List of Visual Basic .NET software and tools

This is a list of software and programming tools for the Visual Basic .NET programming language, which includes libraries, debuggers, compilers, integrated development environments, numerical libraries, and related projects.

Libraries and frameworks

• .NET — cross-platform successor to .NET Framework
• .NET Framework — original Microsoft framework for building Windows applications
• ADO.NET — data access framework for relational databases
• ASP.NET — framework for building web applications and services
• Avalonia — cross-platform GUI framework
• Blazor — framework for building interactive web UIs
• Entity Framework — object–relational mapper
• IronPython — implementation of Python for the .NET Framework, interoperable with VB.NET^[1]
• IronRuby — implementation of Ruby for the .NET Framework, interoperable with VB.NET^[2]
• log4net — logging library for .NET
• Measurement Studio — measurement and automation tools extension for Microsoft Visual Studio
• Mono — open-source implementation of the .NET Framework allowing .NET languages (C#, VB.NET, F#) to run cross-platform^[3]
• MonoGame — game development
• Json.NET — popular library for working with JSON data^[4]
• .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) — building apps that run cross platform from one codebase^[5]
• NHibernate — Hibernate object–relational mapping framework for the Microsoft .NET platform
• NuGet — package manager
• OpenTK — graphics library usable with any language utilizing either of the .NET Framework or Mono frameworks
• SignalR — library for real-time web functionality
• Stride — open-source 2D and 3D cross-platform game engine
• Universal Windows Platform (UWP) — a Microsoft platform for building VB.NET apps
• Uno Platform — allows WinUI and XAML based code to run on iOS, macOS, Linux, Android, Windows and WebAssembly.
• Windows Communication Foundation — framework for building service-oriented applications and interprocess communication^[6]
• Windows Forms — GUI class library for Windows-based desktop applications
• Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) — graphical subsystem for building desktop apps^[7]
• Windows Workflow Foundation — framework for building workflow-based applications in VB.NET and other .NET languages^[8]

Integrated development environments

See also: Comparison of integrated development environments for Visual Basic and List of online integrated development environments

• Microsoft Visual Studio^[9]
• JetBrains Rider
• SharpDevelop – discontinued free and open source IDE^[10]

Online IDEs

• GitHub Codespaces
• JDoodle
• Replit
• dotnetfiddle.net — online compiler and IDE for C#, F#, and VB.NET
• Visual Basic (VB.NET) Online Compiler – online IDE supporting Visual Basic .NET

Compilers

See also: List of compilers § Visual Basic .NET compilers

• Roslyn — open-source compiler platform for C# and Visual Basic^[11]
• Visual Studio compiler
• Mono VB.NET compiler — discontinued open-source Visual Basic .NET compiler ^[12]

AI and machine learning

• Accord.NET — framework for scientific computing, computer vision, and machine learning^[13]
• AForge.NET — computer vision and artificial intelligence library^[14]
• CNTK (Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit) — deep learning framework developed by Microsoft, with .NET bindings.^[15]
• ML.NET — open-source and cross-platform machine learning framework^[16]
• ONNX Runtime — high-performance scoring engine for machine learning models with .NET API support^[17]

Numerical libraries

See also: List of numerical libraries for the .NET framework

• Accord.NET
• ALGLIB
• ILNumerics.Net
• IMSL Numerical Libraries
• Math.NET Numerics
• Measurement Studio
• Meta.Numerics
• NAG Numerical Library
• NMath

Build and automation tools

• MSBuild^[18]
• NAnt^[19]

Debugging tools

• Visual Studio Debugger — debugger included in Visual Studio
• WinDbg — Microsoft debugger for Windows applications^[20]
• dotTrace — JetBrains performance and memory profiler
• dotMemory — JetBrains memory profiler

Unit testing

• NUnit^[21]
• Visual Studio Unit Testing Framework (MSTest)^[22]
• xUnit.net^[23]

See also

• List of .NET libraries and frameworks
• List of C# software
• List of C++ software and tools
• List of C software and tools
• List of Java frameworks
• List of JavaScript libraries and List of JavaScript-based web frameworks
• List of Python software
• List of Ruby software and tools
• List of computer books and List of software programming journals