Open source dotnet-core projects

Every project in the registry tagged dotnet-core, ranked by real GitHub adoption.

projects 14 combined stars ★ 79K refresh nightly
01 Bitwarden ★ 21K

Secure password management for individuals and businesses

last push3 hours ago languageC# license—
02 Notesnook ★ 15K

Zero-knowledge encrypted notes that sync across all devices

last push10 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseGPL-3.0
03 efcore ★ 15K

EF Core is a modern object-database mapper for .NET. It supports LINQ queries, change tracking, updates, and schema migrations.

last push5 hours ago languageC# licenseMIT
04 OrchardCore ★ 8.2K

Orchard Core is an open-source modular and multi-tenant application framework built with ASP.NET Core, and a content management system (CMS) built on top of tha

last push10 hours ago languageC# licenseBSD-3-Clause
05 Umbraco-CMS ★ 5.3K

Umbraco is a free and open source .NET content management system helping you deliver delightful digital experiences.

last push3 hours ago languageC# licenseMIT
06 KillerPDF ★ 4.3K

Free and open-source PDF editor for Windows with a built-in PDF 2.0 engine. View, annotate, OCR, merge, split, crop, rotate, compare, edit text, draw, sign, fil

last push2 hours ago languageC# licenseGPL-3.0
07 FastReport ★ 3.1K

Free Open Source Reporting tool for .NET6/.NET Core/.NET Framework that helps your application generate document-like reports

last push4 days ago languageC# licenseMIT
08 piranha.core ★ 2.2K

Piranha CMS is the friendly editor-focused CMS for .NET that can be used both as an integrated CMS or as a headless API.

last push6 days ago languageC# licenseMIT
09 Blogifier ★ 1.3K

Blogifier is an open-source publishing platform Written in ASP.NET and Blazor WebAssembly. With Blogifier make a personal blog or a website.

last push8 months ago languageC# licenseMIT
10 cofoundry ★ 902

Cofoundry is an extensible and flexible .NET Core CMS & application framework focusing on code first development

last push9 months ago languageC# licenseMIT
11 mix.core ★ 888

🚀 A future-proof enterprise web CMS supporting both headless and decoupled approaches. Build any type of app with customizable APIs on ASP.NET Core/.NET Core.

last push9 months ago languageC# licenseMIT
12 DnsClient.NET ★ 881

DnsClient.NET is a simple yet very powerful and high performant open source library for the .NET Framework to do DNS lookups

last push26 hours ago languageC# licenseApache-2.0
13 Etl.Net ★ 813

Mass processing data with a complete ETL for .net developers

last push24 days ago languageC# licenseMIT
14 ModularPipelines ★ 559

Write your pipelines in C# !

last push2 hours ago languageC# licenseMIT

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Frequently asked questions

How many open source dotnet-core projects are there?

This registry tracks 14 projects tagged dotnet-core, with 78,676 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is Bitwarden at 20,554 stars.

Are these dotnet-core projects free to use?

Yes — 13 of the 14 carry an explicit open-source licence across 4 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.

Which dotnet-core project should I choose?

The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.

Are these dotnet-core projects still maintained?

11 of the 14 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.