awesome-csharp

A collection of awesome c# libraries, tools, frameworks, and software.
https://github.com/danperor/awesome-csharp

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SDK and API Clients
- Octokit.NET - A GitHub API client library for .NET
- Dropbox.NET - Official .NET SDK for the Dropbox API
- Getty Images API SDK - SDK for the Getty Images and iStock APIs
- Countly SDK for Windows - Windows SDK for Countly analytics and marketing platform for product and marketing managers
Search
- Lucene.net - Lucene.Net is a port of the Lucene search engine library, written in C# and targeted at .NET runtime users
- Elasticsearch .NET - Elasticsearch.Net & NEST
- PlainElastic.Net - Plain .NET client for ElasticSearch
- SolrNet - Solr client for .NET
- SolrExpress - A simple and lightweight query .NET library for Solr, in a controlled, buildable and fail fast way
Serialization
- Ceras - Ceras is a binary serializer. It converts any object into a byte[] and back. It goes above and beyond in terms of features, speed, and comfort. Supports reference loops, large/complicated inheritance chains, splitting objects into parts and more.
- CsvExport - Very simple & lightweight CSV exporter, Excel friendly, escapes text & quotes etc.
- Protobuf.NET - Protocol buffers is the name of the binary serialization format used by Google for much of their data communications
- Json.NET - Popular high-performance JSON framework for .NET
- ServiceStack.Text - JSON, JSV and CSV Text Serializers used in servicestack.net
- Msgpack-Cli - MessagePack implementation for Common Language Infrastructure
- Jil - Fast .NET JSON serializer, built on Sigil (used by StackOverflow)
- ProtoBuf - Generate C# code for protocol buffer serialization from a .proto specification.
- FlatSharp - Fast, idiomatic FlatBuffers implementation. Use .fbs files or attributes.
- F# Data - F# type providers for accessing XML, JSON, CSV and HTML files (based on sample documents) and for accessing WorldBank data
- Bond - cross-platform framework for working with schematized data. It supports cross-language de/serialization and powerful generic mechanisms for efficiently manipulating data.
- Hyperion - A high performance polymorphic serializer for the .NET framework.
- FileHelpers - free and easy to use .NET library to import or export data from fixed length or delimited records in files, strings or streams.
- FsPickler - A fast multi-format message serializer for .NET
- Migrant - Fast and flexible serialization framework usable on undecorated classes.
- Utf8Json - Fast and Zero Allocation JSON Serializer for C#(.NET, .NET Core, Unity and Xamarin), this serializer write/read directly to UTF8 binary so boostup performance.
- ObjectDumper.NET - Serializes in-memory object to C# code.
SMS and Phone calls
- Twilio-csharp - A C#/.NET Library for sending and receiving phone calls and text messages with Twilio.
Source Generator
- Awesome .NET Core - A collection of awesome .NET core libraries, tools, frameworks and software
- awesome-ddd - A curated list of Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS), Event Sourcing, and Event Storming resources
- Awesome Unity - A categorized community-driven collection of high-quality awesome Unity assets, projects, and resources.
- Awesome Xamarin - A collection of interesting libraries/tools for Xamarin mobile projects.
- Awesome Roslyn - A curated list of awesome Roslyn books, tutorials, open source projects, analyzers, code fixes, and refactorings.
- Weekly C# Digest - Weekly email newsletter with manually curated top 5 links from the .NET community.
- Supernova.Enum.Generators - A C# source generator to create an enumeration class from an enum type. With this package, you can work on enums very, very fast without using reflection.
- .NET-libraries-that-make-your-life-easier - Open Source .NET libraries that make your life easier
- awesome-LINQ - A curated collection of awesome LINQ libraries, tools, and more.
- awesome-analyzers - A curated list of .NET Compiler Platform ("Roslyn") diagnostic analyzers and code fixes.
- ASP.NET Core Library and Framework Support - A list of what .NET libraries and frameworks are currently supported by ASP.NET Core and .NET Core).
- Awesome .NET Performance - A curated list of awesome .NET Performance books, courses, trainings, conference talks, blogs and most inspiring open source contributors.
- .NET Open Source Developer Projects - This community maintained list showcases .NET open source projects that are useful for any aspect of the development process.
- Discover .NET - Awesome .NET open source and community resources.
- Awesome Microservices .NET Core - A collection of awesome training series, articles, videos, books, courses, sample projects, and tools for Microservices in .NET Core.
State machines
- Stateless - Create state machines and lightweight state machine-based workflows directly in .NET code
- Automatonymous - A state machine library for .NET - allows you to write fluent style state machines
- LiquidState - Efficient asynchronous and synchronous state machines for .NET
Static Site Generators
- Wyam - A simple to use, highly modular, and extremely configurable static content generator
- FsBlog - Blog aware, static site generation using F#
- Pretzel - A site generation tool (and then some) for .NET platforms
- Sandra.Snow - Jekyll-inspired static site generation for .NET
- FsBlog - Blog aware, static site generation using F#
Strong Naming
- Strong Namer - Automatically add strong names to referenced assemblies which do not already have a strong name. This will allow you to reference and use (NuGet packages with) assemblies which are not strong named from your projects that do use a strong name.
- .NET Assembly Strong-Name Signer - Utility software to strong-name sign .NET assemblies, including assemblies you do not have the source code for.
Style Guide
- C# Style Guide - StackOverflow Q & A on style guides
- C# Async Guidance - list of problematic asynchronous patterns for .NET Core with an explanation of how to solve those issues
Template Engine
- RazorEngine - Open source templating engine based on Microsoft's Razor parsing engine
- RazorLight - Open source template engine based on Microsoft's Razor parsing engine supporting .NET Standard 2.0
- Nustache - Open source library for logic-less templates
- Stubble - Trimmed down {{mustache}} templates in .NET. Successor of Nustache.
- DotLiquid - C# port of the Ruby Liquid templating language
- Mustache Sharp - An extension of the mustache text template engine for .NET.
- Morestachio - A full sized {{mustache}} like template engine with focus on extendibility.
Testing
- BDTest - A behaviour driven testing and reporting framework!
- NCrunch - An automated continuous & concurrent testing tool for Visual Studio. **[$]**
- NSubstitute - A friendly substitute for .NET mocking frameworks
- ArchUnitNET - Simple library for checking the architecture of C# code with a fluent API.
- NetArchTest - A fluent API for .Net Standard that can enforce architectural rules in unit tests.
- AutoFixture - AutoFixture is an open source framework for .NET designed to minimize the 'Arrange' phase of your unit tests
- BDDfy - BDDfy is the simplest BDD framework EVER!
- Bogus - A simple and sane fake data generator for C#. Based on and ported from the famed faker.js.
- ExpressionToCode - Use plain C# syntax in assertions that include both the expression expression and subexpression values in the failure message.
- FakeItEasy - The easy mocking library for .NET https://fakeiteasy.github.io
- Fluent Assertions - A set of .NET extension methods that allow you to more naturally specify the expected outcome of a TDD or BDD-style test
- FluentAutomation - Simple Fluent API for UI Automation
- FsCheck - Random Testing for .NET.
- Fuchu - A unit-testing library for F# with tests-as-values which makes DSLs extremely easy to create.
- Machine.Specifications - Machine.Specifications (MSpec) is a context/specification framework that removes language noise and simplifies tests.
- Moq.Contrib.HttpClient - A set of extension methods for mocking HttpClient and IHttpClientFactory with Moq.
- NBomber - Very simple load testing framework for Pull and Push scenarios. It's 100% written in F# and targeting .NET Core and full .NET Framework.
- NFluent - NFluent is an assertion library which aims to fluent your .NET TDD experience.
- NUnit - A unit-testing framework for all .NET languages
- Rhino Mocks - Dynamic Mocking Framework for .NET
- Shouldly - Shouldly is an assertion framework which focuses on giving great error messages when the assertion fails while being simple and terse.
- Snapshooter - A snapshot testing tool for .NET Core and .NET Framework
- SpecFlow - Binding business requirements to .Net code
- Stryker.NET - Mutation testing for .NET Core projects
- xUnit.net - A free, open source, community-focused unit testing tool for the .NET Framework.
- Canopy - Canopy is a free, open source F# web automation and testing framework
- Expecto - A smooth testing framework for F# with tests as values. Unit testing, property based testing, performance testing and stress testing.
- Compare-Net-Objects - Perform a deep compare of any two .NET objects using reflection. Shows the differences between the two objects.
- Verify - Verification tool to enable simple approval of complex models and documents.
- CsCheck - Random testing library for C#. Including concurrency, causal profiling, regression and performance testing.
- NBuilder - Rapid generation of test objects
- Moq - The most popular and friendly mocking framework for .NET
- xBehave.net - An xUnit.net extension for describing your tests using natural language.
- ReportPortal - AI-powered Test Automation Dashboard. Acquire, aggregate and analyze test reports to ascertain release health.
Tools
- Fiddler - The free web debugging proxy for any browser, system or platform
- AnyStatus - A desktop notifications app for monitoring CI/CD pipelines, servers, network, health and metrics. AnyStatus supports Azure DevOps, Jenkins, TeamCity, AppVeyor and more.
- JSON Formatter and Validator - A blazing fast JSON formatter and validator that won't share JSON with a server.
- Downloader - Fast and reliable multipart downloader with asynchronous progress events for .NET applications.
- Open Live Writer - Blog writer which integrated with WordPress, Blogger, et. al. Open Live Writer makes it easy to write, preview, and post to your blog.
- CodeHub - CodeHub is the best way to browse and maintain your GitHub repositories on any iOS device!
- ShareX - ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and share it with a single press of a key. It also allows uploading images, text or other types of files to over 80 supported destinations you can choose from.
- Myrtille - A native HTML4/5 Remote Desktop Protocol client, HTTP gateway written in C# for .NET
- Opserver - Stack Exchange's Monitoring System
- Netling - A load tester client for easy web testing. It is extremely fast while using little CPU or memory.
- Papercut - Papercut is an open source (.NET based) test email viewer that runs locally with a built-in SMTP server designed to receive and notify of test email messages.
- Visual Studio Uninstaller - Uninstall and clean up all components of Visual Studio.
- Fake JSON Server - Fake REST API for prototyping or as a CRUD Back End. No need to define types, uses dynamic typing. Data is stored to a single JSON file. Has authentication, WebSocket notifications, async long running operations, random generation for errors/delays and experimental GraphQL support.
- posh-dotnet - `PowerShell` tab completion for the [dotnet CLI](https://github.com/dotnet/cli)
- SmartCode - SmartCode = IDataSource -> IBuildTask -> IOutput => Build Everything!!! (Including [**Code generator**])
- NETworkManager - A powerful tool for managing networks and troubleshoot network problems!
- OctoLinker - Navigate through `project.json`, `packages.config`, `*.props`, `*.targets`, and C#/F#/VB.NET project files efficiently with the OctoLinker browser extension for GitHub.
- CSharpier - An opinionated code formatter for c# that is based on the [Prettier](https://github.com/prettier/prettier) printing process.
- UnitsNet - Makes life working with units of measurement just a little bit better.
- YARP - YARP is a reverse proxy toolkit for building fast proxy servers in .NET using the infrastructure from ASP.NET and .NET.
- Mockaco - API mock server with fast setup, useful to simulate HTTP responses, leveraging ASP.NET Core features, built-in fake data generation and C# scripting engine powered by Roslyn scripting API.
Trading
- Lean - Lean Engine is an open-source fully managed C# algorithmic trading engine built for desktop and cloud usage. https://www.quantconnect.com/lean/
- StockSharp - Trading and algorithmic trading open source platform (stock markets, forex, bitcoins and options). https://stocksharp.com
UI Automation
- Atata - Automated web testing full featured framework based on Selenium WebDriver.
- FlaUI - FlaUI is a .NET library which helps with automated UI testing of Windows applications (Win32, WinForms, WPF, Store Apps, ...).
- PuppeteerSharp - Puppeteer Sharp is a .NET port of the official Node.JS Puppeteer API.
- PuppeteerSharp.Contrib - Contributions to Puppeteer Sharp that provides a convenient way to write readable and robust browser tests.
- Managed Windows API - Introspect and automate third-party Windows / VC++ applications without needing its source code.
Visual Studio Plugins
- Nuget Package Manager - NuGet is the package manager for the Microsoft development platform including .NET
- Resharper - Developer Productivity Tool for Visual Studio **[$]**
- Productivity Power Tools - A set of extensions to Visual Studio Professional (and above) which improves developer productivity.
- Tabs Studio - Visual Studio tab manager with multiple tab rows, tab coloring and tab grouping. **[$]**
- VSColorOutput - Color highlighting for Build, Find and Debug output windows. Custom match patterns and colors can be added.
- CodeLineage - Easy access to a cumulative diff view between file revisions (supports svn, git, mercurial, perforce).
- OzCode - OzCode is a Visual Studio Extension which cuts down on debugging time and increases productivity by detecting and isolating bugs, making them easy to fix. **[$]**
- ViEmu - very powerful Vi/vim emulator for Visual Studio supporting all basic and many advanced features of vi/vim. **[$]**
- Web Essentials - Web Essentials extends Visual Studio with lots of new features that web developers have been missing for many years
- VsVIM - VIM in Visual Studio
- SideWaffle - A collection of Item Templates for Visual Studio 2012/2013/2015 that makes any web developer's life much easier
- CodeContracts - Source code for the CodeContracts tools for .NET
- Git Diff Margin - Displays live Git changes of the currently edited file on Visual Studio margin and scroll bar
- ViEmu - very powerful Vi/vim emulator for Visual Studio supporting all basic and many advanced features of vi/vim. **[$]**
- Unchase.Odata.Connectedservice - A Visual Studio Connected Service for generating API client code in C# or VB for OData web service.
- Unchase.OpenAPI.Connectedservice - A Visual Studio 2017/2019 extension to generate C# (TypeScript) HttpClient (or C# Controllers) code for OpenAPI web service with [NSwag](https://github.com/RicoSuter/NSwag).
Web Browsers
- CefSharp - HTML5, CSS3 and JS web browser powered by Chromium, for WinForms and WPF
Web Frameworks
- Coalesce - Coalesce is a framework for rapid-development of ASP.NET Core web applications.
- Suave.IO - Framework/library/web server that makes you cry tears of joy after finishing your project ahead-of-time when you look at the beautiful code you've written in F#.
- ASP.NET MVC - ASP.NET is a free web framework for building great web sites and applications
- FubuMVC - A front-controller style MVC framework for .NET
- IISNode - Host Node.js applications in IIS
- DotVVM - MVVM framework for people who don't like to write JavaScript, with OWIN and ASP.NET Core support and a free extension for Visual Studio 2015 and 2017.
- Giraffe - Functional (F#) ASP.NET Core micro framework for building rich web applications
Web Servers
- EmbedIO - Web server built on Mono and cross-platform
- XSP - Mono's ASP.NET hosting server. This module includes an Apache Module, a FastCGI module that can be hooked to other web servers as well as a standalone server used for testing (similar to Microsoft's Cassini)
WebSocket
- Crossertech - Provides a great set of tools for you to build real-time applications on the Microsoft.NET plattform and much more. **[$]**
- Fleck - Fleck is a WebSocket server implementation in C#. Branched from the Nugget project
- SignalR - Library for ASP.NET developers that makes it incredibly simple to add real-time web functionality to your applications
- SuperSocket - SuperSocket is a light weight extensible socket application framework
- Websocket-Sharp - A C# implementation of the WebSocket protocol client and server
- WampSharp - A C# implementation of [The Web Application Messaging Protocol](https://wamp-proto.org/) - a protocol that provides messaging patterns of Remote Procedure Calls and Publish/Subscribe over WebSockets.
- NetGain - A high performance WebSocket server library powering Stack Overflow.
- Websockets.PCL - WebSockets.PCL is a portable class library, profile 259, C# WebSocket implementation.
- Websocket.Client - A multiplatform wrapper over native C# class ClientWebSocket with built-in reconnection and error handling.
- WebSocket4NET - WebSocket client for .NET 2.0+, Xamarin, Mono, Silverlight, Windows Phone, & WinRT
Windows Services
- TopShelf - An easy service hosting framework for building Windows services using .NET
WPF
- Extended WPF Toolkit™ - A rich collection of controls, components and utilities for creating WPF applications
- WPF - WPF is a .NET Core UI framework for building Windows desktop applications.
- Data Grid Extensions - Modular extensions for the WPF DataGrid control, like filtering, additional column events, extended star-size column behavior, and more...

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