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Browse the top C# repositories ranked by star count. Compare similar projects to find the best fit for your stack.

Repositories
48Updated Oct 10, 2026
Combined Stars
1.3M
Top-3 Concentration
17%
Recently Active
38Led by dotnet

Top Repositories

Top 3
1st#1

2dust/v2rayN

A GUI client for Windows, Linux and macOS, support Xray and sing-box and others

117.8KStars
16.1KForks
TodayUpdated
C#GPL-3.0since 2019
2nd#2

shadowsocks/shadowsocks-windows

A C# port of shadowsocks

59.5KStars
16.2KForks
1 years agoUpdated
C#NOASSERTIONsince 2013
3rd#3

jellyfin/jellyfin

The Free Software Media System - Server Backend & API

58KStars
5.6KForks
TodayUpdated
C#GPL-2.0since 2018

Full ranking

48
#
Repository
Language
Stars
Forks
Updated
04
PowerShell/PowerShell
PowerShell for every system!
est. 2016
C#
55.7K
8.5K
Today
05
files-community/Files
A modern file manager that helps users organize their files and folders.
est. 2019
C#
45.9K
3K
Yesterday
06
ShareX/ShareX
ShareX is a free and open-source application that enables users to capture or record any area of their screen with a single keystroke. It also supports uploading images, text, and various file types to a wide range of destinations.
est. 2013
C#
40K
4K
Today
07
huiyadanli/RevokeMsgPatcher
:trollface: A hex editor for WeChat/QQ/TIM - PC版微信/QQ/TIM防撤回补丁（我已经看到了，撤回也没用了）
est. 2019
C#
38.9K
4.1K
1 months ago
08
dotnet/aspnetcore
ASP.NET Core is a cross-platform .NET framework for building modern cloud-based web applications on Windows, Mac, or Linux.
est. 2014
C#
38.5K
13.3K
Yesterday
09
DevToys-app/DevToys
A Swiss Army knife for developers.
est. 2021
C#
32.1K
1.8K
1 weeks ago
10
iOfficeAI/OfficeCLI
OfficeCLI is the first and best Office suite purpose-built for AI agents to read, edit, and automate Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. Free, open-source, single binary, no Office installation required.
est. 2026
C#
31.8K
2.2K
Yesterday
11
AvaloniaUI/Avalonia
Develop Desktop, Embedded, Mobile and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML. The future of .NET UI
est. 2013
C#
31.6K
2.8K
Yesterday
12
k1tbyte/Wand-Enhancer
Advanced UX and interoperability extension for Wand (WeMod) app
est. 2024
C#
31.3K
80.9K
1 months ago
13
microsoft/calculator
Windows Calculator: A simple yet powerful calculator that ships with Windows
est. 2019
C#
31.1K
5.8K
1 weeks ago
14
dnSpy/dnSpyArchived
.NET debugger and assembly editor
est. 2015
C#
29.7K
5.7K
5 years ago
15
microsoft/semantic-kernel
Integrate cutting-edge LLM technology quickly and easily into your apps
est. 2023
C#
28.6K
4.8K
Yesterday
16
NickeManarin/ScreenToGif
🎬 ScreenToGif allows you to record a selected area of your screen, edit and save it as a gif or video.
est. 2016
C#
27.8K
2.4K
2 months ago
17
BeyondDimension/SteamTools
🛠「Watt Toolkit」是一个开源跨平台的多功能 Steam 工具箱。
est. 2020
C#
27.1K
1.7K
1 months ago
18
icsharpcode/ILSpy
.NET Decompiler with support for PDB generation, ReadyToRun, Metadata (&more) - cross-platform!
est. 2011
C#
26.5K
3.7K
Yesterday
19
Devolutions/UniGetUI
UniGetUI: The Graphical Interface for your package managers. Could be terribly described as a package manager manager to manage your package managers
est. 2021
C#
26.5K
941
Today
20
mxgmn/WaveFunctionCollapse
Bitmap & tilemap generation from a single example with the help of ideas from quantum mechanics
est. 2016
C#
25.4K
1.4K
6 months ago
21
QL-Win/QuickLook
Bring macOS “Quick Look” feature to Windows
est. 2017
C#
25.2K
1.3K
Today
22
dotnet-architecture/eShopOnContainersArchived
Cross-platform .NET sample microservices and container based application that runs on Linux Windows and macOS. Powered by .NET 7, Docker Containers and Azure Kubernetes Services. Supports Visual Studio, VS for Mac and CLI based environments with Docker CLI, dotnet CLI, VS Code or any other code editor. Moved to https://github.com/dotnet/eShop.
est. 2016
C#
24.3K
10.1K
2 years ago
23
dotnet/maui
.NET MAUI is the .NET Multi-platform App UI, a framework for building native device applications spanning mobile, tablet, and desktop.
est. 2020
C#
23.3K
2K
Today
24
CodeHubApp/CodeHubArchived
CodeHub is an iOS application written using Xamarin
est. 2013
C#
22.6K
609
4 years ago
25
QuantConnect/Lean
Lean Algorithmic Trading Engine by QuantConnect (Python, C#)
est. 2014
C#
21.9K
5.3K
Yesterday
26
BCUninstaller/Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller
Remove large amounts of unwanted applications quickly.
est. 2016
C#
21.8K
941
1 months ago
27
thangchung/awesome-dotnet-core
:honeybee: A collection of awesome .NET core libraries, tools, frameworks and software
est. 2016
C#
21.4K
3K
7 months ago
28
dotnet/roslyn
The Roslyn .NET compiler provides C# and Visual Basic languages with rich code analysis APIs.
est. 2015
C#
20.7K
4.3K
Today
29
peass-ng/PEASS-ng
PEASS - Privilege Escalation Awesome Scripts SUITE (with colors)
est. 2019
C#
20.6K
3.4K
Yesterday
30
jasontaylordev/CleanArchitecture
Clean Architecture Solution Template for ASP.NET Core
est. 2019
C#
20.6K
4.3K
4 days ago
31
bitwarden/server
Bitwarden infrastructure/backend (API, database, Docker, etc).
est. 2015
C#
20.3K
1.8K
Today
32
BluePointLilac/ContextMenuManager
🖱️ 纯粹的Windows右键菜单管理程序
est. 2020
C#
20.2K
885
2 years ago
33
lively-community/lively
Free and open-source software that allows users to set animated desktop wallpapers and screensavers powered by WinUI 3.
est. 2019
C#
19.8K
1.4K
1 weeks ago
34
Unity-Technologies/ml-agents
The Unity Machine Learning Agents Toolkit (ML-Agents) is an open-source project that enables games and simulations to serve as environments for training intelligent agents using deep reinforcement learning and imitation learning.
est. 2017
C#
19.7K
4.5K
3 days ago
35
TGSAN/CMWTAT_Digital_Edition
CloudMoe Windows 10/11 Activation Toolkit get digital license, the best open source Win 10/11 activator in GitHub. GitHub 上最棒的开源 Win10/Win11 数字权利（数字许可证）激活工具！
est. 2018
C#
19.6K
2.2K
2 weeks ago
36
ppy/osu
rhythm is just a *click* away!
est. 2014
C#
19.2K
2.8K
Today
37
ardalis/CleanArchitecture
Clean Architecture Solution Template: A proven Clean Architecture Template for ASP.NET Core 10
est. 2016
C#
18.5K
3.1K
2 weeks ago
38
DapperLib/Dapper
Dapper - a simple object mapper for .Net
est. 2011
C#
18.4K
3.7K
2 weeks ago
39
dotnet/runtime
.NET is a cross-platform runtime for cloud, mobile, desktop, and IoT apps.
est. 2019
C#
18.3K
5.6K
Today
40
hellzerg/optimizerArchived
The finest Windows Optimizer
est. 2017
C#
18.3K
1.2K
8 months ago
41
netchx/netch
A simple proxy client
est. 2019
C#
17.7K
2.8K
4 weeks ago
42
OpenRA/OpenRA
Open Source real-time strategy game engine for early Westwood games such as Command & Conquer: Red Alert written in C# using SDL and OpenGL. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD and Mac OS X.
est. 2010
C#
17.5K
3.1K
Yesterday
43
Tyrrrz/YoutubeDownloader
Downloads videos and playlists from YouTube
est. 2018
C#
16.4K
2.1K
Yesterday
44
MaterialDesignInXAML/MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit
Google's Material Design in XAML & WPF, for C# & VB.Net.
est. 2015
C#
16.3K
3.5K
Yesterday
45
nilaoda/N_m3u8DL-CLI
[.NET] m3u8 downloader 开源的命令行m3u8/HLS/dash下载器，支持普通AES-128-CBC解密，多线程，自定义请求头等. 支持简体中文,繁体中文和英文. English Supported.
est. 2019
C#
16.1K
2.3K
3 years ago
46
babalae/better-genshin-impact
📦BetterGI · 更好的原神 - 自动拾取 | 自动剧情 | 全自动钓鱼(AI) | 全自动七圣召唤 | 自动伐木 | 自动刷本 | 自动采集/挖矿/锄地 | 一条龙 | 全连音游 | 自动烹饪 | 桌面分身 - UI Automation Testing Tools For Genshin Impact
est. 2023
C#
16K
1.2K
Yesterday
47
Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher
:mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins
est. 2020
C#
15.7K
657
Today
48
Perfare/AssetStudioArchived
AssetStudio is a tool for exploring, extracting and exporting assets and assetbundles.
est. 2016
C#
15.6K
3K
3 years ago
04
PowerShell/PowerShell
PowerShell for every system!
C#
★55.7K
🍴8.5K
est. 2016
05
files-community/Files
A modern file manager that helps users organize their files and folders.
C#
★45.9K
🍴3K
est. 2019
06
ShareX/ShareX
ShareX is a free and open-source application that enables users to capture or record any area of their screen with a single keystroke. It also supports uploading images, text, and various file types to a wide range of destinations.
C#
★40K
🍴4K
est. 2013
07
huiyadanli/RevokeMsgPatcher
:trollface: A hex editor for WeChat/QQ/TIM - PC版微信/QQ/TIM防撤回补丁（我已经看到了，撤回也没用了）
C#
★38.9K
🍴4.1K
est. 2019
08
dotnet/aspnetcore
ASP.NET Core is a cross-platform .NET framework for building modern cloud-based web applications on Windows, Mac, or Linux.
C#
★38.5K
🍴13.3K
est. 2014
09
DevToys-app/DevToys
A Swiss Army knife for developers.
C#
★32.1K
🍴1.8K
est. 2021
10
iOfficeAI/OfficeCLI
OfficeCLI is the first and best Office suite purpose-built for AI agents to read, edit, and automate Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. Free, open-source, single binary, no Office installation required.
C#
★31.8K
🍴2.2K
est. 2026
11
AvaloniaUI/Avalonia
Develop Desktop, Embedded, Mobile and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML. The future of .NET UI
C#
★31.6K
🍴2.8K
est. 2013
12
k1tbyte/Wand-Enhancer
Advanced UX and interoperability extension for Wand (WeMod) app
C#
★31.3K
🍴80.9K
est. 2024
13
microsoft/calculator
Windows Calculator: A simple yet powerful calculator that ships with Windows
C#
★31.1K
🍴5.8K
est. 2019
14
dnSpy/dnSpyArchived
.NET debugger and assembly editor
C#
★29.7K
🍴5.7K
est. 2015
15
microsoft/semantic-kernel
Integrate cutting-edge LLM technology quickly and easily into your apps
C#
★28.6K
🍴4.8K
est. 2023
16
NickeManarin/ScreenToGif
🎬 ScreenToGif allows you to record a selected area of your screen, edit and save it as a gif or video.
C#
★27.8K
🍴2.4K
est. 2016
17
BeyondDimension/SteamTools
🛠「Watt Toolkit」是一个开源跨平台的多功能 Steam 工具箱。
C#
★27.1K
🍴1.7K
est. 2020
18
icsharpcode/ILSpy
.NET Decompiler with support for PDB generation, ReadyToRun, Metadata (&more) - cross-platform!
C#
★26.5K
🍴3.7K
est. 2011
19
Devolutions/UniGetUI
UniGetUI: The Graphical Interface for your package managers. Could be terribly described as a package manager manager to manage your package managers
C#
★26.5K
🍴941
est. 2021
20
mxgmn/WaveFunctionCollapse
Bitmap & tilemap generation from a single example with the help of ideas from quantum mechanics
C#
★25.4K
🍴1.4K
est. 2016
21
QL-Win/QuickLook
Bring macOS “Quick Look” feature to Windows
C#
★25.2K
🍴1.3K
est. 2017
22
dotnet-architecture/eShopOnContainersArchived
Cross-platform .NET sample microservices and container based application that runs on Linux Windows and macOS. Powered by .NET 7, Docker Containers and Azure Kubernetes Services. Supports Visual Studio, VS for Mac and CLI based environments with Docker CLI, dotnet CLI, VS Code or any other code editor. Moved to https://github.com/dotnet/eShop.
C#
★24.3K
🍴10.1K
est. 2016
23
dotnet/maui
.NET MAUI is the .NET Multi-platform App UI, a framework for building native device applications spanning mobile, tablet, and desktop.
C#
★23.3K
🍴2K
est. 2020
24
CodeHubApp/CodeHubArchived
CodeHub is an iOS application written using Xamarin
C#
★22.6K
🍴609
est. 2013
25
QuantConnect/Lean
Lean Algorithmic Trading Engine by QuantConnect (Python, C#)
C#
★21.9K
🍴5.3K
est. 2014
26
BCUninstaller/Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller
Remove large amounts of unwanted applications quickly.
C#
★21.8K
🍴941
est. 2016
27
thangchung/awesome-dotnet-core
:honeybee: A collection of awesome .NET core libraries, tools, frameworks and software
C#
★21.4K
🍴3K
est. 2016
28
dotnet/roslyn
The Roslyn .NET compiler provides C# and Visual Basic languages with rich code analysis APIs.
C#
★20.7K
🍴4.3K
est. 2015
29
peass-ng/PEASS-ng
PEASS - Privilege Escalation Awesome Scripts SUITE (with colors)
C#
★20.6K
🍴3.4K
est. 2019
30
jasontaylordev/CleanArchitecture
Clean Architecture Solution Template for ASP.NET Core
C#
★20.6K
🍴4.3K
est. 2019
31
bitwarden/server
Bitwarden infrastructure/backend (API, database, Docker, etc).
C#
★20.3K
🍴1.8K
est. 2015
32
BluePointLilac/ContextMenuManager
🖱️ 纯粹的Windows右键菜单管理程序
C#
★20.2K
🍴885
est. 2020
33
lively-community/lively
Free and open-source software that allows users to set animated desktop wallpapers and screensavers powered by WinUI 3.
C#
★19.8K
🍴1.4K
est. 2019
34
Unity-Technologies/ml-agents
The Unity Machine Learning Agents Toolkit (ML-Agents) is an open-source project that enables games and simulations to serve as environments for training intelligent agents using deep reinforcement learning and imitation learning.
C#
★19.7K
🍴4.5K
est. 2017
35
TGSAN/CMWTAT_Digital_Edition
CloudMoe Windows 10/11 Activation Toolkit get digital license, the best open source Win 10/11 activator in GitHub. GitHub 上最棒的开源 Win10/Win11 数字权利（数字许可证）激活工具！
C#
★19.6K
🍴2.2K
est. 2018
36
ppy/osu
rhythm is just a *click* away!
C#
★19.2K
🍴2.8K
est. 2014
37
ardalis/CleanArchitecture
Clean Architecture Solution Template: A proven Clean Architecture Template for ASP.NET Core 10
C#
★18.5K
🍴3.1K
est. 2016
38
DapperLib/Dapper
Dapper - a simple object mapper for .Net
C#
★18.4K
🍴3.7K
est. 2011
39
dotnet/runtime
.NET is a cross-platform runtime for cloud, mobile, desktop, and IoT apps.
C#
★18.3K
🍴5.6K
est. 2019
40
hellzerg/optimizerArchived
The finest Windows Optimizer
C#
★18.3K
🍴1.2K
est. 2017
41
netchx/netch
A simple proxy client
C#
★17.7K
🍴2.8K
est. 2019
42
OpenRA/OpenRA
Open Source real-time strategy game engine for early Westwood games such as Command & Conquer: Red Alert written in C# using SDL and OpenGL. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD and Mac OS X.
C#
★17.5K
🍴3.1K
est. 2010
43
Tyrrrz/YoutubeDownloader
Downloads videos and playlists from YouTube
C#
★16.4K
🍴2.1K
est. 2018
44
MaterialDesignInXAML/MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit
Google's Material Design in XAML & WPF, for C# & VB.Net.
C#
★16.3K
🍴3.5K
est. 2015
45
nilaoda/N_m3u8DL-CLI
[.NET] m3u8 downloader 开源的命令行m3u8/HLS/dash下载器，支持普通AES-128-CBC解密，多线程，自定义请求头等. 支持简体中文,繁体中文和英文. English Supported.
C#
★16.1K
🍴2.3K
est. 2019
46
babalae/better-genshin-impact
📦BetterGI · 更好的原神 - 自动拾取 | 自动剧情 | 全自动钓鱼(AI) | 全自动七圣召唤 | 自动伐木 | 自动刷本 | 自动采集/挖矿/锄地 | 一条龙 | 全连音游 | 自动烹饪 | 桌面分身 - UI Automation Testing Tools For Genshin Impact
C#
★16K
🍴1.2K
est. 2023
47
Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher
:mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins
C#
★15.7K
🍴657
est. 2020
48
Perfare/AssetStudioArchived
AssetStudio is a tool for exploring, extracting and exporting assets and assetbundles.
C#
★15.6K
🍴3K
est. 2016
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