SmartFormat.NET

A lightweight text templating library written in C# which can be a drop-in replacement for string.Format

Description

A lightweight templating library, with an emphasis on grammar. SmartFormat.NET makes it easy for a data-driven template to have proper pluralization, gender conjugation, lists, and conditional language logic.

Nuget Install-Package SmartFormat.NET

Code Quality Rank: L2

Programming language: C#

License: GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

Tags: Template     Template Engine     Format     String     Named     Placeholders     Composition     C     Compatible    

Latest version: v2.5.3.0

README

SmartFormat is a is a lightweight text templating library written in C# which can be a drop-in replacement for string.Format. More than that SmartFormat can format data with named placeholders, lists, localization, pluralization and other smart extensions.

• High performance with low memory footprint
• Minimal, intuitive syntax
• Formatting takes place exclusively at runtime
• Exact control of whitespace text output
• string.Format compatibility mode and SmartFormat enhanced mode
• Most common data sources work out-of-the-box
• Many built-in formatting extensions
• Custom formatting and source extensions are easy to integrate

Supported Frameworks

• .Net Framework 4.6.1 and later
• .Net Standard 2.0
• .Net Standard 2.1 and later for best optimizations

Get started

Install the full NuGet package -or-

Install the core NuGet package

Have a look at the SmartFormat Wiki

See the [changelog](CHANGES.md) for changes.

License

SmartFormat is licensed under [The MIT License (MIT)](LICENSE.md)

The bundled project SmartFormat.ZString is Copyright © Cysharp, Inc. Their software is licensed under [The MIT License (MIT)](src/SmartFormat.ZString/repo/LICENSE). Their conversion methods under the ZString/Number directory is Copyright © .NET Foundation and Contributors und is licensed under The MIT License (MIT).

Thanks!

We would like to thank JetBrains for supporting the project with free licenses of their fantastic tools.