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Which is the real ASP.NET Boilerplate project?

Might be a dumb question for many but we are thinking of adopting ASP.NET Boilerplate for our next project. Just a bit confused as there seems to be 2 different websites for it and 2 different Git repositories.

First one is https://aspnetboilerplate.com/
and second is https://abp.io/.

Both have their own Git repositories and Stack Overflow tag. I'm totally confused as to which one is the most correct project to use.

Any guidance is much appreciated.

Many thanks.

Solution

  • ABP Framework (abp.io) is a rewrite and the next version of ASP.NET Boilerplate (aspnetboilerplate.com) based on lessons learned and with less backward compatibility to maintain.

    Both are actively maintained.

    ASP.NET Boilerplate

    • mature framework, since February 2014
    • current version: v6.0, released November 2020
    • has commercial base solution ASP.NET Zero (aspnetzero.com)

    Tech

    • monolith architecture, but supports modules
    • supports ASP.NET Core and ASP.NET MVC 5
    • supports EF Core and EF 6

    ABP Framework

    • modern framework, since June 2018
    • current version: 4.0.1, released December 2020
    • also has an extended commercial edition (commercial.abp.io)

    Tech

    • microservices architecture
    • supports ASP.NET Core only
    • supports EF Core and MongoDB