Venflow is an ORM, written from the ground up to try and provide an alternative to EF-Core and many other ORMs.
It allows you to define Models and their relations with each other. Additionally it maps all queries on its own while still maintaining great performance.
Venflow is free and open source software. It’s currently going through a full rewrite.
Key Features
- Simple change-tracking for update operations.
- Autogenerated Inserts.
- Autogenerated Deletes.
- Autogenerated Query Materializer, Join Generator.
- SQL Injection safe string Interpolated SQL.
- Refactorable and maintainable SQL.
- Aims to keep the learning curve from other ORM’s as low as possible. Many patterns will therefore be familiar to either EFCore or Dapper users.
Website: github.com/TwentyFourMinutes/Venflow
Support: Documentation
Developer: TwentyFourMinutes
License: Apache License 2.0
Venflow is written in C#. Learn C# with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| C# Object-Relational Mapping Software | |
|---|---|
| Entity Framework Core | Modern object-database mapper for .NET. |
| Dapper | Simple object mapper for .NET |
| NHibernate | Mature, open source object-relational mapper for .NET |
| LINQ to DB | LINQ database access library |
| RepoDB | Hybrid ORM library for .NET |
| Venflow | Fast and lightweight ORM for PostgreSQL |
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