What is Dapper?
It is an object-relational mapping product for the Microsoft.NET platform: it provides a framework for mapping an object-oriented domain model to a traditional relational database.
Dapper is a tool in the Object Relational Mapper (ORM) category of a tech stack.
Dapper is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Dapper's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Dapper?
Companies
12 companies reportedly use Dapper in their tech stacks, including FinTech, Business Logic, and dgpays.
Developers
88 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Dapper.
Dapper Integrations
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, SQLite, and .NET are some of the popular tools that integrate with Dapper. Here's a list of all 8 tools that integrate with Dapper.
Pros of Dapper
6
Dapper's Features
- Parameterized queries
- List Support
- Literal replacements
- Multi Mapping
Dapper Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Dapper?
Entity Framework
It is an object-relational mapper that enables .NET developers to work with relational data using domain-specific objects. It eliminates the need for most of the data-access code that developers usually need to write.
Hibernate
Hibernate is a suite of open source projects around domain models. The flagship project is Hibernate ORM, the Object Relational Mapper.
SQLAlchemy
SQLAlchemy is the Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper that gives application developers the full power and flexibility of SQL.
Sequelize
Sequelize is a promise-based ORM for Node.js and io.js. It supports the dialects PostgreSQL, MySQL,
MariaDB, SQLite and MSSQL and features solid transaction support, relations, read replication and
more.
ent
It is a simple, yet powerful entity framework for Go, that makes it easy to build and maintain applications with large data-models.
