Entity Framework
.NET ORM Framework
Overview
Developed byMicrosoft
Founded2008
LicenseMIT License
Open source✓ Open Source
Primary languageC#
Use caseObject-Relational Mapping (ORM) for .NET applications
Technical
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Claims33
Avg confidence95%
Avg freshness100%
Last updatedUpdated 20 days ago
WikidataQ5380267
Trust distribution
100% unverified
Entity Framework
product
Microsoft's object-relational mapper for .NET applications enabling data access using domain objects
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| .NET Framework or .NET Core | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
| .NET runtime | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
| .NET Framework | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
primary use case
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| Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) for .NET applications | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
| Object-Relational Mapping for .NET applications | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
programming language
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| C# | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
integrates with
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| .NET Core | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
| SQL Server | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
| .NET Framework | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
| ASP.NET Core | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
| PostgreSQL | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
| MySQL | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
developed by
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| Microsoft | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
pricing model
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| free | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
supports database
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| SQL Server | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
| MySQL | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
| SQLite | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
| PostgreSQL | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
maintained by
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| Microsoft | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
open source
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| true | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
supports approach
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| Code First | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
supports model
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| Database First | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
| Code First | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
license type
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| MIT License | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
supports protocol
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| SQL | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
first released
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| 2008 | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
founded year
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| 2008 | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
alternative to
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| ADO.NET | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
| NHibernate | ○Unverified | Moderate | Fresh | 1 |
| Dapper | ○Unverified | Moderate | Fresh | 1 |
first released year
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| 2008 | ○Unverified | High | Fresh | 1 |
competes with
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| Dapper | ○Unverified | Moderate | Fresh | 1 |
| NHibernate | ○Unverified | Moderate | Fresh | 1 |
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