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Find guides, working samples, integrations, and reference docs for your next Aspire app. Browse this directory by topic, language, or cloud and deployment target.

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New to Aspire?

Choose the path that matches what you want to do.

• Create your first app

  Recommended

  Run services together and explore them in the Aspire dashboard.

  Quickstart

• Add Aspire to your project

  Keep your code. Add orchestration and observability.

  How-to

• Deploy your app

  Take your locally running app to the cloud, step by step.

  Tutorial

• Understand the concepts

  Learn the vocabulary with definitions and practical examples.

  Glossary

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• Foundations

  AppHosts, resources, and the concepts behind your app.

  Learn the fundamentals

• Integrations

  Databases, messaging, AI, and services that work together.

  Find an integration

• Dashboard

  See your running app through logs, traces, and metrics.

  Explore the dashboard

• Deployment

  Take your app from local development to production.

  Choose a deployment target

• Reference

  APIs, CLI commands, container images, and diagnostics.

  Find a reference

• Community

  Videos, contributions, and people building with Aspire.

  Join the community

Start with your language

• C# / .NET

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• JavaScript / TypeScript

  Build your first app

• Python

  Run Python apps with Aspire

• Go

  Add a Go service

• Java

  Orchestrate your Java app

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  Rust

  Get started with Rust

Browse by cloud and deployment target

Explore AWS and Azure integrations, or deploy to Kubernetes.

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  AWS

  Connect and provision AWS services.

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  Azure

  Model, provision, and connect Azure services.

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  Kubernetes

  Publish Helm charts and deploy to your cluster.

Samples to build on

All samples

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6 featured samples

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  Aspire Shop

  A Blazor storefront with a PostgreSQL catalog and Redis shopping cart.

  BlazorC#DatabasesgRPC
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  Angular, React, and Vue

  Four JavaScript frontends connected to one weather API.

  C#DashboardJavaScriptNode.js
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  FastAPI + JavaScript

  Run a Python API and JavaScript frontend together with Aspire.

  C#JavaScriptNode.jsPython
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  Go REST API

  A Go service with in-memory storage, health checks, and an OpenAPI reference.

  DockerGoHealth ChecksTypeScript
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  Persistent Volume

  Keep user accounts across app restarts with Blazor, SQL Server, and persistent storage.

  AzureAzure StorageBlazorC#
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  Node.js Weather Explorer

  Explore live forecasts on a React map backed by an Express API and a TypeScript AppHost.

  DashboardDatabasesHealth ChecksJavaScript

Find an API or command

All reference docs

• CLI commands

  Create, run, deploy, and troubleshoot from your terminal.

• TypeScript API

  Explore the AppHost modules, functions, and resource types.

• C# API

  Find packages, types, methods, and extension APIs.

• Container images

  Find the images and tags used by Aspire integrations.

• Diagnostics

  Look up a diagnostic code and how to resolve it.

Explore the dashboard

Dashboard docs

Follow your app from a running resource through the OpenTelemetry logs, traces, and metrics that explain its behavior.

Follow a distributed trace

Follow an OpenTelemetry trace across services and inspect its spans.

Resources and health

See how running services connect, then check their health and endpoints.

• Console logs
• Structured logs
• Metrics
• AI coding agents
• Run it standalone

Latest from Aspire on YouTube

All videos

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  Aspire Bytes

  Aspire Bytes: withReference and withEnvironment

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  Release highlights

  Aspire 13.5 is here!

From the blog

All blog posts

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  Aug 18, 2026

  Aspire 13.5: Fresh pixels and better workflows

  Explore the refreshed dashboard, live terminals, and new deployment capabilities.

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  Jun 16, 2026

  Aspire in VS Code: the 13.4 developer loop

  Run, debug, and inspect your app without leaving the editor.

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  Jun 9, 2026

  Distributed multi-agent systems with Aspire and Microsoft Agent Framework

  See how the AlpineAI demo connects agents, services, and observability.