# CSLA .NET

Software development framework for .NET that provides business objects, a rules engine and data binding for the business layer of an application.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/csla/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- home: https://cslanet.com
- repository: https://github.com/MarimerLLC/csla
- docs: https://github.com/MarimerLLC/csla/blob/main/docs/readme.md
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cslanet.bsky.social
- mastodon: https://dotnet.social/@cslanet
- discord: https://discord.gg/9ahKjb7ccf
- forum: https://github.com/MarimerLLC/csla/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Marimer LLC
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: dotnet
- language: csharp
- runtime: dotnet
- runtimeMin: dotnet 8
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: NuGet package Csla, or release binaries

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 10
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-08

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1346
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 76
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://cslanet.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/MarimerLLC/csla (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://github.com/MarimerLLC/csla/blob/main/docs/readme.md (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MarimerLLC/csla/main/license.md (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/MarimerLLC/csla (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://cslanet.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://cslanet.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- runtimeMin: https://cslanet.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- runtimeMin: https://cslanet.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://github.com/MarimerLLC/csla/blob/main/docs/Getting-started.md (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://cslanet.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MarimerLLC/csla/main/license.md (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MarimerLLC/csla/main/license.md (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/MarimerLLC/csla/tags (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/MarimerLLC/csla/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/MarimerLLC/csla/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/MarimerLLC/csla (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/MarimerLLC/csla/contributors (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

CSLA .NET is a software development framework for .NET that helps build the business layer of an application as object-oriented business objects. The homepage lists ASP.NET Core Blazor, Razor Pages and MVC among the supported platforms, so the business layer can sit behind a web front end. The framework is installed from the NuGet package Csla or from release binaries. The homepage says Rockford Lhotka created it, and the copyright belongs to Marimer LLC.

## Worth knowing

The homepage lists .NET Framework 4.6.2 and later next to .NET 8, 9 and 10. The project sells books and videos through a store; these are not editions of the software, and the record lists no paid edition.

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