The ASP.NET Core showcase

Discover the best projects built with ASP.NET Core

A hand-curated, daily-updated gallery of open-source projects. Browse the ecosystem, ranked by GitHub stars.

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233 projects

Roadmap to becoming an ASP.NET Core developer in 2026. Maintained by MoienTajik on GitHub, where it has earned 19,638 stars from the community.

Open-source web application framework for ASP.NET Core! Offers an opinionated architecture to build enterprise software solutions with best practices on top of the.NET. Provides the fundamental infrastructure, cross-cutting-concern implementations, startup templates, application modules, UI themes, tooling and documentation. Maintained by abpframework on GitHub, where it has earned 14,442 stars from the community.

Documentation for ASP.NET Core. Maintained by dotnet on GitHub, where it has earned 13,138 stars from the community.

ASP.NET Boilerplate - Web Application Framework. Maintained by aspnetboilerplate on GitHub, where it has earned 11,998 stars from the community.

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Practical samples of ASP.NET Core 11, 10, 9, 8.0, 7.0, 6.0, 5.0, 3.1, 2.2, and 2.1,projects you can use. Readme contains explanations on all projects. Maintained by dodyg on GitHub, where it has earned 10,406 stars from the community.

Roadmap for a.NET Backend Developer working with Microservices. Maintained by Elfocrash on GitHub, where it has earned 6,847 stars from the community.

Web Application ASP.NET 9 using Clean Architecture, DDD, CQRS, Event Sourcing and a lot of good practices. Maintained by EduardoPires on GitHub, where it has earned 6,781 stars from the community.

.NET 10, Angular 22, Clean Architecture, Clean Code, SOLID, KISS, DRY, Mediator Pattern, Folder-by-Feature Structure. Maintained by rafaelfgx on GitHub, where it has earned 3,277 stars from the community.

Microservices on.NET platforms used ASP.NET Web API, Docker, RabbitMQ, MassTransit, Grpc, Yarp API Gateway, PostgreSQL, Redis, SQLite, SqlServer, Marten, Entity Framework Core, CQRS, MediatR, DDD, Vertical and Clean Architecture implementation with using latest features of.NET 8 and C# 12. Maintained by aspnetrun on GitHub, where it has earned 3,250 stars from the community.

High performance understanding for stack traces (Make error logs more productive). Maintained by benaadams on GitHub, where it has earned 2,868 stars from the community.

PeachPie - the PHP compiler and runtime for.NET and.NET Core. Maintained by peachpiecompiler on GitHub, where it has earned 2,483 stars from the community.

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A native functional ASP.NET Core web framework for F# developers. Maintained by giraffe-fsharp on GitHub, where it has earned 2,255 stars from the community.

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A modular, scalable and ultra-fast open-source all-in-one eCommerce platform built on ASP.NET Core 10. Maintained by smartstore on GitHub, where it has earned 1,726 stars from the community.

A pragmatic.NET 8 framework for modular monoliths to evolve seamlessly into distributed microservices. Maintained by AlphaYu on GitHub, where it has earned 1,478 stars from the community.

Serilog integration for ASP.NET Core. Maintained by serilog on GitHub, where it has earned 1,426 stars from the community.

AI-ready reference architecture for Angular / ASP.NET Core projects. A hardened foundation with secure authentication, authorization, role and user management, and consistent patterns designed to be safely extended by AI tools. Stop letting AI hallucinate your auth and DB logic - give it a production-grade foundation to build on. Maintained by emonney on GitHub, where it has earned 1,352 stars from the community.

Open-source e-commerce platform for.NET 10 and MongoDB: multi-store, multi-vendor marketplace, B2B/B2C, headless REST API, Vue 3 storefront, Docker. Maintained by grandnode on GitHub, where it has earned 1,334 stars from the community.

A ready-to-use, layered ASP.NET Core 10 MVC solution template with Identity, EF Core, the repository pattern, Mapster mappings, dependency injection, tests and StyleCop warnings fixed. Maintained by NikolayIT on GitHub, where it has earned 1,192 stars from the community.

Bing.net core 3.1 ，，（、）、，，。. Maintained by bing-framework on GitHub, where it has earned 941 stars from the community.

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Professional REST API design with ASP.NET Core WebAPI. Maintained by dotnetzoom on GitHub, where it has earned 936 stars from the community.

The Bank API is a design reference project suitable to bootstrap development for a compliant and modern API. Maintained by erwinkramer on GitHub, where it has earned 843 stars from the community.

OpenID Connect Code Flow PKCE / Implicit Flow with Angular and ASP.NET Core 6 IdentityServer4. Maintained by damienbod on GitHub, where it has earned 722 stars from the community.

Event Sourcing, CQRS and DDD framework for C#/.NET Core. Maintained by revoframework on GitHub, where it has earned 716 stars from the community.

Get Started as a Web Developer with.NET, C#, and ASP.NET Core. Maintained by dotnet on GitHub, where it has earned 710 stars from the community.

ASP.NET Core 3.1, DDD、CQRS、EDA ES. Maintained by anjoy8 on GitHub, where it has earned 700 stars from the community.

A functional-first toolkit for building brilliant ASP.NET Core applications using F#. Maintained by falcoframework on GitHub, where it has earned 638 stars from the community.

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Samples for IdentityServer4,use.net core 2.0. Maintained by stulzq on GitHub, where it has earned 602 stars from the community.

A starter kit for your next ASP.NET Core web application. Boilerplate for ASP.NET Core reference application, demonstrating a layered application architecture with applying Clean Architecture and DDD best practices. Download 100+ page eBook PDF from here ->. Maintained by aspnetrun on GitHub, where it has earned 595 stars from the community.

ASP.NET Core Blazor Content Management System (CMS). Maintained by fluentcms on GitHub, where it has earned 560 stars from the community.

Real world Enterprise CRM application example of ASP.NET Core + Angular web application. Implemented CQRS Design Pattern for ASP.NET Core + Angular reference application, demonstrating a layered application architecture with DDD best practices. Download 100+ page eBook PDF from here ->. Maintained by aspnetrun on GitHub, where it has earned 547 stars from the community.

Blog system of https://edi.wang. Maintained by EdiWang on GitHub, where it has earned 538 stars from the community.

Starter project for creating APIs built on ASP.NET Core using clean architecture. Maintained by mmacneil on GitHub, where it has earned 528 stars from the community.

The Simplified Chinese edition of Microsoft ASP.NET Core documentation, translated by.NET Core Community and.NET China Community. Maintained by dotnetcore on GitHub, where it has earned 520 stars from the community.

A complete open source for electronic healthcare record management in Hospitals, Clinics and Pharmacy. Maintained by opensource-emr on GitHub, where it has earned 515 stars from the community.

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E-Commerce real world example of run-aspnetcore ASP.NET Core web application. Implemented e-commerce domain with clean architecture for ASP.NET Core reference application, demonstrating a layered application architecture with DDD best practices. Download 100+ page eBook PDF from here ->. Maintained by aspnetrun on GitHub, where it has earned 506 stars from the community.

ASP.NET Core Identity Series. Maintained by chsakell on GitHub, where it has earned 504 stars from the community.

Template for ASP.NET Core, Angular with Webpack and Visual Studio. Maintained by damienbod on GitHub, where it has earned 484 stars from the community.

The original DasBlog reimagined with ASP.NET Core. Maintained by poppastring on GitHub, where it has earned 482 stars from the community.

A filled with self-loathing implementation of Basic Authentication, and Certificate Authentication to make me feel like a real security person, all for for ASP.NET Core. Maintained by blowdart on GitHub, where it has earned 473 stars from the community.

Sample project demonstrating jwt-based authentication with an Angular (v5.2.1) frontend and ASP.NET Core 2 WebApi. Includes both local user registration with.NET Core Identity membership and facebook login scenarios. Maintained by mmacneil on GitHub, where it has earned 472 stars from the community.

.NET 10 Nuget Packages. Maintained by rafaelfgx on GitHub, where it has earned 469 stars from the community.

Azure SignalR Service SDK for.NET. Maintained by Azure on GitHub, where it has earned 455 stars from the community.

Syncfusion JavaScript UI controls library offer more than 50+ cross-browser, responsive, and lightweight HTML5 UI controls for building modern web applications. Maintained by syncfusion on GitHub, where it has earned 448 stars from the community.

StarBlog.NET Core ， Markdown ， RESTful 。 Vue + ElementUI ，.NET Core ，，，.Net Core 。. Maintained by Deali-Axy on GitHub, where it has earned 426 stars from the community.

DDD+CQRS+EventSourcing+Hypermedia API+ASP.NET Core 3.1+Masstransit+terraform+docker+k8s. Maintained by twzhangyang on GitHub, where it has earned 367 stars from the community.

HTTP mock server, useful to stub services and simulate dynamic API responses, leveraging ASP.NET Core features, built-in fake data generation and pure C# scripting. Maintained by natenho on GitHub, where it has earned 350 stars from the community.

Explore and learn Syncfusion Blazor components using large collection of demos, example applications and tutorial samples. Maintained by syncfusion on GitHub, where it has earned 325 stars from the community.

An ASP.NET Core 6.0 IdentityServer4 Identity Bootstrap 4 template with localization. Maintained by damienbod on GitHub, where it has earned 322 stars from the community.

An cheat sheet for modern C#. Maintained by milanm on GitHub, where it has earned 318 stars from the community.

Lightweight and Extensible Infrastructure for Building Web Applications - Web Application Framework. Maintained by rabbal on GitHub, where it has earned 315 stars from the community.

SignalR backend based on Orleans. Maintained by OrleansContrib on GitHub, where it has earned 309 stars from the community.

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Ready to develop template based on clean architecture principles. Supports ASP NET Core Identity integrated with JWE tokens, OTP authentication, stand alone plugin development, CQRS pattern using MediatR library and dynamic permission management system out of the box. Maintained by babaktaremi on GitHub, where it has earned 308 stars from the community.

Samples of simple service discovery patterns with ASP.NET Core. Maintained by cecilphillip on GitHub, where it has earned 296 stars from the community.

ASP.NET Core - Transform server-side validations to client-side without writing any javascript code. (Compatible with Fluent Validation). Maintained by sinanbozkus on GitHub, where it has earned 288 stars from the community.

Self-hosted media server for a small circle of family and friends. Maintained by kaybi-gh on GitHub, where it has earned 280 stars from the community.

ASP.NET Core 10.0 - Minimal API Example - Todo API implementation using ASP.NET Core Minimal API, Entity Framework Core, Token authentication, Versioning, Unit Testing, Integration Testing and Open API. Maintained by anuraj on GitHub, where it has earned 275 stars from the community.

Some demos for learning. Maintained by catcherwong on GitHub, where it has earned 268 stars from the community.

Identity package that uses Dapper instead EntityFramework for use with.NET Core. Maintained by grandchamp on GitHub, where it has earned 268 stars from the community.

Certificate Manager in.NET Core for creating and using X509 certificates. Maintained by damienbod on GitHub, where it has earned 264 stars from the community.

Sample project demonstrating a GraphQL service built with ASP.NET Core 2.2, Entity Framework Core and graphql-dotnet. Maintained by mmacneil on GitHub, where it has earned 263 stars from the community.

What is ASP.NET Core?

ASP.NET Core is Microsoft’s cross-platform framework for high-performance web apps and APIs. This gallery lists 233 open-source projects built with ASP.NET Core, most of them in DevTools, Authentication and APIs, ranked by GitHub stars so the most-adopted repositories come first.

How projects are selected

Projects are public GitHub repositories found with the GitHub search query “topic:aspnet-core” and at least 20 stars. Each repository is checked against ASP.NET Core’s languages and ecosystem before it is categorized, and stars, forks and last-commit dates come straight from the GitHub API, refreshed daily (current snapshot: October 6, 2026). Nothing here is paid placement.

ASP.NET Core projects: FAQ

How many open-source ASP.NET Core projects are listed?: 233 open-source projects built with ASP.NET Core are listed, sourced from public GitHub repositories as of October 6, 2026.
What is the most-starred ASP.NET Core project on GitHub?: AspNetCore-Developer-Roadmap by MoienTajik leads with 19,638 GitHub stars (19.6k), followed by abp with 14,442.
What kinds of projects are built with ASP.NET Core?: The largest category is DevTools, with 111 projects (48% of the gallery), followed by Authentication with 41. Projects span 14 categories in total.
Which license do most ASP.NET Core projects use?: MIT is the most common license, used by 142 of 233 projects (61%); Apache-2.0 is next with 22. 51 projects declare no recognized license.

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