Microsoft is championing its AI Dev Gallery, now available as an open source app intended to help Windows developers integrate AI capabilities within their own projects and apps.
Initially announced as a project in December 2024, AI Dev Gallery was highlighted on April 22 as a mechanism to simplify AI development with .NET through samples, easy model downloads, and exportable source code. It is downloadable from the Microsoft Store, which lists it as a preview.
Serving as a playground for AI development using .NET, AI Dev Gallery allows developers to experiment with and implement AI capabilities in applications without needing a connection to cloud services. Included in AI Dev Gallery are dozens of interactive samples including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), combining search with generative AI, chat interfaces, object detection, text-to-speech/speech-to-text conversion, and document summarization and analysis. Samples run on the developer’s local machine.
