🔝Top 10 C# Projects on GitHub (Q1 2021) and the trend

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  1. eShopOnContainers

    Discontinued Cross-platform .NET sample microservices and container based application that runs on Linux Windows and macOS. Powered by .NET 7, Docker Containers and Azure Kubernetes Services. Supports Visual Studio, VS for Mac and CLI based environments with Docker CLI, dotnet CLI, VS Code or any other code editor. Moved to https://github.com/dotnet/eShop.

    .NET Microservices Sample Reference Application Sample .NET Core reference application, powered by Microsoft, based on a simplified microservices architecture and Docker containers. Build Status (GitHub Actions) Image Status Image Status Web Status Shopping Aggregator (Web) Basket API Shopping Aggregator (Mobile) Catalog API Web Client (MVC) Identity API Web Client (SPA) Ordering API Webhooks Client Payment API Ordering SignalR Dev branch contains the latest beta code and their images are tagged with :linux-dev in our Docker Hub Getting Started Make sure you have installed and configured docker in your environment. After that, you can run the below commands from the /src/ directory and get started with the eShopOnContainers immediately. docker-compose build docker-compose up Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode You should be able to browse different components of the application by using the below URLs : Web Status : http://host.docker.internal:5107/ Web MVC : http://host.docker.internal:5100/ Web SPA : http://host.docker.internal:5104/ Note: If you are running…

  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. ShareX

    ShareX is a free and open-source application that enables users to capture or record any area of their screen with a single keystroke. It also supports uploading images, text, and various file types to a wide range of destinations.

    For further information check getsharex.com

  4. shadowsocks-windows

    A C# port of shadowsocks

    Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows 10 experience for greater productivity. For more info on PowerToys overviews and guides, or any other tools and resources for Windows development environments, head over to docs.microsoft.com!

  5. PowerToys

    Windows system utilities to maximize productivity

    View on GitHub

  6. PowerShell

    PowerShell for every system!

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  7. CodeHub

    Discontinued CodeHub is an iOS application written using Xamarin

    View on GitHub

  8. ASP.NET Core

    ASP.NET Core is a cross-platform .NET framework for building modern cloud-based web applications on Windows, Mac, or Linux.

    View on GitHub

  9. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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  10. Wox

    A cross-platform launcher that simply works

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  11. dnSpy

    git clone --recursive https://github.com/dnSpy/dnSpy.git cd dnSpy # or dotnet build ./build.ps1 -NoMsbuild

  12. dnSpy-Unity-mono

    Discontinued Fork of Unity mono that's used to compile mono.dll with debugging support enabled

    To debug Unity games, you need this repo too: https://github.com/dnSpy/dnSpy-Unity-mono (or get the binaries from https://github.com/dnSpy/dnSpy/releases/unity)

  13. v2rayN

    A GUI client for Windows, Linux and macOS, support Xray and sing-box and others

    View on GitHub

  14. WaveFunctionCollapse

    Bitmap & tilemap generation from a single example with the help of ideas from quantum mechanics

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  15. AspNetCore.Docs

    Documentation for ASP.NET Core

    ASP.NET Core is an open-source and cross-platform framework for building modern cloud based internet connected applications, such as web apps, IoT apps and mobile backends. ASP.NET Core apps run on .NET Core, a free, cross-platform and open-source application runtime. It was architected to provide an optimized development framework for apps that are deployed to the cloud or run on-premises. It consists of modular components with minimal overhead, so you retain flexibility while constructing your solutions. You can develop and run your ASP.NET Core apps cross-platform on Windows, Mac and Linux. Learn more about ASP.NET Core.

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