Entity Framework Core
Documentation on using EF Core is available at https://docs.microsoft.com/ef/core/.
EF Core here, EF6 elsewhere
This project is for Entity Framework Core. Entity Framework 6 is still under active development at https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFramework6.
What is EF Core?
Entity Framework (EF) Core is a lightweight and extensible version of the popular Entity Framework data access technology.
EF Core is an object-relational mapper (O/RM) that enables .NET developers to work with a database using .NET objects. It eliminates the need for most of the data-access code that developers usually need to write.
Weekly status updates
See the weekly status updates issue to keep up-to-date on what is happening in the world of EF Core.
Database Providers
The source for SQL Server, SQLite, and InMemory providers are included in this project. Additional providers are available. For a complete list, see https://docs.microsoft.com/ef/core/providers/. Information about how to use nightly builds can be found here
| Provider | Package name | Stable | Nightly (master branch) |
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| SQL Server | Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer |
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| SQLite | Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SQLite |
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| InMemory (for testing) | Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.InMemory |
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Project Wiki
More details about our project, like our release roadmap, or how to get and build our code, are located in our our project wiki.
Building from source
To run a complete build on command line only, execute build.cmd or build.sh without arguments.
This will execute only the part of the build script that downloads and initializes a few required build tools and packages.
See developer documentation for more details.
Code of conduct
This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.