# Entity Framework Core

Object-relational mapper for .NET that maps entity classes to databases and queries them with LINQ.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/efcore/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-08
Listed since: 2026-11-08

## Record

### Links

- home: https://learn.microsoft.com/ef/
- repository: https://github.com/dotnet/efcore
- docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/
- plugins: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/providers/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: .NET Foundation
- maintainerType: foundation
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: library
- hosting: dotnet
- language: csharp
- runtime: dotnet
- runtimeMin: dotnet 10.0
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: sqlserver, sqlite, mariadb, mysql, postgres
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: not applicable
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: nuget

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 10
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-25

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 14814
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 364
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 169
- dependentPackages: 5701

### Sources

- urls: https://learn.microsoft.com/ef/ (read 2026-11-08)
- urls: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/ (read 2026-11-08)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/dotnet/efcore (read 2026-11-08)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/dotnet/efcore/releases/tags/7.0.0-alpha2 (read 2026-11-08)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/efcore/main/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-11-08)
- category: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/ (read 2026-11-08)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/dotnet/efcore (read 2026-11-08)
- runtime: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/get-started/overview/install (read 2026-11-08)
- runtimeMin: https://api.nuget.org/v3-flatcontainer/microsoft.entityframeworkcore/10.0.14/microsoft.entityframeworkcore.nuspec (read 2026-11-08)
- installMethod: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/get-started/overview/install (read 2026-11-08)
- databases: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/efcore/main/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/efcore/main/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/efcore/main/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-11-08)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/dotnet/efcore/releases/tag/v10.0.13 (read 2026-11-08)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.nuget.org/v3/catalog0/data/2026.10.25.17.33.47/microsoft.entityframeworkcore.10.0.14.json (read 2026-11-08)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/dotnet/efcore (read 2026-11-08)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/dotnet/efcore/contributors (read 2026-11-08)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/nuget.org/packages/microsoft.entityframeworkcore (read 2026-11-08)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/nuget.org/packages/microsoft.entityframeworkcore (read 2026-11-08)

## Notes

Entity Framework Core is an object-relational mapper for .NET, developed in the dotnet/efcore repository next to Microsoft.Data.Sqlite, an ADO.NET provider for SQLite. Applications add the Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore package from NuGet together with the provider package for their database, as the [install guide](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/get-started/overview/install) describes. The library needs a recent version of .NET at runtime. Database access goes through provider packages, and the [providers list](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/providers/) names providers from several sources.

## Worth knowing

Not every provider is maintained by the EF Core project. A provider for a database that the core project does not ship, such as Firebird, MongoDB or Oracle, comes from its own maintainer.

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