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.NET Aspire

The cloud-native framework for building observable, production-ready, distributed applications.

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Supported on all major cloud providers

Why use cloud-native architecture?

Meet changing business needs and market demands with increased agility.

Build resilient apps with increased scalability and availability.

Reduce costs by taking advantage of pay as-you-go cloud services.

Deploy and run on Linux, containers, or any cloud platform of your choice.

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.NET Aspire helps you every step of the way

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Easily define your app and dependencies

Use C# and familiar APIs without a line of YAML. Easily add popular cloud services, connect them to your projects, and run locally with a single click.

.NET Aspire helps you every step of the way

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Infused with cloud-native best practices

Every .NET Aspire component comes with logging, health checks, telemetry, and resiliency out-of-the-box.

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Support for popular cloud services

Connect your app to over 20 messaging, storage, and database products easily with components.

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Diagnose app issues faster

See live OpenTelemetry data with no configuration required. Launched by default on run, .NET Aspire's developer dashboard shows logs, environment variables, distributed traces, metrics and more to quickly verify app behavior.

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Deploy your way

Deploying apps and dependencies to the cloud is complicated. Aspire makes it easier to deploy any cloud and integrate with your current tools.

Runs on all major cloud providers

Microsoft Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Write high-performance web APIs with ASP.NET Core

ASP.NET Core is one of the fastest web frameworks ranked by TechEmpower.³

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Build cloud-native apps with ease

Cloud-native ecosystem

Build flexible, scalable, and future-proof cloud-native apps that can work seamlessly across various platforms and environments.

Native container creation

Build .NET container images without needing to write a Dockerfile.

Observability

See your code in action with powerful observability APIs and support for OpenTelemetry.

Easy to understand APIs

gRPC and REST with OpenAPI

Power your apps for any front end with .NET's support for all popular APIs.

Create a gRPC client

Data access made simple

Use Entity Framework to query popular databases such as PostgreSQL, SQL Server, SQLite, and Cosmos DB without SQL.

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Resiliency

Use .NET's built-in resiliency APIs for creating reliable applications with ease.

Tools for building great .NET apps

What is Azure Developer CLI?

Azure Developer CLI (azd) accelerates your journey from local development environment to Azure. Initialize a repo, provision resources, and deploy your application with one tool.

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Azure Developer CLI templates

Use flexible and idiomatic app templates infused with cloud best practices. Curated for .NET, you can get local development to Azure in minutes.

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C# Dev Kit in VS Code

Write, maintain, test, and debug your code with Visual Studio Code's C# Dev Kit. Elevate your C# development on Windows, macOS, Linux, or GitHub Codespaces.

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Frequently asked
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Demystify cloud-native development with.NET Aspire