Third Party Libraries

Introduction

Entity Framework Third Party Libraries allow you to extend EF functionality which is not available in the official Entity Framework library, for example, auditing, caching, and filtering etc.

Why we need Third Party Libraries?

Entity Framework is great, but a lot of essential features is missing for some application scenarios.

The only way to achieve is either create code for this kind of scenario or use a library which fully or partially cover them.

Supported Libraries

Library	Type	EF Version	Support	Doc	Features
Z.EntityFramework.Extensions	PRO	EF5 EF6 EF Core	< 1 Day	Yes	Bulk SaveChanges Bulk Insert Bulk Update Bulk Delete Bulk Merge
Z.EntityFramework.Classic	FREE/PRO	EF6	< 1 Day	Yes	Bulk SaveChanges Bulk Insert Bulk Update Bulk Delete Bulk Merge Batch Delete Batch Update Cache Deferred Query Future
Z.EntityFramework.Plus	FREE	EF5 EF6 EF Core	< 1 Day	Yes	Audit Batch Delete Batch Update Cache Deferred Query Filter Future Include Filter Include Optimized
Eval Expression.NET	FREE/PRO	All	< 1 Day	Yes	Dynamic Query
Audit.NET	FREE	EF6 EF Core	< 1 Day	Yes	Audit
System.Linq.Dynamic	FREE	All	< 1 Day	Yes	Dynamic Query
EntityFramework.Cache	FREE	EF6	< 2 Days	No	Cache
EntityFramework.DynamicFilters	FREE	EF6 EF Core	< 2 Days	Yes	Filter
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.AutoHistory	FREE	EF Core	< 1 Day	No	Audit

Unsuported Libraries

Use these libraries at your risk!

Library	Type	EF Version	Support	Doc	Features
AuditDbContext	FREE	EF6	No	Yes	Audit
EFAuditing	FREE	EF Core	No	No	Audit
EFUtilities	FREE	EF5 EF6	No	No	Bulk Insert Batch Delete Batch Update Include Optimized
EntityFramework.Extended	FREE	EF5 EF6	No	Yes	Audit Batch Delete Batch Update Cache Future
EntityFramework.Filters	FREE	EF6	No	Yes	Filter
TrackerEnabledDbContext	FREE	EF6	No	Yes	Audit