vst.net vs CppSharp

vst.net

Virtual Studio Technology (VST) for .NET. Plugins and Host applications. (by obiwanjacobi)

#vst-plugin #Interop #Vst #vst24 #.NET #Plugin

obiwanjacobi.github.io

CppSharp

Tools and libraries to glue C/C++ APIs to high-level languages (by mono)

#Interoperability #Cppsharp #Parsing #Glue #syntax-tree #C# #C #Clang #Mono #Visitors #Cplusplus #Parser #Xamarin #xamarin-bindings #Swig #Interop #Bindings #.NET #Pinvoke #Bridge

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vst.net		CppSharp
	Project
2	Mentions	3
399	Stars	2,617
-	Growth	0.3%
1.3	Activity	5.6
6 months ago	Latest Commit	5 days ago
C#	Language	C#
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only	License	MIT License

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vst.net

Posts with mentions or reviews of vst.net. 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.

CppSharp

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Recommendation for software to aid with creating a C# wrapper around a c++ library
2 projects | /r/csharp | 22 Jun 2022

Or take a look at the tools CppSharp or SWIG, s.a. Example for SWIG to wrap C++ library in .Net 6.
COM or C++/CLI layer for long-term maintenance?
3 projects | /r/cpp | 30 May 2021

I would give CppSharp a crack first. It generates a .net wrapper using pinvoke.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vst.net and CppSharp you can also consider the following projects:

SWIG - SWIG is a software development tool that connects programs written in C and C++ with a variety of high-level programming languages.

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

pinvoke - 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.

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.

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

CXXI - C++ interop framework

PInvoke Interop Assistant - PInvoke Interop Assistant

V8 - The official mirror of the V8 Git repository

libffi - A portable foreign-function interface library.

ChaiScript - Embedded Scripting Language Designed for C++

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

sol2 - Sol3 (sol2 v3.0) - a C++ <-> Lua API wrapper with advanced features and top notch performance - is here, and it's great! Documentation:

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