natemcmaster/LettuceEncrypt
Free, automatic HTTPS certificate generation for ASP.NET Core web apps observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 18
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3069
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 496
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1685 stars · 182 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
LettuceEncrypt is a NuGet library for ASP.NET Core that integrates with certificate authorities like Let's Encrypt via the ACME protocol to automatically generate free HTTPS certificates at startup. It configures Kestrel to use the generated certificate for all HTTPS traffic.
Use cases
- automatically get a Let's Encrypt certificate for my ASP.NET Core app
- free HTTPS/SSL certificates without certbot
- renew TLS certificates automatically in a Kestrel web server
- enable HTTPS on a self-hosted ASP.NET Core website
- ACME certificate generation inside my .NET app
When to choose
- you run ASP.NET Core with Kestrel as the edge server and want zero-config HTTPS
- you want certificates managed in-process without external tools like certbot
- you self-host on Linux/Windows and control DNS and port 80/443
When to avoid
- you host on IIS, HTTP.sys, or behind a reverse proxy that terminates TLS
- you deploy to Azure App Services or other managed platforms with their own cert handling
- you need active feature development - the project is in maintenance mode
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
security http-server middleware web-development backend security self-hosted dotnet cross-platform lets-encrypt acme https tls-certificates kestrel aspnetcore web-server
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/natemcmaster/LettuceEncrypt · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2a06e280eaef
- homepage: https://nuget.org/packages/LettuceEncrypt · fetched 2026-08-29 · e121d174db5c
- site_page: https://www.nuget.org/policies/About · fetched 2026-08-29 · a113b8a074c9
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| natemcmaster/LettuceEncrypt | main | 10 |
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