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.NET

ASP.NET Core scaffolds with EF Core or Dapper, Identity, Minimal APIs or Hot Chocolate, SignalR, background jobs, tests, and deploy files.

.NET projects generate ASP.NET Core applications that follow standard dotnet conventions. Choose .NET options for the web framework, data access, auth, API style, realtime, background jobs, observability, caching, testing, and deploy files.

Prerequisites

.NET SDK 10 or newer.
PostgreSQL when using ef-core with the postgres database; SQLite needs no server.
Docker when using the docker deploy target or testcontainers-dotnet.
Git if you want repository initialization.

Scripted example

npm create better-fullstack@latest my-dotnet-app -- \  --ecosystem dotnet \  --dotnet-web-framework aspnet-minimal \  --dotnet-orm ef-core \  --dotnet-auth aspnet-identity \  --dotnet-api minimal-api \  --dotnet-testing xunit \  --dotnet-job-queue hangfire \  --dotnet-realtime signalr \  --dotnet-observability serilog \  --dotnet-caching redis \  --dotnet-deploy docker \  --database postgres \  --ai-docs none \  --no-install \  --no-git

.NET categories

Category	Values
Web framework	`aspnet-minimal` `aspnet-mvc` `aspnet-blazor` `none`
Data access	`ef-core` `dapper` `linq2db` `none`
Auth	`aspnet-identity` `duende-identityserver` `auth0-aspnet` `none`
API	`minimal-api` `graphql-hotchocolate` `grpc-dotnet` `none`
Testing	`xunit` `nunit` `moq` `testcontainers-dotnet` `none`
Background jobs	`hangfire` `quartz-net` `hosted-services` `none`
Realtime	`signalr` `none`
Observability	`opentelemetry-dotnet` `serilog` `nlog` `health-checks` `none`
Validation	`fluentvalidation` `data-annotations` `none`
Caching	`redis` `memory-cache` `none`
Deploy	`docker` `azure` `aws` `none`

Compatibility notes

.NET options only apply with --ecosystem dotnet.
ASP.NET Core is a standalone .NET web framework; TypeScript frontend and backend options are ignored.
--dotnet-testing and --dotnet-observability accept multiple values.
ef-core selects the provider from --database: postgres uses Npgsql, anything else falls back to SQLite.
aspnet-identity registers Identity stores only when paired with ef-core; without it the scaffold registers plain authentication and authorization services.
Non-interactive defaults when --ecosystem dotnet is set: aspnet-minimal, ef-core, aspnet-identity, minimal-api, xunit, signalr, serilog, and docker.

Generated behavior

The project includes a .csproj, Program.cs, appsettings.json, an .http request file, a test project, .gitignore, and setup notes in the README.
EF Core selections wire up a DbContext with the Npgsql or SQLite provider plus the design-time package for migrations.
Optional selections add working ASP.NET Core code for Identity, Hot Chocolate GraphQL, gRPC services, SignalR hubs, Hangfire or Quartz.NET jobs, Serilog/NLog/OpenTelemetry pipelines, Redis caching, and a multi-stage Dockerfile.