop app (OpenSourceToolkit.NET) currently includes 41 tools, grouped in the sidebar as follows:

Media & Files

• Image Editor
• Folder Analyzer
• ASCII Art Generator
• PDF Tools
• Clipboard Image Saver
• Audio Noise Reduction
• Fonts Viewer

Generators

• UUID Generator
• Lorem Ipsum Generator
• Mock Data Generator
• Privacy Policy Generator
• QR Code Generator
• Password Generator
• VCard Generator

Converters

• Text Case Converter
• Timestamp Converter
• Base64 Converter
• Color Toolkit
• Ethereum Converter
• JSON Formatter

Security

• Hash Generator
• HMAC Generator
• JWT Debugger

Networking

• Uptime Monitor
• DNS Lookup
• IP Location
• IP Calculator
• Speed Test

Development

• Cron Scheduler
• API Tester
• Next.js Image Decoder
• Regex Tester
• Diff Checker
• SQL Formatter
• Markdown Editor
• Theme Testing

Hardware

• Hardware Tester
• Keyboard Tester
• Stopwatch & Timer

Math

• Scientific Calculator

Finance

• Financial Calculator

🛠️ Building & Running

Prerequisites

• .NET 8 SDK
• Windows (required for the OpenSourceToolkit.NET desktop app, and for projects targeting net8.0-windows)

Build

To build the entire solution, run the following command in this directory:

dotnet build

Note: Debug builds are configured to output artifacts to a common directory:

• Debug: bin\debug\net8.0\ and bin\debug\net8.0-windows\

Run Avalonia App (GUI)

The best way to explore the toolkit is via the Avalonia UI app, which provides a dedicated interface for every tool:

.\bin\debug\net8.0-windows\OpenSourceToolkit.NET.exe

Run Tests

To execute the unit tests:

dotnet test

Scripts (PowerShell)

For convenience, the repo includes two PowerShell scripts under scripts/ to build and run the Avalonia desktop app.

• scripts/build_desktop.ps1: builds OpenSourceToolkit.NET (optionally also OpenSourceToolkit.Tests)
  • Examples:

pwsh ./scripts/build_desktop.ps1
pwsh ./scripts/build_desktop.ps1 -Configuration Release
pwsh ./scripts/build_desktop.ps1 -IncludeTests
pwsh ./scripts/build_desktop.ps1 -NoRestore

• scripts/run_desktop.ps1: builds and starts OpenSourceToolkit.NET in the background
  • Examples:

pwsh ./scripts/run_desktop.ps1
pwsh ./scripts/run_desktop.ps1 -Configuration Release

📦 Usage Examples

Text & Data library

using OpenSourceToolkit.TextData;

// Generate UUID V4
string uuid = UuidGenerator.GenerateV4();

// Generate Lorem Ipsum
var generator = new LoremIpsumGenerator();
string text = generator.GenerateSentences(3);

Security library

using OpenSourceToolkit.Security;

// Compute Hash
string md5 = HashGenerator.ComputeMd5("OpenSourceToolkit");

// Generate JWT
string token = JwtHelper.GenerateToken("secret_key", "issuer", "audience");

Networking library

using OpenSourceToolkit.Networking;

// Check Uptime
var monitor = new UptimeMonitor();
var result = await monitor.CheckAsync("https://google.com");
Console.WriteLine($"Is Up: {result.IsUp}");

Hardware (Windows) library

using OpenSourceToolkit.Hardware;

// Play Tone
using (var speaker = new SpeakerTester())
{
    speaker.PlayTone(440, 1.0f); // 440Hz for 1 second
}

🧩 Dependencies

The project relies on high-quality open-source packages:

• Bogus: Fake data generation.
• QRCoder: QR Code creation.
• PdfSharp: PDF processing.
• DnsClient.NET: DNS lookups.
• NCrontab: Cron parsing.
• NAudio: Audio playback and capture.
• Avalonia: Cross-platform UI framework.
• Flowery.NET: Themed component library for Avalonia. Requires v1.7.2 or later (for CustomThemeApplicator support).

🌍 Localization

The application supports multiple languages with runtime switching. Currently supported:

• English (en) - Default / fallback
• Arabic (ar)
• Hebrew (he)
• German (de)
• Spanish (es)
• French (fr)
• Italian (it)
• Japanese (ja)
• Korean (ko)
• Turkish (tr)
• Ukrainian (uk)
• Chinese (Simplified) (zh-Hans)

For Users

Change the application language through the settings panel. All UI elements will update immediately without restart.

For Developers

Using Localization in XAML

Add the localization namespace to your view:

xmlns:loc="clr-namespace:OpenSourceToolkit.NET.Localization"

Use the Localize markup extension:

<TextBlock Text="{loc:Localize Button_Save}"/>
<Button Content="{loc:Localize Button_Generate}"/>
<TextBox Watermark="{loc:Localize Input_Placeholder}"/>

Adding New Translations

Localization strings are stored as embedded JSON files in OpenSourceToolkit.NET\Localization\ (e.g. en.json, de.json, fr.json).

1. Add / update keys in OpenSourceToolkit.NET\Localization\en.json (fallback)
2. Add / update the same keys in the target language JSON (e.g. de.json)
3. Use the key in XAML via {loc:Localize YourKey}

Implementation Notes

The ToolkitLocalization.SetCulture() method updates thread cultures and notifies bindings so {loc:Localize ...} updates immediately:

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = culture;
CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentUICulture = culture;
CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentCulture = culture;
CultureChanged?.Invoke(null, culture);
Instance.PropertyChanged?.Invoke(Instance, new PropertyChangedEventArgs("Item"));
Instance.PropertyChanged?.Invoke(Instance, new PropertyChangedEventArgs("Item[]"));

Translations are loaded lazily from embedded JSON resources when a language is selected.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🧪 Tests

The solution includes a comprehensive test suite in OpenSourceToolkit.Tests using MSTest. These 170+ tests verify the functionality of most of the libraries.

Coverage Areas

• Text & Data:
  • UUID V4 generation (format, uniqueness).
  • Lorem Ipsum generation (word/sentence counts).
  • Mock Data (User/Address schema validation).
  • QR Code (PNG and SVG generation).
  • Privacy Policy (template substitution).
• Security:
  • Hashing (MD5, SHA256, SHA512 correctness).
  • HMAC generation (RFC compliance).
  • JWT (Token generation, signing, and validation).
• Converters:
  • Timestamp (Unix epoch round-trips).
  • Base64 (Standard and URL-safe variants).
  • Text Case (Title Case, Sentence Case).
  • Color (Hex/RGB/HSL conversions).
• IO & Documents:
  • Folder Analyzer (Recursive structure and size calculation).
  • PDF Toolkit (Merge, Split, Watermark functionality).
• Media:
  • ASCII Art (Bitmap to ASCII conversion logic).
• Scheduling:
  • Cron Scheduler (Expression parsing and execution).
• Hardware:
  • Keyboard Tester (Typing speed algorithms).
  • Audio Device Manager (Device enumeration safety).
• Networking:
  • DNS lookup tools (direct and batched queries for common record types).
  • IP geolocation (dummy provider default mapping).

Running Tests

You can execute the full test suite via the command line:

dotnet test

Tests are designed to be safe and isolated, using temporary files for IO operations and simulating hardware interactions where necessary to run on CI/CD environments.