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EntityFramework

NuGet · v6.5.2 · MIT

Entity Framework 6 (EF6) is a tried and tested object-relational mapper for .NET with many years of feature development and stabilization.

Install

dotnet add package EntityFramework

Adoption

All-time downloads
445.4M
Observeddownloads, all time
Popularity
Top 10% on NuGet
Derived97th percentile within NuGet
Dependents
Not published by NuGet
Not published
Maintenance
0.35
DerivedRelease cadence and recency, 0 to 1
Releases per year
1.3
20 versions over its life

Growth by period

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Adoption historydownloads, all time

Observations in this range began OCT 5, 2026. The chart appears after 7 observations; 2 so far. Collecting history.

Table of observations (2)
Daydownloads, all time
OCT 24, 2026445,382,350
OCT 5, 2026437,910,969

Facts from the registry

Latest version
v6.5.2
20 versions
First published
APR 12, 2011
Last release
APR 28, 2026
6mo ago
Licence
MIT
Links
NuGet page
Homepage · go.microsoft.com
Source · github.com

Repository

In the Crest catalog

dotnet/ef6

This is the codebase for Entity Framework 6 (previously maintained at https://entityframework.codeplex.com). Entity Framework Core is maintained at https://github.com/dotnet/efcore.

Stars
1.4K
Forks
555
Language
C#
Last push
26d ago
Last release
6mo ago

Linked by the package’s own registry metadata.GitHub

Dependencies latest version · v6.5.2

Runtime 5

  • Microsoft.CSharp4.7.0
  • System.CodeDom6.0.0
  • System.ComponentModel.Annotations5.0.0
  • System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager6.0.1
  • System.Data.SqlClient4.8.6

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