Top 13 C# source-generator Projects

Enum.Source.Generator

1 161 6.5 C#

A C# source generator to create an enumeration class from an enum type. With this package, you can work on enums very, very fast without using reflection.

Project mention: Reflection -> Source Generated | /r/dotnet | 2023-06-03

PropertyChanged.SourceGenerator

2 123 4.6 C#

Powerful INotifyPropertyChanged / INotifyPropertyChanging Source Generator, which generates INPC boilerplate for you as part of your build. Supports features such as automatic and manual dependencies between properties, notifications when specific properties change, and more.
WorkOS

workos.com sponsored

The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
Maui.Plugins.PageResolver

1 115 4.3 C#

A simple and lightweight page resolver for use in .NET MAUI projects
NTypewriter

8 109 8.3 C#

File/code generator using Scriban text templates populated with C# code metadata from Roslyn API.

Project mention: This week I released v2.1 of my text-templating library Weave that now uses Source Generators by default. | /r/dotnet | 2023-12-07

I am currently using NTypewriter for code generation.

M31.FluentAPI

3 59 1.9 C#

Generate fluent APIs for your C# classes with ease.
DotMake Command-Line

1 52 8.8 C#

Declarative syntax for System.CommandLine via attributes for easy, fast, strongly-typed (no reflection) usage. Includes a source generator which automagically converts your classes to CLI commands and properties to CLI options or CLI arguments. (by dotmake-build)

Project mention: DotMake Command-Line VS command-line-api - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/dotmake-build/command-line | 2023-12-13

HttpClientCodeGenerator

2 45 0.0 C#

HttpClientGenerator is a tool that uses the Roslyn code generator feature to write boilerplate HttpClient code for you.
InfluxDB

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Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
safe-routing

1 24 8.5 C#

A C# source generator for ASP.NET Core razor pages and MVC controllers which produces strongly-typed identifiers for routes.

Project mention: Advantages and disadvantages of FastEndpoints | /r/dotnet | 2023-06-24

There are other approaches to safe routing, like those that use C# Source Generators

generator-start

2 21 0.0 C#

template repository for a roslyn source generator
Tortuga.Shipwright

2 13 0.0 C#

A trait engine for C#.
PrimaryParameter

1 6 8.5 C#

Using a Field or Property attribute on parameters. Automaticaly generate private readonly fields or private properties. Forbid the use of primary constructor's parameters.
Xtz.StronglyTyped

3 4 10.0 C#

Set of NuGet packages to strongly-type your interfaces (properties, methods, APIs, DB entities, appsettings). Eliminate stringly-typed interfaces. Make compiler your friend, introduce semantics to your code.
MsSql.Adapter

1 1 10.0 C#

Dotnet incremental source generator of service contracts for MSSQL stored procedures

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source source-generator projects in C#? This list will help you:

	Project	Stars
1	Enum.Source.Generator	161
2	PropertyChanged.SourceGenerator	123
3	Maui.Plugins.PageResolver	115
4	NTypewriter	109
5	M31.FluentAPI	59
6	DotMake Command-Line	52
7	HttpClientCodeGenerator	45
8	safe-routing	24
9	generator-start	21
10	Tortuga.Shipwright	13
11	PrimaryParameter	6
12	Xtz.StronglyTyped	4
13	MsSql.Adapter	1