Dao.Templates

A collection of .NET project templates for accelerating development with modern patterns focused on AI integration.

Installation:

dotnet new install Dao.Templates

Templates

.NET Aspire MCP Server and Client (dao-aspire-mcp)

Full-featured .NET Aspire application with Model Context Protocol server and Blazor client.

.NET Aspire Sql Server MCP (dao-sql-mcp)

.NET Aspire application that hosts a Data Api Sql Server to provide access to a database in a governed and managed way.

.NET Aspire + Angular (dao-aspire-angular)

.NET Aspire application with an Angular frontend and C# API, ready for cloud deployment with azd up. Uses the backend-serves-frontend model — in dev mode Angular runs separately with a proxy, in production a single container serves both the API and the Angular static files.

Options:

• --IncludeSignalR true — adds a NotificationHub to the API and a live notification badge service + component to the Angular app (proxied via /hubs with WebSocket support).

.NET Aspire with EF (dao-aspire-ef)

.NET Aspire application that has Entity Framework Core with a migration service created to quickstart apps with the needed infrastructure.

.NET Aspire with Avalonia Desktop (dao-aspire-avalonia)

.NET Aspire application with an Avalonia MVVM desktop app and C# API. Uses IHost for dependency injection, a typed IApiService for HTTP communication, and the Aspire IsRunMode pattern to inject the API base URL into the desktop app at startup.

.NET Aspire with Expo (React Native) (dao-aspire-expo)

.NET Aspire application with an Expo React Native mobile app and C# API. Aspire orchestrates the Metro bundler via AddJavaScriptApp in dev mode and passes the API base URL via EXPO_PUBLIC_API_URL.

Documentation

For detailed information about each template, see the README in the respective template directory.

License

See LICENSE.txt