Overview

What is Microsoft Silverlight?

Microsoft Silverlight is a programmable web browser plugin that enables features such as animation, vector graphics and audio-video playback so you can experience rich Internet applications.

In depth

A closer look at Microsoft Silverlight

Microsoft Silverlight is a programmable web browser plugin that enables features such as animation, vector graphics and audio-video playback so you can experience rich Internet applications. Silverlight offers a flexible programming model that supports AJAX, VB, C#, Python, and Ruby, and integrates with existing Web applications.It supports fast, cost-effective delivery of high-quality video to all major browsers running on the Mac OS or Windows.

Requirements

System requirements

Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / Windows 7 / XP 64-bit / Vista 64-bit / Windows 7 64-bit / Windows 8 / Windows 8 64-bit / Windows 10 / Windows 10 64-bit

Verdict

Should you download Microsoft Silverlight?

Microsoft Silverlight runs on Windows 10/11 and is available under the Freeware license — the installer is 6.70 MB. We’ve catalogued it under General.

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