CXXI vs pinvoke

CXXI

C++ interop framework (by mono)

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A library containing all P/Invoke code so you don't have to import it every time. Maintained and updated to support the latest Windows OS. (by dotnet)

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CXXI		pinvoke
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-	Mentions	6
197	Stars	1,995
-	Growth	-
0.1	Activity	0.0
over 3 years ago	Latest Commit	9 months ago
C#	Language	C#
MIT License	License	MIT License

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CXXI

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

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

pinvoke

Posts with mentions or reviews of pinvoke. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-07.

Win API programming C# Books?
1 project | /r/csharp | 10 Oct 2022
Globally detecting mouse clicks.
3 projects | /r/csharp | 7 Sep 2022

Hooks are a low-level Win 32 API and are not directly exposed from the BCL, so you either need to write your own P/Invoke code (maybe using something like https://github.com/dotnet/pinvoke)
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3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Jun 2022
Would you want/use an improved interface to native Win32 APIs for .NET?
4 projects | /r/dotnet | 24 Nov 2021

To add to the pile of solutions for this: https://github.com/dotnet/pinvoke
Ask any question about ReSharper or Rider: Q&A session with JetBrains
8 projects | /r/dotnet | 19 Jan 2021

I'm using the PInvoke libraries (cf. https://github.com/dotnet/pinvoke/). And if my mouse hovers a split of a second over PInvoke.User32 or even worse PInvoke.Kernel32, VS will freeze for 2 minutes trying to render the very big summary of those classes.
Starting app with GUI from windows service
2 projects | /r/csharp | 8 Jan 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing CXXI and pinvoke you can also consider the following projects:

CppSharp - Tools and libraries to glue C/C++ APIs to high-level languages

Vanara - A set of .NET libraries for Windows implementing PInvoke calls to many native Windows APIs with supporting wrappers.

CefSharp - .NET (WPF and Windows Forms) bindings for the Chromium Embedded Framework

PythonNet - Python for .NET is a package that gives Python programmers nearly seamless integration with the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) and provides a powerful application scripting tool for .NET developers.

PInvoke Interop Assistant - PInvoke Interop Assistant

LegacyWrapper - LegacyWrapper uses a x86 wrapper to call legacy dlls from a 64 bit process (or vice versa).

Sharpen - Sharpen is an Eclipse plugin created by db4o that allows you to convert your Java project into c#

CsWin32 - A source generator to add a user-defined set of Win32 P/Invoke methods and supporting types to a C# project.