# betalgo/openai

.NET library for the OpenAI service API by Betalgo Ranul

Repository: https://github.com/betalgo/openai
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/openai
Homepage: https://ranultinga.com/
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: csharp, dall-e, dotnet, openai, openai-api, sdk, chatgpt, whisper, whisper-ai, azure-openai, ranul, tinga
Last push: 2026-03-21T23:26:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 73, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1739, "days_push": 165, "days_rel": 418, "gap_med": 7.0, "n_releases_24m": 13}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3021, forks 540 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:38.491671+00:00)

## What it is
A community .NET library (Betalgo.Ranul.OpenAI) for accessing OpenAI's API, including ChatGPT, DALL-E, Whisper, and Azure OpenAI. It lets .NET applications integrate OpenAI capabilities via NuGet packages with a playground sample project.

## Use cases
- call chatgpt from a c# app
- integrate openai api into dotnet application
- generate images with dall-e in .net
- transcribe audio with whisper from c#
- use azure openai service from dotnet
- stream chat completions in c#

## When to choose
- you are building a .NET/C# application that needs OpenAI or Azure OpenAI API access
- you want a maintained community SDK with NuGet distribution and samples
- you need coverage of OpenAI features like chat, embeddings, images, and audio

## When to avoid
- you are not on the .NET platform
- you need a provider-agnostic middleware layer across multiple AI vendors rather than an OpenAI client
- you need official first-party support guarantees

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: sdk, http-client, llm-inference
- domain: large-language-models, artificial-intelligence, developer-tools
- platform: dotnet, cross-platform
- tags: openai-api, azure-openai, chatgpt, whisper, dall-e, csharp, nuget

## Member repositories
- betalgo/openai (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:38.491671+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 2026-08-30T07:29:55.638135+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/betalgo/openai (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:38.491671+00:00, sha dfcd1e386eef)
  - homepage: https://ranultinga.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:45:01.803731+00:00, sha 95de8a9878fa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.