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  • Source Generator

    • 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.
    • NuGet Trends - Check out NuGet packages adoption and what's trending on NuGet.
  • 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
    • 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.
    • Scriban - A fast, powerful, safe and lightweight text templating language and engine for .NET
  • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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).
    • Roslynator - A collection of 500+ analyzers, refactorings and fixes for C#, powered by Roslyn
  • 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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