# Azure/azure-sdk-for-net

This repository is for active development of the Azure SDK for .NET. For consumers of the SDK we recommend visiting our public developer docs at https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/azure/ or our versioned developer docs at https://azure.github.io/azure-sdk-for-net.

Repository: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-net
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/azure-sdk-for-net
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: azure, azure-sdk, microsoft, c-sharp, dotnet, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T23:27:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5384, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 864}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6042, forks 5185 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:34.558224+00:00)

## What it is
The official Azure SDK for .NET, containing client and management libraries for all Azure services, developed in the open. It provides consistent shared features like retries, logging, and authentication across packages.

## Use cases
- interact with azure services from c#
- upload blobs to azure storage in dotnet
- manage azure resources programmatically
- authenticate to azure from a .net app
- consume azure service apis in .net

## When to choose
- you build .NET applications that use Azure services
- you want consistent, officially supported Azure client libraries
- you need management-plane automation of Azure resources

## When to avoid
- your project does not use Azure
- you use a language other than .NET/C#
- you need a lightweight single-service client without the full SDK

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: sdk, http-client, auth, configuration-management
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools, apis
- platform: dotnet, cross-platform, cloud
- tags: azure, microsoft, c-sharp, client-libraries, management-apis

## Member repositories
- Azure/azure-sdk-for-net (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.558224+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:48:57.600942+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-net (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.558224+00:00, sha 2b51c9892c22)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.