Shaun Walker

.NET Foundation most active Microsoft projects for September 2026... .NET Runtime led in PRs (1191), Xamarin MaciOS in Commits (887), and EF Core in New Contributors (18). Honorable mention to Azure SDK for .NET, Aspire and Roslyn. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Sep-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Community projects for September 2026... Elsa Workflows led the way in PRs (304), Commits (2693), and New Contributors (71). Honorable mention to Akka.NET, Orchard Core and DNN. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Sep-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

Now you can build, extend, and deploy modern .NET web applications with a template designed for developers who want the power of Blazor without the complexity of assembling everything from scratch. blazorkit.net

.NET Foundation most active Microsoft projects for August 2026... Azure SDK for .NET led the way in PRs (868), Roslyn in Commits (1670), and .NET Runtime in New Contributors (20). Honorable mention to .NET MAUI and ASP.NET Core. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Aug-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Community projects for August 2026... Orchard Core led the way in PRs (148), Elsa Workflows in Commits (171) and Roslynator in New Contributors (7). Honorable mention to DocFX, OmniSharp, Verify and xUnit.NET. List: dnfprojects.org/!/Aug-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Microsoft projects for July 2026... .NET Runtime led the way in PRs (1406), and .NET for Android led in Commits (2052) and New Contributors (20). Honorable mention to .Azure SDK for .NET, Aspire. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Jul-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Community projects for July 2026... ClangSharp led the way in PRs (122) and Commits (364), and Humanizer led in New Contributors (8). Honorable mention to Akka .NET, Stride. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Jul-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Microsoft projects for June 2026... .NET Runtime led the way in PRs (775) and Commits (577), and ASP .NET Core led in New Contributors (15). Honorable mention to Azure SDK for .NET, Aspire, and Roslyn. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Jun-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Community projects for June 2026... Orchard Core led the way in PRs (135), Stride in Commits (379) and Open AI .NET API in New Contributors (5). Honorable mention to Elsa Workflows, LINQ to DB, DNN. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Jun-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Microsoft projects for May 2026... Azure SDK for .NET led the way in PRs (521), Roslyn in Commits (628), and Aspire in New Contributors (12). Honorable mention to .NET Runtime and Xamarin MaciOS. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/May-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Community projects for May 2026... Orchard Core led the way in PRs (89), Stride in Commits (1397), and NUnit3 in New Contributors (3). Honorable mention to Elsa Workflows, nanoFramework, .NEXT. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/May-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Microsoft projects for April 2026... Azure SDK for .NET led the way in PRs (826) and Roslyn led in Commits (10547) and New Contributors (59). Honorable mention to .NET Runtime and Aspire. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Apr-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Community projects for April 2026... Open Live Writer led the way in PRs (81), Stride in Commits (307) and Spectre.Console in New Contributors (6). Honorable mention to Orchard Core, Nerdbank GitVersioning. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Apr-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Microsoft projects for March 2026... .NET Runtime led the way in PRs (900), Commits (631) and New Contributors (18). Honorable mention to Azure SDK for .NET and Aspire. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Mar-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Community projects for March 2026... Orchard Core led the way in PRs (125), .NEXT in Commits (531) and Spectre.Console in New Contributors (6). Honorable mention to DNN, OmniSharp VS Code, Polly. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Mar-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

The current copyright laws may actually provide some poetic justice for the humans who lose their jobs to AI… as the companies which go all-in on machine-generated code will end up losing ownership of their products. www.linkedin.com/posts/shaunb...

.NET Foundation most active Microsoft projects for February 2026... Azure SDK for .NET led the way in PRs (813), Commits (564) and New Contributors (13). Honorable mention to .NET Runtime and .NET Aspire. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Feb-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Community projects for February 2026... Orchard Core led the way in PRs (99), OmniSharp VS Code in Commits (204) and Spectre.Console in New Contributors (6). Honorable mention to NuGet Trends, DNN, Oqtane. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Feb-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

The essence of software development is not about writing code - it is about creating modern solutions through the use of technology. www.linkedin.com/posts/shaunb...

New release of Oqtane, the open-source developer productivity platform that allows you to "Build Applications, Not Infrastructure"! This release targets .NET 10 and includes 74 pull requests by 6 contributors. www.oqtane.org/blog/!/140/o... #blazor #oqtane

.NET Foundation most active Microsoft projects for January 2026... NET Runtime led the way in PRs (622) and New Contributors (16) and Roslyn led in Commits (698). Honorable mention to Azure SDK for .NET and .NET Aspire. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Jan-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Community projects for January 2026... Bootstrap Blazor led the way in PRs (69) and .NEXT led in in Commits (1349) and New Contributors (7). Honorable mention to Orchard Core, Stride. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Jan-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

New release of Oqtane, the open-source developer productivity platform that allows you to "Build Applications, Not Infrastructure"! This release targets .NET 10 and includes 29 pull requests by 3 contributors. www.oqtane.org/blog/!/138/o... #blazor #oqtane

Shout out to the most active .NET Foundation open source projects maintained by Microsoft in 2025... #dotnet #opensource @dotnetfoundation.org dnfprojects.org

Shout out to the most active .NET Foundation open source projects maintained by the .NET Community in 2025... #dotnet #opensource @dotnetfoundation.org dnfprojects.org

New release of Oqtane - a CMS and Application Framework for Blazor and .NET MAUI! The 10.0.1 release targets .NET 10 and includes 38 pull requests by 5 contributors. www.oqtane.org/blog/!/135/o... #blazor #oqtane

My observations of Agentic AI based on my recent trip to the MS Ignite conference www.linkedin.com/posts/shaunb... #ai #agentic #mcp

Daniel Roth will be joining me on Dec 17 for a deep dive into Oqtane 10 and the latest features in .NET 10, including the updated Oqtane Application Template and Passkey authentication. #blazor Register: cutt.ly/5tuMHf6z

Oqtane is an open source CMS and Application Framework that leverages the capabilities of Blazor and #dotNETMAUI to provide a multi- tenant/platform/device/database solution for .NET application devs. Check out its intro session from DNF Summit 2025: msft.it/63327tRptS

.NET Foundation most active Microsoft projects for November 2025... NET Runtime led the way in PRs (431), Roslyn in Commits (549), and Azure SDK for .NET in New Contributors (13). Honorable mention to .NET Aspire. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Nov-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Community projects for November 2025... Bootstrap Blazor led the way in PRs (85), Elsa Workflows in Commits (370) and BenchmarkDotNet in New Contributors (7). Honorable mention to OmniSharp VS Code, DNN. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Nov-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

Announcing Oqtane 10.0.0 for .NET 10! This is a major release including Passkey support, improvements to the Oqtane Application Template, etc... 77 pull requests by 6 contributors. www.oqtane.org/blog/!/132/a... #blazor #oqtane

.NET Foundation most active Microsoft projects for October 2025... NET Runtime led the way in PRs (567), .NET MAUI in Commits (882), and Azure SDK for .NET in New Contributors (19). Honorable mention to .NET Aspire and Roslyn. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Oct-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Community projects for October 2025... Bootstrap Blazor led the way in PRs (108), Verify in Commits (136) and Humanizer in New Contributors (3). Honorable mention to Akka.NET, OmniSharp VS Code. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Oct-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Microsoft projects for September 2025... NET Runtime led the way in PRs (623) and New Contributors (20) and Roslyn led in Commits (696). Honorable mention to Azure SDK for .NET and .NET Aspire. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Sep-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Community projects for September 2025... Oqtane led the way in PRs (89) and Commits (183) and OpenAI .NET API led in New Contributors (6). Honorable mention to Orchard Core, OmniSharp VS Code. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Sep-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

New release of Oqtane - the leading CMS and Application Framework for Blazor and .NET MAUI! The 6.2.1 release targets .NET 9.0.9 and includes 65 pull requests by 6 contributors. www.oqtane.org/blog/!/128/o... #blazor #oqtane

Multi-tenancy allows you to support multiple customers within a single environment... and SaaS applications often utilize this approach to scale quickly. On Thu, Oct 2nd at 12 PM ET, I am sharing how to construct multi-tenant SaaS applications using Blazor and .NET. www.linkedin.com/events/build...

New major release of Oqtane, including developer productivity, usability, security and performance improvements. The 6.2 release includes 57 pull requests by 4 contributors. www.oqtane.org/blog/!/125/o... #blazor #oqtane

.NET Foundation most active Microsoft projects for August 2025... .Azure SDK for .NET led the way in PRs (611) and New Contributors (9) and Roslyn in Commits (975). Honorable mention to .NET MAUI. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Aug-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Community projects for August 2025... BootstrapBlazor led the way in PRs (85), OmniSharp VS Code in Commits (167), and Polly and 5 others in New Contributors (3). Honorable mention to Oqtane. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Aug-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

From the TrailBlazor Conference... Getting Started with .NET Aspire: Simplify Cloud-Native App Development with Maddy Montaquila... "modern app development doesn't have to be painful" www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuOT... @maddymontaquila.net

.NET Foundation most active Microsoft projects for July 2025... .NET Runtime led the way in PRs (600), Roslyn in Commits (811) and Azure SDK for .NET and ASP.NET Core in New Contributors (12). Honorable mention to .NET Aspire. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Jul-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Community projects for July 2025... BootstrapBlazor led the way in PRs (79), OmniSharp VS Code in Commits (127), and OpenAI and Verify in New Contributors (4). Honorable mention to Orchard Core and Oqtane. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Jul-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Microsoft projects for June 2025... .NET Runtime led the way in PRs (549), Roslyn in Commits (820) and Azure SDK for .NET in New Contributors (21). Honorable mention to .NET MAUI. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Jun-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

.NET Foundation most active Community projects for June 2025... BootstrapBlazor led the way in PRs (97) and Commits (97) and OmniSharp VS Code led in New Contributors (6). Honorable mention to Orchard Core and DNN. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/Jun-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org

Maddy Montaquila, Dan Roth, Beth Massi are speaking at the TrailBlazor Conference 2025 in 15 minutes... trailblazor.net

The TrailBlazor Conference 2025 starts in LESS THAN 24 HOURS !! Join us for some amazing sessions on Blazor, .NET MAUI, .NET Aspire, GitHub Copilot, Azure, and Oqtane. Registration is still open at trailblazor.net

Very excited to be co-sponsoring the "TrailBlazor Conference 2025" on June 26, 2025, a free virtual community event showcasing the spirit of excitement and innovation within the .NET developer ecosystem. Registration is open at trailblazor.net - sign up today! #blazor #dotnetmaui #aspire #oqtane

.NET Foundation most active Microsoft projects for May 2025... .NET Runtime led the way in PRs (513), Roslyn in Commits (679) and .NET Runtime in New Contributors (20). Honorable mention to Azure SDK for .NET and .NET Aspire. Full list: dnfprojects.org/!/May-01-202... @dotnetfoundation.org