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Project Structure in Detail

This page dissects the repository from outside in: which projects are in the solution, how the main program is layered internally, and what key configurations exist in the project files.

Repository Top Level

LetsMeowToolbox/
├── LetsMeowToolbox.sln
├── LICENSE                    # GPL-3.0
├── Directory.Build.props      # 全局工程属性
├── build/
│   ├── publish-framework-dependent.ps1   # 单文件·依赖运行时
│   └── publish-self-contained.ps1        # 单文件·自包含
├── src/
│   ├── LetsMeowToolbox.App/               # 主程序 (LetsMeowToolbox.exe)
│   ├── LetsMeowToolbox.PluginAbstractions/# 插件契约接口
│   └── LetsMeowToolbox.Plugins.HighRisk/  # 🔴 高危插件（外置 DLL）

What Each of the Three Projects Does

Project	Type	Responsibility
LetsMeowToolbox.App	WPF app (WinExe)	Main program; artifact LetsMeowToolbox.exe; references PluginAbstractions
LetsMeowToolbox.PluginAbstractions	Class library	The external contract for high-risk plugins: interfaces and metadata. Both the main program and plugins recognize only this contract
LetsMeowToolbox.Plugins.HighRisk	Class library (external DLL)	Official high-risk plugin: Disable Defender / Disable Firewall / Remove Edge·WebView2

This split is the core of the whole project's security design: the high-risk code is physically absent from the main program — it exists only in the external plugin project, compiled into a DLL and dynamically loaded by the main program.

Internal Layers of the Main Program

The internal directories and responsibilities of src/LetsMeowToolbox.App/:

Directory	What's Inside
Modules/	Feature modules, organized by zone: Beginner/ (5 modules in the Beginner Zone), Advanced/ (Advanced Zone), Uninstaller/ (uninstall), Unlock/ (unlock)
Services/	Global services: permissions, logging, configuration, settings, themes, plugin loading, etc. (named one by one on the next page)
Utils/	Low-level utilities: command execution, registry, processes, Win32 native capability wrappers
Views/	UI: pages for each zone, dialogs (changelog, license, Fluent dialog)
Themes/	Theme resource dictionaries: Brushes.Light.xaml, Brushes.Anime.xaml, FluentStyles.xaml
Models/	View models and data models (ObservableObject, ViewModels for each page)
Assets/	Icons, logo, wallpaper, full GPL-3.0 license text

Each feature zone is basically a combination of "one Module (logic) + one View (UI)"; for example, uninstall is Modules/Uninstaller/ + Views/UninstallerView.xaml.

Key Points of the csproj, Item by Item

Noteworthy configurations in LetsMeowToolbox.App.csproj:

Config	Value	Notes
TargetFramework	net8.0-windows	.NET 8, Windows desktop
UseWPF	true	WPF app
AssemblyName	LetsMeowToolbox	The main program name is fixed to LetsMeowToolbox.exe
Version	0.1.2	Versioning scheme enabled since v0.1.1; the changelog lives in Services/AppInfo.cs
ApplicationManifest	app.manifest	Application manifest
AllowUnsafeBlocks	true	Unsafe code blocks allowed
PackageReference	HandyControl 3.5.1	The only NuGet dependency, a UI control library

The resource packaging is also worth noting:

• Embedded resources (packed into the single file, no need to output alongside the exe): logo_banner.png, app_icon.png, app.ico;
• Embedded resource: gpl-3.0.txt (used by the first-launch license dialog and the About page);
• Loose file (output alongside the program to the exe's directory, loaded from disk at runtime): wallpaper.png (the anime-mode wallpaper);
• Optional directory: when an assets/ directory exists, the whole directory is copied with the output.

Single-file publishing related: when no RID is explicitly specified and PublishSingleFile is enabled, the csproj falls back to win-x64; when self-contained (SelfContained=true), IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract is enabled.

What Directory.Build.props Says

The Directory.Build.props at the repository root applies to all projects:

• Product name Let's Meow Toolbox, company/author Hatasoft-Studio, copyright Copyright (c) 2026 Hatasoft-Studio;
• EnableWindowsTargeting=true: allows cross-compiling Windows-target projects on Linux.

Versioning Rules (Must Read)

The versioning scheme has been in effect since v0.1.1 and is defined in Services/AppInfo.cs: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH

• MAJOR: incremented by 1 for major architectural adjustments / breaking changes (during the 0.x stage, this means an overall rewrite);
• MINOR: incremented by 1 when new features are added;
• PATCH: incremented by 1 for bug fixes / optimizations.

The rule: at every release, Version and Changelog must be updated together in AppInfo. The in-program "View Changelog" dialog reads exactly this data — forget to update it and users won't see the new content.