🔝Top 10 C# Projects on GitHub (Q1 2021) and the trend🔥🔥🔥
Tags: csharp, top, github, repository
Published: 2021-04-15 13:13:03

C# remains a popular programming language in 2021. As of April 2021, C# ranks №5 in [Tiobe Index](https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/), following _C, Java, Python and C++_. 

Below are the top 10 C# Projects on GitHub as of April 2021.

| Ranking (2021/04) | Ranking  (2020/12) | Project Name         | Stars | Forks |
|-------------------|--------------------|----------------------|-------|-------|
| 1                 | a                  | PowerToys            | 52964 | 2876  |
| 2                 | 1                  | Shadowsocks-windows  | 52032 | 16007 |
| 3                 | 2                  | PowerShell           | 25683 | 4102  |
| 4                 | 3                  | CodeHub              | 23230 | 631   |
| 5                 | 4                  | Aspnetcore           | 21825 | 6221  |
| 6                 | 5                  | Wox                  | 19959 | 2157  |
| 7                 | 7                  | V2rayN               | 19498 | 4271  |
| 8                 | 6                  | DnSpy                | 17865 | 3116  |
| 9                 | 8                  | EShopOnContainers    | 17260 | 7317  |
| 10                | 9                  | WaveFunctionCollapse | 16059 | 820   |

a: Not sure

See also: 
[Top 10 C# Projects on GitHub (December 2020), the trend and indications](https://dev.to/davidkou/top-10-c-projects-on-github-december-2020-the-trend-and-indications-33ed)

## 1. PowerToys   

Microsoft [PowerToys](https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-windows) is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows 10 experience for greater productivity. For more info on PowerToys overviews and guides, or any other tools and resources for Windows development environments, head over to docs.microsoft.com!

{% github microsoft/PowerToys %}          

## 2. Shadowsocks-windows 

[Shadowsocks](https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-windows) is a free and open-source encryption protocol project, widely used to circumvent Internet censorship. Why is it so popular, because it is used by a large population!

{% github shadowsocks/shadowsocks-windows %}


## 3. PowerShell 
A cross-platform task automation and configuration management framework, consisting of a command-line shell and scripting language. Unlike most shells, which accept and return text, PowerShell is built on top of the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR), and accepts and returns .NET objects. This fundamental change brings entirely new tools and methods for automation.


{% github PowerShell/PowerShell %}

A good tutorial on Powershell 2020 can be found from the below Youtube video.

{% youtube ZIQ62IZO58s %}

## 4. CodeHub 

{% github CodeHubApp/CodeHub %}

![CodeHub](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/60e571eca6164905a33ccded24c395bf91eace1bb680feb924526722f37e5014/68747470733a2f2f7261772e6769746875622e636f6d2f74686564696c6c6f6e622f436f64654875622f6d61737465722f53637265656e73686f74732f496d616765322e6a7067)

## 5. Aspnetcore     
{% github dotnet/aspnetcore %}

## 6. Wox   
{% github Wox-launcher/Wox %}

## 7. DnSpy      
{% github dnSpy/dnSpy %} 

## 8. V2rayN    
{% github 2dust/v2rayN %}

## 9. EShopOnContainers  
{% github dotnet-architecture/eShopOnContainers %}

## 10. WaveFunctionCollapse    
{% github mxgmn/WaveFunctionCollapse %}

### 11. ShareX (No. 10 in Dec 2020)
{% github https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX %}

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## Trend analysis

- Most of the rankings remain the same as those of Dec 2020. 
- The 1st place was replaced by PowerToys, which contains below popular tools:



|              |    |              |
|--------------|--------------------|--------------|
| [Color Picker](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ColorPicker) |  [FancyZones](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_FancyZones) | [File Explorer Add-ons](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_FileExplorerAddOns) |
| [Image Resizer](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ImageResizer) | [Keyboard Manager](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_KeyboardManager) | [PowerRename](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_PowerRename) |
| [PowerToys Run](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_PowerToysRun) | [Shortcut Guide](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ShortcutGuide) | [Video Conference Mute (Experimental)](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_VideoConference) |

See also: 
[Top 10 C# Projects on GitHub (December 2020), the trend and indications](https://dev.to/davidkou/top-10-c-projects-on-github-december-2020-the-trend-and-indications-33ed)