Why is there a lack of cool repos?

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/dotnet

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  • Magick.NET

    The .NET library for ImageMagick

    Magick.NET for image manipulation https://github.com/dlemstra/Magick.NET

  • LibGit2Sharp

    Git + .NET = ❤

    libgit2sharp to work with git repositories in .NET https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2sharp

  • WorkOS

    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.

  • QuestPDF

    QuestPDF is a modern open-source .NET library for PDF document generation. Offering comprehensive layout engine powered by concise and discoverable C# Fluent API. Easily generate PDF reports, invoices, exports, etc.

    QuestPDF to create PDFs https://github.com/QuestPDF/QuestPDF

  • openiddict-core

    Flexible and versatile OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect stack for .NET

    Openiddict to create your own OpenID Connect server if you want to deep dive into auth https://github.com/openiddict/openiddict-core

  • certes

    A client implementation for the Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) protocol

    Certes to easily get https certificates with let's encrypt to encrypt your traffic https://github.com/fszlin/certes

  • LettuceEncrypt

    Free, automatic HTTPS certificate generation for ASP.NET Core web apps

    Based on that is LettuceEncrypt which makes it easy to create certificates on ASP.NET Core https://github.com/natemcmaster/LettuceEncrypt

  • awesome-dotnet

    A collection of awesome .NET libraries, tools, frameworks and software

    Have you looked through https://github.com/quozd/awesome-dotnet/blob/master/README.md

  • InfluxDB

    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.

  • PeachPie

    PeachPie - the PHP compiler and runtime for .NET and .NET Core

    It’s one of the most popular languages that is used to web apps at enterprise scale. You want useful? https://www.peachpie.io

  • FlaxEngine

    Flax Engine – multi-platform 3D game engine

  • Stride Game Engine

    Stride Game Engine (formerly Xenko)

  • ML.NET

    ML.NET is an open source and cross-platform machine learning framework for .NET.

    machine learning? https://github.com/dotnet/machinelearning

  • language-ext

    C# functional language extensions - a base class library for functional programming

  • ReactiveUI

    An advanced, composable, functional reactive model-view-viewmodel framework for all .NET platforms that is inspired by functional reactive programming. ReactiveUI allows you to abstract mutable state away from your user interfaces, express the idea around a feature in one readable place and improve the testability of your application.

  • CSCore

    An advanced audio library, written in C#. Provides tons of features. From playing/recording audio to decoding/encoding audio streams/files to processing audio data in realtime (e.g. applying custom effects during playback, create visualizations,...). The possibilities are nearly unlimited.

  • MonoGame

    One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games.

  • Spice86

    Reverse engineer and rewrite real mode DOS programs!

  • FNA

    FNA - Accuracy-focused XNA4 reimplementation for open platforms

  • Avalonia

    Develop Desktop, Embedded, Mobile and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML. The most popular .NET Foundation community project.

    AvaloniaUI : https://avaloniaui.net/

  • UWP Community Toolkit

    The Windows Community Toolkit is a collection of helpers, extensions, and custom controls. It simplifies and demonstrates common developer tasks building .NET apps with UWP and the Windows App SDK / WinUI 3 for Windows 10 and Windows 11. The toolkit is part of the .NET Foundation.

    https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/WindowsCommunityToolkit (now multiplateform)

  • ProjectPSX

    Experimental C# Playstation Emulator

  • Monofoxe

    Foxes made Monogame easy.

  • Silk.NET

    The high-speed OpenGL, OpenCL, OpenAL, OpenXR, GLFW, SDL, Vulkan, Assimp, WebGPU, and DirectX bindings library your mother warned you about.

  • SaaSHub

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

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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