NGit vs Verlite

NGit

Automated jgit port to c# (by mono)

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Verlite

Automatically version projects via semantic git tags with a focus on being lite, optimized for continuous delivery. (by AshleighAdams)

Git Tools minver gitversion Versioning Version Manager Version Msbuild Semver semver-tag dotnet-core continuous-delivery

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NGit		Verlite
	Project
-	Mentions	5
257	Stars	24
-	Growth	-
0.7	Activity	5.9
about 4 years ago	Latest Commit	25 days ago
C#	Language	C#
-	License	MIT License

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.

NGit

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

We haven't tracked posts mentioning NGit yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

Verlite

Posts with mentions or reviews of Verlite. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-17.

TIL: you can change the display width of tab characters in your GitHub settings if you don't like 8 character indentation
3 projects | /r/programming | 17 May 2022

I personally just have a style that reduces the need for alignment: https://github.com/AshleighAdams/Verlite/tree/master/src/Verlite.Core
Constant merge conflicts on csproj files
3 projects | /r/dotnet | 6 Oct 2021

Self promotion: I made Verlite for this purpose, tho something like GitVersion might be more suitable for your workflow.
Automatic .NET Versioning Tool
5 projects | /r/dotnet | 10 Apr 2021

If anyone is interested, I recently released mine, with an approach closer to MinVer + tags as a source of truth: https://github.com/AshleighAdams/Verlite
Verlite - A lightweight dotnet core versioning library based on tags
1 project | /r/coolgithubprojects | 31 Mar 2021
I built Verlite, a lightweight versioning library with a feature set between MinVer and GitVersion
1 project | /r/SideProject | 31 Mar 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing NGit and Verlite you can also consider the following projects:

LibGit2Sharp - Git + .NET = ❤

GitVersion - From git log to SemVer in no time

GitRead.Net - .Net Standard library for reading Git repository data

Git Credential Manager for Windows

GitLink - Making .NET open source accessible!

GitExtensions - Git Extensions is a standalone UI tool for managing git repositories. It also integrates with Windows Explorer and Microsoft Visual Studio (2015/2017/2019).

posh-git - A PowerShell environment for Git

Nerdbank.GitVersioning - Stamp your assemblies, packages and more with a unique version generated from a single, simple version.json file and include git commit IDs for non-official builds.

Bonobo Git Server - Bonobo Git Server for Windows is a web application you can install on your IIS and easily manage and connect to your git repositories. Go to homepage for release and more info.

GitTrends - A iOS and Android app to monitor the Views, Clones and Star history of your GitHub repos