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Open-source projects built with .NET

There are currently 262 open-source projects built with .NET, with a combined total of 1569.4k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is C#.

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Veldrid
Veldridmellinoe/veldrid

A cross-platform, graphics API-agnostic rendering and compute library for .NET, providing a unified GPU interface.

2.7k306C#
1 month ago
Blzhawk
BlzhawkTASEmulators/BizHawk

A multi-system emulator with advanced recording, debugging, and tool-assisted speedrunning (TAS) features.

2.6k450C#
1 day ago
NUnit
NUnitnunit/nunit

A unit-testing framework for all .NET languages, supporting macOS, Linux, and Windows.

2.6k764C#
2 days ago
Audit.NET
Audit.NETthepirat000/Audit.NET

An extensible framework to audit executing operations in .NET and .NET Core, generating detailed audit logs with evidence for reconstruction.

2.6k333C#
14 days ago
Modern UI for WPF - MUI
Modern UI for WPF - MUIfirstfloorsoftware/mui

A set of controls and styles that transform WPF applications into modern-looking apps with customizable themes and navigation.

2.6k757C#
4 years ago
DbUp
DbUpDbUp/DbUp

A .NET library for deploying and versioning SQL database changes across multiple database systems.

2.6k536C#
2 months ago
EventFlow
EventFloweventflow/EventFlow

Async/await first CQRS+ES and DDD framework for .NET designed to be easy to use and highly configurable.

2.6k469C#
4 months ago
WalletWasabi
WalletWasabizkSNACKs/WalletWasabi

An open-source, non-custodial, privacy-focused Bitcoin wallet for desktop (Windows, Linux, and Mac).

2.5k555C#
2 days ago
Open Live Writer
Open Live WriterOpenLiveWriter/OpenLiveWriter

An open-source desktop application for writing, previewing, and publishing blog posts to various platforms.

2.5k492C#
5 days ago
EFCorePowerTools
EFCorePowerToolsErikEJ/EFCorePowerTools

Visual Studio extension and CLI tool for Entity Framework Core reverse engineering, migrations, and model visualization.

2.5k336C#
3 days ago
PeachPie
PeachPiepeachpiecompiler/peachpie

A modern PHP compiler and runtime for .NET/.NET Core, enabling PHP code to run within the .NET ecosystem.

2.5k212C#
3 months ago
ZeroFormatter
ZeroFormatterneuecc/ZeroFormatter

A high-performance C# serializer with infinitely fast deserialization for .NET, .NET Core, and Unity.

2.4k251C#
4 years ago
Brighter
BrighterBrighterCommand/Brighter

A .NET command dispatcher and processor framework for building loosely coupled applications and microservices with in-process and out-of-process messaging.

2.4k285C#
2 days ago
CacheManager
CacheManagerMichaCo/CacheManager

An open-source caching abstraction layer for .NET that simplifies complex caching scenarios with multi-layer support and advanced features.

2.4k453C#
2 months ago
Docker.DotNet
Docker.DotNetMicrosoft/Docker.DotNet

A fully asynchronous .NET (C#) client library for interacting with the Docker Remote API.

2.4k410C#
7 months ago
oneget
onegetOneGet/oneget

A unified package manager for Windows, Linux, and macOS that provides a common interface for software discovery, installation, and inventory.

2.4k192C#
1 year ago
Utf8Json
Utf8Jsonneuecc/Utf8Json

A high-performance, zero-allocation JSON serializer for C# that reads/writes directly to UTF8 binary.

2.4k269C#
3 years ago
CSCore
CSCorefiloe/cscore

A comprehensive .NET audio library for playing, recording, encoding, decoding, and real-time processing of audio in C#.

2.4k467C#
1 year ago
EntityFramework-Plus
EntityFramework-Pluszzzprojects/EntityFramework-Plus

Extends Entity Framework with performance-enhancing features like batch operations, caching, auditing, and query optimization.

2.3k319C#
16 days ago
CommandLineUtils
CommandLineUtilsnatemcmaster/CommandLineUtils

A .NET library for building command-line applications with argument parsing, validation, and help text generation.

2.3k263C#
19 days ago
RabbitMQ.NET
RabbitMQ.NETrabbitmq/rabbitmq-dotnet-client

Official .NET client library for RabbitMQ, enabling .NET applications to communicate with RabbitMQ message brokers.

2.3k621C#
7 days ago
Sandcastle
SandcastleEWSoftware/SHFB

A standalone GUI, Visual Studio integration package, and MSBuild tasks for building help files with Sandcastle tools.

2.2k376C#
4 days ago
Oqtane
Oqtaneoqtane/oqtane.framework

An open-source CMS and application framework for building modern web, mobile, and desktop applications with Blazor and .NET.

2.2k641C#
4 days ago
Helix Toolkit
Helix Toolkithelix-toolkit/helix-toolkit

A collection of 3D components and engines for .NET, supporting WPF, WinUI, and Avalonia with DirectX 11.

2.2k694C#
7 days ago
NBomber
NBomberPragmaticFlow/NBomber

A distributed load-testing framework for .NET that tests any system regardless of protocol or semantic model using plain C# or F#.

2.2k137CSS
4 days ago
Jwt.Net
Jwt.Netjwt-dotnet/jwt

A comprehensive JWT (JSON Web Token) implementation for .NET with support for encoding, decoding, and ASP.NET Core integration.

2.2k467C#
1 year ago
nhibernate-core
nhibernate-corenhibernate/nhibernate-core

A mature, open-source object-relational mapper for the .NET framework, enabling .NET applications to interact with databases using object-oriented paradigms.

2.2k932C#
16 days ago
NServiceBus
NServiceBusparticular/nservicebus

A .NET framework for building async microservices with support for multiple message queues and databases.

2.2k649C#
2 days ago
NServiceBus
NServiceBusParticular/NServiceBus

A .NET framework for building async microservices with message-based communication, supporting multiple cloud providers and on-premises deployment.

2.2k649C#
2 days ago
F#
F#fsharp/fsharp

Alternative packaging of the F# compiler, tools, and libraries for .NET Core and .NET Framework/Mono.

2.2k313F#
3 years ago
Jil
Jilkevin-montrose/Jil

A high-performance JSON serializer and deserializer for .NET, built on Sigil with extensive optimization.

2.1k250C#
2 years ago
WebApiClient
WebApiClientdotnetcore/WebApiClient

A high-performance REST API client library for .NET with interface-based declaration, AOT support, and advanced features.

2.1k449C#
15 days ago
Paket
Paketfsprojects/Paket

A dependency manager for .NET with support for NuGet packages and Git repositories.

2.1k526F#
3 months ago
Foundatio
FoundatioFoundatioFx/Foundatio

A collection of pluggable foundation blocks for building loosely coupled, distributed .NET applications.

2.1k252C#
1 day ago
Foundatio
FoundatioFoundatioFx/Foundatio

A collection of pluggable foundation blocks for building loosely coupled, distributed .NET applications.

2.1k252C#
1 day ago
Foundatio
Foundatioexceptionless/Foundatio

A collection of pluggable foundation blocks for building loosely coupled, distributed .NET applications.

2.1k252C#
1 day ago
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