# googleapis/google-cloud-dotnet

Google Cloud Client Libraries for .NET

Repository: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-dotnet
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/google-cloud-dotnet
Homepage: https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/
Language: C#
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: google-cloud, dotnet, client-libraries
Last push: 2026-09-01T01:03:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 88, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4124, "days_push": 2, "days_rel": 2, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 844}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1093, forks 412 (observed 2026-09-01T02:14:01.909719+00:00)

## What it is
Google's official .NET client libraries for Google Cloud Platform services, published as NuGet packages covering APIs like BigQuery, Storage, Analytics, and AI Platform. The libraries provide idiomatic, high-level abstractions that reduce boilerplate when calling Google Cloud APIs from C#.

## Use cases
- call google cloud apis from c#
- use bigquery in a dotnet app
- upload files to google cloud storage from .net
- integrate google analytics data into a .net service
- access vertex ai from c#
- manage gcp resources programmatically in .net

## When to choose
- you're building .NET applications that use Google Cloud services
- you want officially supported, idiomatic C# clients with automatic auth and retries
- you need broad coverage of GCP APIs from one maintained ecosystem

## When to avoid
- you're using a language other than C#/.NET
- you need a lightweight raw REST client with no SDK abstraction
- you're targeting AWS or Azure instead of Google Cloud

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: sdk, http-client, api-framework
- domain: cloud-computing, apis, developer-tools, backend
- platform: dotnet, cloud, cross-platform
- tags: google-cloud, client-libraries, csharp, nuget, gcp

## Member repositories
- googleapis/google-cloud-dotnet (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-01T02:14:01.909719+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 2026-08-30T06:49:08.092237+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-dotnet (fetched 2026-09-01T02:14:01.909719+00:00, sha 1a6b02994562)
  - homepage: https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:10.847463+00:00, sha 723ef4942971)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.