Ninject VS LightInject

Compare Ninject vs LightInject and see what are their differences.

Ninject

the ninja of .net dependency injectors (by ninject)
IoC

LightInject

An ultra lightweight IoC container (by seesharper)
IoC
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Ninject LightInject
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2,655 612
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0.0 3.4
10 months ago 4 months ago
C# C#
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later MIT License
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Ninject

Posts with mentions or reviews of Ninject. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

LightInject

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

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Ninject and LightInject you can also consider the following projects:

Autofac - An addictive .NET IoC container

Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection

Simple Injector - An easy, flexible, and fast Dependency Injection library that promotes best practice to steer developers towards the pit of success.

Unity - This repository contains all relevant information about Unity Container suit

DryIoc - DryIoc is fast, small, full-featured IoC Container for .NET

Castle Windsor - Castle Windsor is a best of breed, mature Inversion of Control container available for .NET

Simplify.DI - Simplify is an open-source set of lightweight .NET libraries that provide infrastructure for your applications. DI and mocking friendly.