CacheCow vs CacheManager

CacheCow

An implementation of HTTP Caching in .NET Core and 4.5.2+ for both the client and the server (by aliostad)

CacheManager

CacheManager is an open source caching abstraction layer for .NET written in C#. It supports various cache providers and implements many advanced features. (by MichaCo)

Caching Cachemanager C# Cache Redis Memcached .NET dotnet-core

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cachemanager.michaco.net

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CacheCow		CacheManager
	Project
1	Mentions	3
845	Stars	2,320
-	Growth	-
4.0	Activity	0.0
3 months ago	Latest Commit	12 months ago
C#	Language	C#
MIT License	License	Apache License 2.0

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

CacheCow

Posts with mentions or reviews of CacheCow. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-19.

Data caching in ASP.NET web API
2 projects | /r/csharp | 19 Dec 2022

CacheManager

Posts with mentions or reviews of CacheManager. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-08.

Caching in .NET
2 projects | dev.to | 8 May 2023

Leverage Frameworks and Libraries: Numerous libraries and frameworks are available for .NET that can simplify caching implementation and management. Examples include CacheManager, EasyCaching, and LazyCache. Evaluate these options to see if they meet your requirements and can help streamline your caching strategy.
Some useful Libraries for .NET projects
6 projects | dev.to | 2 Oct 2021
Caching: IMemoryCache vs IDistributedCache
2 projects | /r/dotnet | 15 Apr 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing CacheCow and CacheManager you can also consider the following projects:

Lazy Cache - An easy to use thread safe in-memory caching service with a simple developer friendly API for c#

CacheAdapter

EasyCaching - :boom: EasyCaching is an open source caching library that contains basic usages and some advanced usages of caching which can help us to handle caching more easier!

NCache - NCache: Highly Scalable In-Memory Distributed Cache for .NET

Akavache - An asynchronous, persistent key-value store created for writing desktop and mobile applications, based on SQLite3. Akavache is great for both storing important data as well as cached local data that expires.

SharpRepository - C# Generic Repository for use with Entity Framework, RavenDB and more with built-in caching options.

Electron.NET - :electron: Build cross platform desktop apps with ASP.NET Core (Razor Pages, MVC, Blazor).