# dotnet/iot

This repo includes .NET Core implementations for various IoT boards, chips, displays and PCBs.

Repository: https://github.com/dotnet/iot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/iot
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-24T05:04:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 52, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2890, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 160, "gap_med": 160.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2405, forks 629 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:44.094762+00:00)

## What it is
Official .NET libraries (System.Device.Gpio and Iot.Device.Bindings) for building IoT applications that interact with GPIO pins, serial ports, sensors, displays, and boards like Raspberry Pi. It provides a growing set of community-maintained device bindings for IoT components.

## Use cases
- control gpio pins from a .net application on raspberry pi
- read temperature sensor data in c#
- drive an lcd display from .net
- communicate with an arduino over serial
- build iot apps with single-board computers using c#
- monitor cpu temperature and hardware sensors from .net

## When to choose
- you develop in C#/.NET and need to interface with GPIO, SPI, I2C, or serial hardware
- you want community-maintained bindings for common sensors, displays, and boards
- you target Raspberry Pi or similar single-board computers with .NET

## When to avoid
- you need microcontroller (MCU) deployment - use .NET nanoFramework instead
- you require fully stable APIs - the repo is still in experimental stage with APIs subject to change
- your project is not on the .NET platform

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: sdk, embedded, iot
- domain: iot, embedded-systems, hardware
- platform: dotnet, cross-platform, embedded, iot
- tags: gpio, device-bindings, raspberry-pi, sensors, arduino, single-board-computers, hardware-interfacing, linux

## Member repositories
- dotnet/iot (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:44.094762+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 2026-08-30T02:34:07.968243+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dotnet/iot (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:44.094762+00:00, sha 02d9a0f95977)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.