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AutoFac vs FOSSA: What are the differences?
Developers describe AutoFac as "An Inversion of Control container". It is an addictive Inversion of Control container for .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, .NET 4.5.1+, Universal Windows apps, and more. It provides activation events to let you know when components are being activated or released, allowing for a lot of customization with little code. On the other hand, FOSSA is detailed as "Continuously scan and comply with open source licenses across your deep dependencies". Continuously scan and comply with open source licenses across your deep dependencies.
AutoFac can be classified as a tool in the "Container Tools" category, while FOSSA is grouped under "Dependency Monitoring".
FOSSA is an open source tool with 832 GitHub stars and 103 GitHub forks. Here's a link to FOSSA's open source repository on GitHub.
araclx, Tiamat Tech, and FOSSA are some of the popular companies that use FOSSA, whereas AutoFac is used by YieldPlanet S.A., Volosoft, and Business Logic. FOSSA has a broader approval, being mentioned in 5 company stacks & 16 developers stacks; compared to AutoFac, which is listed in 11 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.
Pros of AutoFac
Pros of FOSSA
- Easy to integrate1
- Fewer false positives1
- Native to CI1
- Supports full text license scanning1