SmartFormat is a string composition library written in C# which is basically compatible with string.Format. More than that SmartFormat can format data with named placeholders, lists, pluralization and other smart extensions.

Supported Frameworks

• .Net Framework 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7.2 and 4.8
• .Net Standard 2.0 and 2.1
• .Net 5.0

Get started

Install the NuGet package

Have a look at the SmartFormat.Net Wiki

See changelog for changes.

Version 3.0

We have started to think about a new version of SmartFormat.Net and would like to collect your input using GitHub Discussions.

• Improve management of extensions for better performance:
  • make named formatters obligatory instead of iterating through all formatters
  • the sequence, how extensions are loaded should not have an impact on identifying the right formatter
• Make caching of Parser.ParseFormat results the standard behavior
• Support for Net 5.0
• Remove public properties/methods which should better be internal or even privat
• Upgrade the project to C# 8 with nullable reference types included
• Code clean-up: Make use of current C# features, add missing comments
• Re-organize unit tests
• ... ?