OpenAI-DotNet and OpenAI-API-dotnet

These are direct competitors offering overlapping functionality as unofficial .NET clients for OpenAI's API, with the second providing broader SDK coverage while the first focuses on RESTful API abstraction.

OpenAI-DotNet
61
Established
OpenAI-API-dotnet
51
Established
Maintenance 10/25
Adoption 10/25
Maturity 16/25
Community 25/25
Maintenance 0/25
Adoption 10/25
Maturity 16/25
Community 25/25
Stars: 765
Forks: 160
Downloads:
Commits (30d): 0
Language: C#
License: MIT
Stars: 1,897
Forks: 421
Downloads:
Commits (30d): 0
Language: C#
License:
No Package No Dependents
Stale 6m No Package No Dependents

About OpenAI-DotNet

RageAgainstThePixel/OpenAI-DotNet

A Non-Official OpenAI RESTful API Client for DotNet

About OpenAI-API-dotnet

OkGoDoIt/OpenAI-API-dotnet

An unofficial C#/.NET SDK for accessing the OpenAI GPT-3 API

Provides comprehensive OpenAI API coverage including Chat (with streaming and vision), audio transcription/translation, embeddings, image generation (DALL-E), and moderation endpoints, with built-in conversation state management and context length handling. Built on .NET Standard 2.0 with minimal dependencies, supporting everything from console apps to ASP.NET and Unity across Windows, Linux, and Mac. Offers flexible authentication via direct API keys, environment variables, or config files, with optional organization-level quota tracking.

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