.NET Foundation

The .NET Foundation is an open-source software organization created by Microsoft to support and manage .NET-related open-source projects, including frameworks, development tools, libraries, and ecosystem technologies.

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Backend frameworksCMS 2JavaScript librariesPlatforms 2Static site generators

⚡ Technologies

We track 8 technologies owned or developed by .NET Foundation that are used across the web.

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1
.NET

A free, cross-platform, open-source developer platform from Microsoft used to build web, desktop, mobile, cloud, and IoT applications across Windows, Linux, and macOS.
2
ASP.NET MVC

A web application platform that implements the model-view-controller pattern as part of the ASP.NET framework.

FreeOpen source
3
ASP.NET Core

An open-source, cross-platform web framework and the successor to ASP.NET that enables development of web apps and APIs using .NET on Windows, macOS, or Linux.

FreeOpen source
4
SignalR

A library for ASP.NET that enables real-time two-way communication between servers and clients.

FreeOpen source
5
Orchard

An open-source content management system, the predecessor to Orchard Core.

FreeOpen source
6
Orchard Core

An open-source, modular content management system and application framework built on ASP.NET Core that allows multiple sites to run from a single installation and supports both traditional and headless content delivery.

FreeOpen source
7
DocFX

An open-source static site generator for .NET API documentation that builds developer documentation websites from source code comments and Markdown files.

FreeOpen source
8
Mono

A cross-platform open source implementation of Microsoft's .NET Framework based on the ECMA standards for C# and the Common Language Runtime.
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