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Microsoft Silverlight

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Silverlight is a development platform by Microsoft for creating rich media applications and business applications for the Web, desktop, and mobile devices.

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  • FreeProprietary

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Windows Phone
  • Internet Explorer
  • Google Chrome
  • Safari
  • Firefox
Discontinued

In 2013, Microsoft ceased development of Silverlight except for patches and bugfixes. Microsoft has set the support end date for Silverlight 5 to be October 2021.

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    US flagMicrosoft
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.
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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Microsoft Silverlight was added to AlternativeTo by darkwebmaster on Jan 27, 2010 and this page was last updated Feb 13, 2019. Microsoft Silverlight is sometimes referred to as Silverlight.
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What is Microsoft Silverlight?

Silverlight is a development platform by Microsoft for creating rich media applications and business applications for the Web, desktop, and mobile devices.

Silverlight is a free plugin powered by the .NET framework that is compatible across multiple browsers, devices and operating systems. With support for advanced data integration, multithreading, HD video using IIS Smooth Streaming, and built in content protection, Silverlight enables online and offline applications for a broad range of business and consumer scenarios.