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.NET MAUI positions itself as the premier cross-platform framework for teams already embedded in the Microsoft/.NET ecosystem, offering native performance on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows from a single C# codebase. Unlike Flutter (Dart) or React Native (JavaScript), MAUI leverages C# and XAML with deep Visual Studio, Azure, and broader .NET toolchain integration. It targets enterprise and line-of-business app developers, especially those migrating from the deprecated Xamarin.Forms platform. It competes less on community size or ecosystem breadth and more on type safety, desktop-plus-mobile parity, and Microsoft stack alignment. Flutter leads on UI customizability and popularity; React Native leads on community size and JS developer reach; MAUI leads for Windows-inclusive cross-platform and .NET-native enterprise workloads.