A collection of awesome .NET Core frameworks, libraries, tools, resources and software.

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• autorest - A Swagger (OpenAPI) Specification code generator featuring C# and Razor templates. Supports C#, Java, Node.js, TypeScript, Python and Ruby. only works for 4.5.x
• LightNode - A Micro RPC/REST Framework built on OWIN http://neuecc.github.io/LightNode.
• Swashbuckle - Seamlessly adds a swagger to WebApi projects.
• WebAPIContrib for ASP.NET CORE - A collection of open source projects, add-ons and extensions to help improve your work with ASP.NET Core and ASP.NET Core MVC.
• graphql-dotnetcore - GraphQL for .NET core based on https://github.com/graphql/graphql-js

• ASP.NET MVC - A model view controller framework for building dynamic web sites with clean separation of concerns, including the merged MVC, Web API, and Web Pages w/ Razor.
• ExtCore - A Free, open source and cross-platform framework for creating modular and extendable web applications based on ASP.NET Core 1.0.
• grpc - A Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs) provide a useful abstraction for building distributed applications and services. The libraries in this repository provide a concrete implementation of the gRPC protocol, layered over HTTP/2. These libraries enable communication between clients and servers using any combination of the supported languages.
• Nancy - A lightweight, low-ceremony, framework for building HTTP based services on .Net and Mono.

• ASP.NET MVC Boilerplate - A professional ASP.NET MVC template for building secure, fast, robust and adaptable web applications or sites. It provides the minimum amount of code required on top of the default MVC template provided by Microsoft.

• Identity - ASP.NET Core Identity is the membership system for building ASP.NET Core web applications, including membership, login, and user data.
• IdentityServer - IdentityServer for ASP.NET Core 1.0
• 20|20 IdentityServer4.EntityFrameworkCore - An Entity Framework Core persistence layer for IdentityServer v4.
• openiddict - Easy-to-use OpenID Connect server for ASP.NET Core.
• stormpath-sdk - Build simple, secure web applications with Stormpath and ASP.NET Core.

• cake-build - A cross platform build automation system. http://cakebuild.net
• Colorful.Console - Style your C# console output! http://colorfulconsole.com
• go-dotnet - A Go wrapper for the .NET Core Runtime.
• msbuild - The Microsoft Build Engine is a platform for building applications.
• vsts-agent - Visual Studio Team Services Build and Release Agent.

• BundlerMinifier - A Visual Studio extension that let's you configure bundling and minification of JS, CSS and HTML files.
• Smidge - A lightweight runtime CSS/JavaScript file minification, combination, compression & management library for ASP.Net Core.

• CacheManager - an open source caching abstraction layer for .NET written in C#. It supports various cache providers and implements many advanced features. http://cachemanager.net
• Microsoft Caching - Libraries for in-memory caching and distributed caching.
• Stack Exchange Redis - A high performance general purpose redis client for .NET languages (C# etc).

• BouncyCastle PCL - The Bouncy Castle Crypto package is a C# implementation of cryptographic algorithms and protocols.

• OrchardCMS2 - An implementation of Orchard CMS in ASP.NET Core (also known as DNX).
• Platformus - A free, open source and cross-platform CMS based on ASP.NET Core 1.0 and ExtCore framework.

• OpenCover - A code coverage tool for .NET 2 and above (WINDOWS OS only), support for 32 and 64 processes with both branch and sequence points.

• LiteDB - A .NET NoSQL Document Store in a single data file - http://www.litedb.org. work-around for dotnetcore at #219
• MongoDB.Driver - .NET Driver for MongoDB. only works for 4.5.x
• Neo4jClient - A .NET client binding for Neo4j.
• npgsql - A .NET data provider for PostgreSQL. It allows any program developed for .NET framework to access a PostgreSQL database server. It is implemented in 100% C# code. PostgreSQL versions since 9.1 are officially supported, others may work. http://www.npgsql.org
• ravendb - A linq enabled document database for .NET.
• RethinkDb.Driver - A C#/.NET RethinkDB driver with 100% ReQL API coverage.

• SimplCommerce - A super simple ecommerce system built on .NET Core.

• ImageProcessor - A cross-platform library for processing of image files written in C# http://imageprocessor.org

• Rx.NET - The Reactive Extensions for .NET.
• sodium - A Functional Reactive Programming (FRP) Library. only works for 4.5.x

• rider - A cross-platform C# IDE based on the IntelliJ platform and ReSharper.
• Omnisharp - a family of Open Source projects, each with one goal: To enable a great .NET experience in YOUR editor of choice.
• Visual Studio Code - A new type of tool that combines the simplicity of a code editor with what developers need for their core edit-build-debug cycle. Code provides comprehensive editing and debugging support, an extensibility model, and lightweight integration with existing tools.
• Visual Studio Community - A free editor for individual developers, open source projects, academic research, education, and small professional teams.

• Localization - Localization abstractions and implementations for ASP.NET Core applications.
• nodatime - A better date and time API for .NET http://nodatime.org.

• Autofac - An addictive .NET IoC container.
• DryIoc - A fast, small, full-featured IoC Container for .NET.
• LightInject - An ultra lightweight IoC container http://www.lightinject.net.
• SimpleInjector - An easy, flexible, and fast Dependency Injection library that promotes best practice to steer developers towards the pit of success.
• StructureMap - A Dependency Injection/Inversion of Control tool for .NET.

• common-logging - A portable logging abstraction for .NET http://net-commons.github.io/common-logging
• dnxcore-logging-logstash - A Logstash logging extension for .NET Core applications with UDP and Redis transports.
• serilog - Simple .NET logging with fully-structured events.
• NLog - Advanced .NET, Silverlight and Xamarin Logging.
• Q42.Logging.ApplicationInsights - Log appender for the build in ASP.Net Core logging to send all logs to Application Insights.

• MailKit - A cross-platform .NET library for IMAP, POP3, and SMTP.
• PreMailer.Net - C# library that moves your stylesheets to inline style attributes, for maximum compatibility with E-mail clients.
• MimeKit - A cross-platform .NET MIME creation and parser library with support for S/MIME, PGP, DKIM, TNEF and Unix mbox spools.

• AutoMapper - A convention-based object-object mapper in .NET.
• Castle.Core - Castle Core, including Castle DynamicProxy, Logging Services and DictionaryAdapter http://www.castleproject.org.
• CommonMark.NET - An implementation of CommonMark specification in C# for converting Markdown documents to HTML.
• consuldotnet - A .NET API for Consul.
• datatables - A Microsoft Asp.Net server-side support and helpers for jQuery DataTables.
• Docker.DotNet - A .NET (C#) Client Library for Docker API.
• FluentValidation - A small validation library for .NET that uses a fluent interface and lambda expressions for building validation rules.
• markdig - A fast, powerfull, CommonMark compliant, extensible Markdown processor for .NET.
• Microphone - A lightweight framework to run self hosting REST services using Web Api or NancyFx ontop of a Consul or ETCD cluster.
• NReco.LambdaParser - A parses string expressions (formulas, methods calls, conditions) to LINQ expression tree that can be compiled to lambda and evaluated.
• NReco.PivotData - An in-memory data cube with OLAP operations and PivotTable data model.
• reCAPTCHA - A reCAPTCHA 2.0 for ASPNET Core.
• Polly - Polly is a .NET 3.5 / 4.0 / 4.5 / PCL library that allows developers to express transient exception and fault handling policies such as Retry, Retry Forever, Wait and Retry or Circuit Breaker in a fluent manner.
• Scrutor - An assembly scanning extensions for Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.

• Entity Framework Core - A familiar developer experience to previous versions of EF, including LINQ, POCO, and Code First support.
• Dapper - A simple object mapper for .NET.
• Dapper-FluentMap - Provides a simple API to fluently map POCO properties to database columns when using Dapper.
• Dommel - Simple CRUD operations for Dapper.
• NoDb - A "no database" file system storage for .NET Core/ASP.NET Core because not every project needs a database.
• NReco.Data - A lightweight provider-independent DAL for SQL commands generation, CRUD operations and simple POCO mapping.
• yessql - A .NET document database working on any RDBMS.
• Limebean - A Hybrid-ORM, designed to be simple to use and not totally hide SQL, while having all the nice things you expect from an ORM. Inspired by RedBeanPHP.

• Glimpse - A lightweight, open-source, real-time diagnostics and insights profiler for .NET.

• MediatR - Simple, unambitious mediator implementation in .NET.
• MediatR.Extensions.Microsoft.DependencyInjection - A MediatR extensions for Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.
• MicroBus - MicroBus is a simple in process mediator for .NET.
• rabbitmq-dotnet-client - RabbitMQ .NET client https://www.rabbitmq.com.
• netmq - A 100% native C# implementation of ZeroMQ for .NET.

• HangfireIO - An easy way to perform fire-and-forget, delayed and recurring tasks inside ASP.NET apps http://hangfire.io.
• quartznet - A Quartz Enterprise Scheduler .NET http://www.quartz-scheduler.net
• Chroniton.NetCore - A lightweight robust library for running tasks(jobs) on schedules.

• NetTelegramBotApi - A C# client library for building Telegram bot https://core.telegram.org/bots/api.
• octokit.net - A GitHub API client library for .NET.

• Security - Middleware for security and authorization of web apps.

• Elasticsearch.Net & NEST - A repository for both NEST and Elasticsearch.Net, the two official elasticsearch .NET clients.
• ElasticsearchCRUD - Elasticsearch .NET API.
• AngleSharp - The ultimate angle brackets parser library. It parses HTML5, MathML, SVG and CSS to construct a DOM based on the official W3C specification. Comparable to beautifulsoup4 of python.

• CsvHelper - A library to help reading and writing CSV files http://csvhelper.com.
• Newtonsoft.Json - A popular high-performance JSON framework for .NET.
• protobuf-net - A Protocol Buffers library for idiomatic .NET.
• TinyCsvParser - An easy to use, easy to extend and high-performance library for CSV parsing with .NET.
• YamlDotNet - A .NET library for YAML.

• Bogus - A simple and sane fake data generator for C#. Based on and ported from the famed faker.js.
• GenFu - A library you can use to generate realistic test data.
• FluentAssertions - A set of .NET extension methods that allow you to more naturally specify the expected outcome of a TDD or BDD-style test.
• moq.netcore - A most popular and friendly mocking framework for .NET.
• MyTested.AspNetCore.Mvc - A fluent testing framework for ASP.NET Core MVC.
• nunit - A NUnit test runner for .NET Core.
• shouldly - A Should testing for .NET - the way Asserting Should be! http://shouldly.readthedocs.org/en/latest
• SpecFlow - A pragmatic BDD solution for .NET. It uses the Gherkin specification language and integrates to Visual Studio.
• TestStack.BDDfy - A BDDfy is the simplest BDD framework EVER!
• xunit - A free, open source, community-focused unit testing tool for the .NET Framework.

• ReactJS.NET - .NET library for JSX compilation and server-side rendering of React components.

• SignalR Server - A real-time web functionality for web apps, including server-side push.
• WampSharp - A C# implementation of The Web Application Messaging Protocol - a protocol that provides messaging patterns of Remote Procedure Calls and Publish/Subscribe over WebSockets.

• Topshelf - An easy service hosting framework for building Windows services using .NET. only works for 4.5.x

• ASP.NET Core Starter Kit - An opinionated boilerplate for web development based on .NET Core, Kestrel, GraphQL on the backend and Babel, Webpack, React and Redux on the frontend. This boilerplate comes in both C# and F# flavors.
• ASP.NET Boilerplate - An ASP.NET Boilerplate is a starting point for new modern web applications using best practices and most popular tools. It's aimed to be a SOLID model, a general-purpose application framework and a project template. Still using framework 4.5.2
• saaskit - A developer toolkit for building SaaS applications.

• AlbumViewerVNext - West Wind Album Viewer ASP.NET 5 Sample.
• allReady - an open-source solution focused on increasing awareness, efficiency and impact of preparedness campaigns as they are delivered by humanitarian and disaster response organizations in local communities. http://www.htbox.org/projects/allready
• AspNet5GeoElasticsearch - An ASP.NET Core MVC Geo Elasticsearch Swashbuckle Swagger.
• cloudscribe - ASP.NET Core Multi-tenant web application foundation.
• DotNetClub - A tiny club written in Asp.Net Core.
• Entropy - A chaotic experimental playground for new features and ideas - check here for small and simple samples for individual features.
• magazine-website - A magazine website (using dotnetcore, aspnetcore, efcore) with DDD, CQRS, microservices, asynchronous programming applied.
• MegaMine - An Open source mining solution that helps miners in extracting Gold, Quartz, Granite etc. This solution is built using ASP.NET Core and AngularJS utilizing multiple light weight components in a Microservices way.
• [minicompiler](Minification, bundling and compiling sample) - Minification, bundling and compiling sample.
• MusicStore - Sample MusicStore application that uses MVC and Entity Framework.
• ReactiveTraderCloud - A real-time trading platform demo showcasing reactive programming principles applied across the full application stack.

• .NET platform standard - The differrent between the old version and the new version of .NET.
• Porting a .Net Framework Library to .Net Core
• A guide to the .NET Core projects on GitHub
• haproxy, nginx, Angular 2, ASP.NET Core, Redis and Docker - Really awesome article that using .NET Core and some of libraries like HAProxy, NGINX, Redis for the large scale infrastruture.
• .Net Continuous Delivery Microservices
• The New Configuration Model in ASP.NET Core
• Comparison between dotnet core and nodejs at here, here and here
• Authentication in ASP.NET Core
• A walk-through for an ASP.NET Authorization Lab
• A very good example about EF Core
• Adding Travis CI builds to a .NET Core app

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