VS MEF VS Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection

Compare VS MEF vs Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection and see what are their differences.

VS MEF

Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) implementation used by Visual Studio (by microsoft)
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VS MEF Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
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403 859
2.2% -
9.3 0.0
7 days ago -
C# C#
MIT License -
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VS MEF

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  • .NET Core plugin system
    1 project | /r/csharp | 1 Oct 2022
    This is good info! I had not heard of MEF being split up like this. Looks like there's a full explanation of everything here: https://github.com/microsoft/vs-mef/blob/main/doc/mef_library_differences.md

Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing VS MEF and Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection you can also consider the following projects:

Autofac - An addictive .NET IoC container

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

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

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

Ninject - the ninja of .net dependency injectors

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

StructureMap - A Dependency Injection/Inversion of Control tool for .NET

Scrutor - Assembly scanning and decoration extensions for Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection