Entity Framework 6 alternatives and similar packages
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TypeORM
ORM for TypeScript and JavaScript. Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, SQLite, MS SQL Server, Oracle, SAP Hana, WebSQL databases. Works in NodeJS, Browser, Ionic, Cordova and Electron platforms. -
Dapper
DISCONTINUED. Dapper - a simple object mapper for .Net [Moved to: https://github.com/DapperLib/Dapper] -
Entity Framework
EF Core is a modern object-database mapper for .NET. It supports LINQ queries, change tracking, updates, and schema migrations. -
SqlSugar
.Net aot ORM Fastest ORM Simple Easy VB.NET Sqlite orm Oracle ORM Mysql Orm 虚谷数据库 postgresql ORm SqlServer oRm 达梦 ORM 人大金仓 ORM 神通ORM C# ORM , C# ORM .NET ORM NET5 ORM .NET6 ORM ClickHouse orm QuestDb ,TDengine ORM,OceanBase orm,GaussDB orm ,Tidb orm Object/Relational Mapping -
FreeSql
🦄 .NET aot orm, C# orm, VB.NET orm, Mysql orm, Postgresql orm, SqlServer orm, Oracle orm, Sqlite orm, Firebird orm, 达梦 orm, 人大金仓 orm, 神通 orm, 翰高 orm, 南大通用 orm, 虚谷 orm, 国产 orm, Clickhouse orm, QuestDB orm, MsAccess orm. -
EFCore.BulkExtensions
Entity Framework EF Core efcore Bulk Batch Extensions with BulkCopy in .Net for Insert Update Delete Read (CRUD), Truncate and SaveChanges operations on SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite -
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Dapper Extensions
Dapper Extensions is a small library that complements Dapper by adding basic CRUD operations (Get, Insert, Update, Delete) for your POCOs. For more advanced querying scenarios, Dapper Extensions provides a predicate system. The goal of this library is to keep your POCOs pure by not requiring any attributes or base class inheritance. -
SmartSql
SmartSql = MyBatis in C# + .NET Core+ Cache(Memory | Redis) + R/W Splitting + PropertyChangedTrack +Dynamic Repository + InvokeSync + Diagnostics -
NPoco
Simple microORM that maps the results of a query onto a POCO object. Project based on Schotime's branch of PetaPoco -
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SQLProvider
A general F# SQL database erasing type provider, supporting LINQ queries, schema exploration, individuals, CRUD operations and much more besides. -
MongoDB Repository pattern implementation
DISCONTINUED. Repository abstraction layer on top of Official MongoDB C# driver -
MongoDB.Entities
A data access library for MongoDB with an elegant api, LINQ support and built-in entity relationship management -
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DbExtensions
Data-access framework with a strong focus on query composition, granularity and code aesthetics. -
NReco.Data
Fast DB-independent DAL for .NET Core: abstract queries, SQL commands builder, schema-less data access, POCO mapping (micro-ORM). -
EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.SimpleBulks
Very simple .net library that supports bulk insert (retain client populated Ids or return db generated Ids), bulk update, bulk delete, bulk merge and bulk match operations. Lambda Expression is supported. -
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Linq.Expression.Optimizer
System.Linq.Expression expressions optimizer. http://thorium.github.io/Linq.Expression.Optimizer -
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EntityFramework.DatabaseMigrator
EntityFramework.DatabaseMigrator is a WinForms utility to help manage Entity Framework 6.0+ migrations.
InfluxDB - Purpose built for real-time analytics at any scale.
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README
Entity Framework 6
Entity Framework 6 (EF6) is an object-relational mapper that enables .NET Framework, .NET Core, and modern .NET developers to work with relational data using domain-specific objects. It eliminates the need for most of the data-access code that developers usually need to write.
Status and Support
The latest version of EF6 is still supported by Microsoft--see Entity Framework Support Policies for details. However, EF6 is no longer being actively developed. This means that:
- Security issues will be fixed, as for any supported product.
- High-impact bugs, typically those impacting a very large number of users, may be fixed.
- Other bugs will not be fixed.
- New features will not be implemented
This plan focuses on stability of the codebase and compatibility of new versions above all else, excepting security. In general, the EF6 codebase is reliable and has been stable for several years with few significant bugs. However, due to the complexity and number of usage scenarios, and also the sheer number of applications that use EF6, any change has the potential to regress existing behaviors. This is why we will be making only security fixes. Also, we will not be accepting pull requests made by the community, again to ensure stability of the codebase.
Entity Framework Core
Entity Framework Core (EF Core) is a lightweight and extensible version of Entity Framework and continues to be actively developed on the EFCore GitHUb repo. EF Core is developed exclusively for modern .NET and does not run on .NET Framework. EF Core includes many improvements and new features over EF6. EF Core has a different architecture to EF6 and takes a very different approach to its internals--for example, EF Core does not support a visual designer or EDMX files. However, most EF6 projects can be ported to EF Core with some amount of work--see Port from EF6 to EF Core for a guide.
Forks
The EF6 code is published under the Apache License 2.0. This means it is permissible to fork the code and build custom versions of EF6. Making changes in a fork is one way to work around any issues or add new features without impacting the stability of the main branch and releases. Indeed, there are commercial third-party forks of EF6 available for a fee that add new features to EF6. (Microsoft does not endorse or provide support for any forked versions of EF6.)
Note that a fork is not needed to use EF6 on .NET Core and modern .NET platforms; the existing EF6 packages already support this.
Getting help
See the EF6 docs for installation, documentation, tutorials, samples, etc. This documentation is no longer being updated, but still contains useful and usable content.
The EF team is focusing efforts on EF Core, and hence team members are unlikely to respond to issues filed on this repo. We recommend asking questions on Stack Overflow.
You may instead choose to contact a Microsoft Support professional for support. Please note that this may incur a fee.
EF6 Tools for Visual Studio
The code for the EF6 Tools for VS (including the visual designer) can be found in the EF6Tools repo.
EF6 PowerTools
The EF6 PowerTools is a community-driven project with its own github repo.
*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the Entity Framework 6 README section above
are relevant to that project's source code only.