Dapper ORM

This article is about the .NET library. For other uses, see Dapper.

Dapper

Stable release	2.1.44 / April 12, 2024 (2024-04-12)
Repository	github.com/DapperLib/Dapper
Written in	C#
Operating system	Cross-platform
Platform	.NET 4.6.1 and .NET Standard 2.0
Type	Object–relational mapping
License	Apache License 2.0 or MIT License
Website	github.com/DapperLib/Dapper

Dapper is an object–relational mapping (ORM) product for the Microsoft .NET platform. It provides a framework for mapping an object-oriented domain model to a traditional relational database. Its purpose is to relieve the developer from a significant portion of relational data persistence-related programming tasks. Dapper is free as open source software that is distributed under dual license, either the Apache License 2.0 or the MIT License.

Feature summary

The Dapper team advertises the following features:

• Speedy and high performance
• Choice of static/dynamic object binding
• Handling of SQL query
• Multiple query support
• Support and handling of stored procedures

Read also

• List of object–relational mapping software
• .NET Persistence API (NPA)

External links

• Dapper Homepage
• NuGet Dapper package
• Dapper Tutorial
• Learn Dapper
• Sam Saffron Blog: How I learned to stop worrying and write my own ORM