castleproject/Windsor
Castle Windsor is a best of breed, mature Inversion of Control container available for .NET observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
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: 5428
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 783
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1535 stars · 455 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Castle Windsor is a mature Inversion of Control (IoC) container for .NET that manages dependency injection and object lifecycles. It is part of the Castle Project and supports .NET Framework 4.6.2 and .NET Standard / .NET 6.
Use cases
- resolve dependencies via an IoC container in .NET
- manage service lifecycles in a C# application
- wire up dependency injection without Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
- register and configure components with conventions in .NET
- inject services into legacy .NET Framework apps
When to choose
- you need a full-featured, battle-tested IoC container for .NET or .NET Framework
- you want rich component registration, interceptors, and lifecycle management
- you're maintaining an existing codebase already built on Windsor
When to avoid
- you're starting a new ASP.NET Core app where Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection is the default
- you need a minimal, lightweight DI container
- you want a container with frequent active development
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
middleware developer-tools backend developer-tools web-development dotnet cross-platform windows dependency-injection ioc-container service-container dotnet csharp
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/castleproject/Windsor · fetched 2026-08-28 · efc398e4781b
- homepage: http://www.castleproject.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · d0ef7e7e29e0
- site_page: http://www.castleproject.org/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · b4b6b25b06a4
- site_page: http://www.castleproject.org/about/history · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8ff7e9999e19
- site_page: http://www.castleproject.org/about/mission · fetched 2026-08-29 · 48c6d5310f22
- site_page: http://www.castleproject.org/about/team · fetched 2026-08-29 · 682cfe1eb13f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| castleproject/Windsor | main | 23 |
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