ThatRendle/Simple.Data

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1322 stars · 299 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Simple.Data is a lightweight, dynamic data access library for .NET (C# 4.0) that uses runtime method-name interpretation to eliminate ADO.NET boilerplate without requiring a pre-generated ORM model. It supports many relational databases via ADO providers as well as NoSQL stores like MongoDB and OData through a pluggable adapter system.

Use cases

• query a database without writing ADO.NET boilerplate
• access SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite from C# with minimal code
• avoid SQL injection while writing dynamic queries
• use a convention-based micro-ORM instead of a heavy entity model
• query MongoDB or OData from .NET with a dynamic query DSL
• prototype data access quickly in legacy .NET 4.0 projects

When to choose

• you are on legacy .NET Framework 4.x and want terse, dynamic database access
• you prefer convention-based querying over generated entity classes
• you need a lightweight alternative to full ORMs like Entity Framework

When to avoid

• you are starting a new project on modern .NET (Core/5+)
• you need actively maintained software with ongoing support
• you need compile-time type safety and LINQ-based querying
• you require async database operations

Facets

library · maturity abandoned

orm database database-driver databases developer-tools web-development dotnet cross-platform dynamic-data-access micro-orm activerecord-inspired nosql-adapters csharp

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