SmartFormat is a is a lightweight text templating library written in C# which can be a drop-in replacement for string.Format. More than that SmartFormat can format data with named placeholders, lists, localization, pluralization and other smart extensions.

• High performance with low memory footprint
• Minimal, intuitive syntax
• Formatting takes place exclusively at runtime
• Exact control of whitespace text output
• string.Format compatibility mode and SmartFormat enhanced mode
• Most common data sources work out-of-the-box
• Many built-in formatting extensions
• Custom formatting and source extensions are easy to integrate

Supported Target Frameworks

• .Net Framework 4.6.2 and later
• .Net Standard 2.0, .Net Standard 2.1
• .Net 6.0 or .Net 8.0

For the best optimizations and performance, use .NET 6.0 or .NET 8.0. You can expect a nice improvement in speed compared to .NET Framework 4.6.2.

Get started

Install the full NuGet package -or-

Install the core NuGet package

Have a look at the SmartFormat Wiki

License

SmartFormat is licensed under The MIT License (MIT)

Thanks!

We would like to thank JetBrains for supporting the project with free licenses of their fantastic tools.