Mapping Generator vs mapperly

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Mapping Generator		mapperly
	Project
3	Mentions	20
920	Stars	2,311
-	Growth	5.1%
6.5	Activity	9.6
almost 3 years ago	Latest Commit	3 days 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.

Mapping Generator

Posts with mentions or reviews of Mapping Generator. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-07.

MappingGenerator went commercial
3 projects | /r/csharp | 7 Jun 2021

You can see some examples on the project old page https://github.com/cezarypiatek/MappingGenerator
Architecture complexity in the dotnet community & Our duty to beginners
2 projects | /r/dotnet | 19 Mar 2021

mapperly

Posts with mentions or reviews of mapperly. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-07.

I created a new object mapper
2 projects | /r/dotnet | 7 Dec 2023

Check out https://github.com/riok/mapperly
Should I use AutoMapper for this?
1 project | /r/dotnet | 7 Jun 2023
Is Automapper the most hated library?
2 projects | /r/dotnet | 12 May 2023

There are alternatives doing this already e.g. https://github.com/riok/mapperly
When using the DTO pattern and rolling your own mappers, is there a shorter way to write the mapping functions?
4 projects | /r/csharp | 7 May 2023

No sure if I understand your problem correctly, but maybe something like Mapster or Mapperly could help with that, given that it can generate source code instead of using reflection or expression trees.
Auto Mapping Library
1 project | /r/csharp | 31 Mar 2023

That's why I'd suggest Mapperly. It outperforms Automapper too, Chapsas made a video about that recently.
Best .net/c# resources for senior engineer
3 projects | /r/dotnet | 8 Mar 2023

Do note that AutoMapper is reflection based. If you'd like a compile time mapper, looking into something like mapperly or MappingGenerator
What C# tools would you like to use that don't exist today?
9 projects | /r/csharp | 25 Feb 2023
Mapperly - A .NET source generator for object to object mappings
1 project | /r/GodotCSharp | 13 Jan 2023
Show HN: Mapperly – A .NET source generator for object to object mappings
1 project | /r/hypeurls | 12 Jan 2023

4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Jan 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Mapping Generator and mapperly you can also consider the following projects:

AutoMapper - A convention-based object-object mapper in .NET.

Mapster - A fast, fun and stimulating object to object Mapper

ExpressMapper - Mapping .Net types

AgileMapper - A zero-configuration, highly-configurable, unopinionated object mapper with viewable execution plans. Flattens, unflattens, deep clones, merges, updates and projects queries. .NET 3.5+ and .NET Standard 1.0+.

Protobuf.NET - Protocol Buffers library for idiomatic .NET

MediatR - Simple, unambitious mediator implementation in .NET

JsonByExampleGenerator - Generate classes based on example json files in your project. Uses a C# 9 source generator.

Waf DotNetPad - The Waf DotNetPad is a simple and fast code editor that makes fun to program with C# or Visual Basic.