# ThatRendle/Simple.Data

A light-weight, dynamic data access component for C# 4.0

Repository: https://github.com/ThatRendle/Simple.Data
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/simpledata
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2018-01-31T10:03:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5872, "days_push": 3136, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1322, forks 299 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:22.067453+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: orm, database, database-driver
- domain: databases, developer-tools, web-development
- platform: dotnet, cross-platform
- tags: dynamic-data-access, micro-orm, activerecord-inspired, nosql-adapters, csharp

## Member repositories
- ThatRendle/Simple.Data (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:22.067453+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 2026-08-30T04:47:06.780669+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ThatRendle/Simple.Data (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:22.067453+00:00, sha 447e3e61f4c2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.