List of Visual Basic .NET software and tools

Last updated September 13, 2025

This is a list of software and programming tools for the Visual Basic .NET programming language, which includes libraries, debuggers, compilers, integrated development environments, numerical libraries, and related projects.

Libraries and frameworks

.NET — cross-platform successor to .NET Framework
.NET Framework — original Microsoft framework for building Windows applications
ADO.NET — data access framework for relational databases
ASP.NET — framework for building web applications and services
Avalonia — cross-platform GUI framework
Blazor — framework for building interactive web UIs
Entity Framework — object–relational mapper
IronPython — implementation of Python for the .NET Framework, interoperable with VB.NET^[1]
IronRuby — implementation of Ruby for the .NET Framework, interoperable with VB.NET^[2]
log4net — logging library for .NET
Measurement Studio — measurement and automation tools extension for Microsoft Visual Studio
Mono — open-source implementation of the .NET Framework allowing .NET languages (C#, VB.NET, F#) to run cross-platform^[3]
MonoGame — game development
Json.NET — popular library for working with JSON data^[4]
.NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) — building apps that run cross platform from one codebase^[5]
NHibernate — Hibernate object–relational mapping framework for the Microsoft .NET platform
NuGet — package manager
OpenTK — graphics library usable with any language utilizing either of the .NET Framework or Mono frameworks
SignalR — library for real-time web functionality
Stride — open-source 2D and 3D cross-platform game engine
Universal Windows Platform (UWP) — a Microsoft platform for building VB.NET apps
Uno Platform — allows WinUI and XAML based code to run on iOS, macOS, Linux, Android, Windows and WebAssembly.
Windows Communication Foundation — framework for building service-oriented applications and interprocess communication^[6]
Windows Forms — GUI class library for Windows-based desktop applications
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) — graphical subsystem for building desktop apps^[7]
Windows Workflow Foundation — framework for building workflow-based applications in VB.NET and other .NET languages^[8]

Integrated development environments

Microsoft Visual Studio ^[9]
JetBrains Rider
SharpDevelop – discontinued free and open source IDE ^[10]

Online IDEs

GitHub Codespaces
JDoodle
Replit
dotnetfiddle.net — online compiler and IDE for C#, F#, and VB.NET
Visual Basic (VB.NET) Online Compiler – online IDE supporting Visual Basic .NET

Compilers

Roslyn — open-source compiler platform for C# and Visual Basic^[11]
Visual Studio compiler
Mono VB.NET compiler — discontinued open-source Visual Basic .NET compiler ^[12]

AI and machine learning

Accord.NET — framework for scientific computing, computer vision, and machine learning^[13]
AForge.NET — computer vision and artificial intelligence library^[14]
CNTK (Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit) — deep learning framework developed by Microsoft, with .NET bindings.^[15]
ML.NET — open-source and cross-platform machine learning framework^[16]
ONNX Runtime — high-performance scoring engine for machine learning models with .NET API support^[17]

Numerical libraries

Build and automation tools

MSBuild ^[18]
NAnt ^[19]

Debugging tools

Visual Studio Debugger — debugger included in Visual Studio
WinDbg — Microsoft debugger for Windows applications^[20]
dotTrace — JetBrains performance and memory profiler
dotMemory — JetBrains memory profiler

Unit testing

NUnit ^[21]
Visual Studio Unit Testing Framework (MSTest)^[22]
xUnit.net ^[23]

References

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[1] ttps://github.com/IronLanguages/ironpython3

[2] ttps://github.com/IronLanguages/ironruby

[3] ttps://github.com/mono/mono

[4] ttps://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json

[5] ttps://github.com/dotnet/maui

[6] ttps://github.com/topics/windows-communication-foundation

[7] ttps://github.com/quozd/awesome-dotnet

[8] ttps://github.com/UiPath/CoreWF

[9] ttps://github.com/topics/visual-studio

[10] ttps://github.com/icsharpcode/SharpDevelop

[11] ttps://github.com/dotnet/roslyn

[12] ttps://github.com/mono/mono-basic

[13] ttps://github.com/accord-net

[14] ttps://github.com/andrewkirillov/AForge.NET

[15] ttps://github.com/microsoft/CNTK

[16] ttps://github.com/dotnet/machinelearning

[17] ttps://github.com/microsoft/onnxruntime

[18] ttps://github.com/dotnet/msbuild

[19] ttps://github.com/nant/nant

[20] ttps://github.com/topics/windbg

[21] ttps://github.com/nunit/nunit

[22] ttps://github.com/microsoft/vssdktestfx

[23] ttps://xunit.net/?tabs=cs

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