r/AvaloniaUI

Is there a blog post or something that explains why this choice is made?

I've not worked with Avalonia for a while, but I remember in Avalonia 11 just being able to press F12 and get a visual tree explorer to see what's going on.

That's gone now in 12? I need to install dev tools? I need to login with an account?

I understand the need to earn money to sustain the open-source development. I also understand there's a community license that allows free use for personal development.

I don't really understand how a tool as fundamental as exploring a visual tree can be locked behind a license? I can understand specialized controls, additional technical support, themes, training courses, MCP, etc. behind a license, but a manual debugging tool?

I have an icon and a background color, and yet nothing I do makes either appear on the screen. I just get a white rectangle. Surely somewhere there is a working example of how to do this? (There isn't in the Avalona macios repo).