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• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  .NET MAUI integration

  Learn how to use the Aspire .NET MAUI integration to orchestrate .NET MAUI mobile and desktop applications alongside backend services in your AppHost.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  .NET tool resources

  Learn how to use the AddDotnetTool AppHost API to run .NET CLI tools as resources in your Aspire solution.

• YouTube

  (Not) AspiriFridays - Maddy is back!

  Maddy returns to the stream.
• Blog

  💫 Welcome to the New Aspire: Your Stack, Streamlined

  Aspire goes polyglot. Explore the new Aspire.dev — a unified, open-source platform for building, observing, and deploying distributed apps in any language.

  Oct 31, 2025
• GuideLanguages: C#

  Access resources in tests

  Resolve and inspect Aspire AppHost resources from your tests — connection strings, endpoints, HTTP clients, and service discovery URIs for integration scenarios.

• How-toLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Add Aspire to an existing app

  Add Aspire to an existing application — use aspire init with an AI coding agent or wire up the AppHost manually to bring your services into the Aspire resource model.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Add Dockerfiles to your app model

  Add Dockerfiles to your Aspire app model with WithDockerfile — build local container images, layer arguments, and pin context paths for project and executable resources.

• Blog

  Adding Aspire to a Python RAG Application

  This blog post documents the transformation of the azure-search-openai-demo (a Python/TypeScript RAG application) through the addition of Aspire for local development and observability. It demonstrates how Aspire can enhance polyglot applications without requiring rewrites.

  Jan 14, 2026
• GuideLanguages: C#

  Advanced testing scenarios

  Advanced patterns for DistributedApplicationTestingBuilder — selectively disabling resources, overriding configuration, and authoring resilient Aspire integration tests.

• Blog

  Agentic development aspirations: build, run, observe — without more Markdown

  AI agents can write code but struggle to run and test it. Aspire gives your agent a codified app model to build, run, and observe your whole stack.

  Apr 7, 2026
• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  AI integrations compatibility matrix

  View the compatibility matrix for Aspire AI integrations including Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Inference, and IChatClient support.

• Blog

  Announcing Aspire 13.2

  Aspire 13.2 brings TypeScript AppHost authoring, an agent-native CLI, Foundry integration, and more.

  Mar 23, 2026
• Guide

  APIs and data access

  Reference for the Aspire dashboard read and write APIs — OTLP endpoints, HTTP telemetry APIs, gRPC resource service, and authentication for programmatic access.

• Glossary

  AppHost

  The executable application model that declares your services, resources, connections, and local orchestration.

• Guide

  AppHost configuration

  Configure the Aspire AppHost — environment variables, launch profiles, network ports, container runtime selection, and the options that change orchestration behavior.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  AppHost eventing APIs

  Use the Aspire AppHost eventing APIs for lifecycle events, custom event publishing, and reactive integrations that respond to resource state transitions at runtime.

• TutorialLanguages: C#

  Apply EF Core migrations in Aspire

  Learn about how to apply Entity Framework Core migrations in Aspire, including running migrations at startup and publishing migration bundles as container images for deployment.

• SampleLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  ASP.NET Core Minimal API + PostgreSQL + Vite

  Todo app with C# Minimal APIs, Entity Framework Core, PostgreSQL, and React TypeScript frontend.

• Blog

  Aspire 13 – Aspireify anything

  Aspire 13 is here with revamped JS and Python experiences, new AI-focused grations, and a new iteration of deployment tooling.

  Nov 11, 2025
• Blog

  Aspire 13.1 – Our holiday gift to you

  Aspire 13.1 is here with CLI-based MCP for AI agents, dashboard improvements, Azure updates, and TLS termination support.

  Dec 17, 2025
• Blog

  Aspire 13.2: Bun Support and Container Enhancements

  Aspire 13.2 keeps the JavaScript story moving with Bun for Vite, more predictable containers, and small but meaningful fixes across debugging and builds.

  Apr 21, 2026
• Blog

  Aspire 13.2: Dashboard Gets Smarter Export and Telemetry

  Aspire 13.2 brings powerful new dashboard features for exporting and importing telemetry, querying telemetry via API, and improved GenAI telemetry visualization.

  Mar 31, 2026
• Blog

  Aspire 13.4 is here

  Aspire 13.4 is here with TypeScript apphost GA, typed resource commands with results, server-side CLI log and telemetry search, more mature Kubernetes and AKS deployment, and more.

  Jun 1, 2026
• YouTube

  Aspire 13.5 is here!

  Release highlights
• Blog

  Aspire 13.5: Fresh pixels and better workflows

  Aspire 13.5 refreshes the dashboard and aspire.dev, expands the Interaction Service, adds cross-scope Azure references and Kubernetes persistent volumes, and brings live terminals into the AppHost.

  Aug 18, 2026
• YouTube

  Aspire 9.5 Release Party + Unboxing

  Join the team for a special release party celebrating Aspire 9.5.
• aspire add

  CLI command

  aspire add command

  Learn about the aspire add command and its usage. This command adds an integration package to an Aspire AppHost project.

• aspire agent

  CLI command

  aspire agent command

  Learn about the aspire agent command and its usage. This command driver manages AI agent integrations, Aspire skills, and MCP (Model Context Protocol) server operations.

• aspire agent init

  CLI command

  aspire agent init command

  Learn about the aspire agent init command and its usage. This command initializes AI agent configuration for detected agent environments.

• aspire agent mcp

  CLI command

  aspire agent mcp command

  Learn about the aspire agent mcp command and its usage. This command starts the MCP (Model Context Protocol) server.

• Guide

  Aspire architecture overview

  Learn the overall architecture of Aspire — the AppHost, resource model, orchestration, networking, dashboard, and how multi-language integrations fit together.

• YouTube

  Aspire Bytes: withReference and withEnvironment

  Aspire Bytes
• aspire cache clear

  CLI command

  aspire cache clear command

  Learn about the aspire cache clear command and its usage. This command clears all cache entries used by the Aspire CLI.

• aspire cache

  CLI command

  aspire cache command

  Learn about the aspire cache command and its usage. This command driver is used to manage disk cache for Aspire CLI operations.

• aspire certs clean

  CLI command

  aspire certs clean command

  Learn about the aspire certs clean command and its usage. This command removes all HTTPS development certificates.

• aspire certs

  CLI command

  aspire certs command

  Learn about the aspire certs command and its usage. This command manages HTTPS development certificates.

• aspire certs trust

  CLI command

  aspire certs trust command

  Learn about the aspire certs trust command and its usage. This command trusts the HTTPS development certificate, creating one if necessary.

• CLI reference

  Aspire CLI overview

  Overview of the Aspire CLI, the cross-platform terminal tool for creating, running, and deploying Aspire AppHost projects from your shell.

• aspire

  CLI command

  aspire command

  Learn about the aspire command, the generic driver for the Aspire CLI used to run, deploy, and manage AppHost projects from the terminal.

• Guide

  Aspire community channels and links

  Connect with the Aspire team and community across Discord, GitHub Discussions, livestreams, social channels, and contribution platforms for distributed apps.

• Blog

  Aspire Conf is Coming! Join us Live on March 23

  Save the date and tune in for our free, livestream event on March 23. Discover Aspire and learn how it can transform the way you build and deploy your distributed apps and agents.

  Mar 10, 2026
• aspire config

  CLI command

  aspire config command

  Learn about the aspire config command and its usage. This command driver is used to manage the Aspire CLI config settings.

• aspire config delete

  CLI command

  aspire config delete command

  Learn about the aspire config delete command and its usage. This command deletes an Aspire CLI config value by key name.

• aspire config get

  CLI command

  aspire config get command

  Learn about the aspire config get command and its usage. This command gets an Aspire CLI config value by key name.

• aspire config list

  CLI command

  aspire config list command

  Learn about the aspire config list command and its usage. This command lists all Aspire CLI config values.

• aspire config set

  CLI command

  aspire config set command

  Learn about the aspire config set command and its usage. This command sets an Aspire CLI config value by key name.

• Glossary

  Aspire dashboard

  A web interface for exploring resource status, console output, structured logs, distributed traces, and metrics.

• aspire dashboard

  CLI command

  aspire dashboard command

  Learn about the aspire dashboard command and its usage. This command is used to manage the Aspire dashboard.

• Guide

  Aspire dashboard configuration reference

  Configuration reference for the Aspire dashboard — OTLP endpoints, frontend authentication, resource service, telemetry limits, and standalone deployment options.

• Guide

  Aspire dashboard data persistence

  Learn how SQLite persistence modes, run history, retention, storage limits, and data protection work in the Aspire dashboard.

• Guide

  Aspire dashboard for distributed apps

  Monitor, debug, and manage your distributed applications with the Aspire dashboard — real-time telemetry, resource graphs, console logs, and OpenTelemetry support.

• Guide

  Aspire dashboard for local OpenTelemetry

  View application logs, distributed traces, and metrics in the Aspire dashboard. Inspect local resource health with an AppHost or receive OTLP data standalone.

• aspire dashboard run

  CLI command

  aspire dashboard run command

  Learn about the aspire dashboard run command and its usage. This command starts a standalone Aspire Dashboard instance.

• GuideLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Aspire dashboard security considerations

  Security considerations for running the Aspire dashboard — authentication, network exposure, OTLP and resource service endpoints, and standalone hardening guidance.

• aspire deploy

  CLI command

  aspire deploy command

  Learn about the aspire deploy command and its usage. This command invokes the deploy pipeline step and any dependent steps registered in the app model.

• Guide

  Aspire deployment overview

  Ship your Aspire applications to Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and beyond — choose a target, publish artifacts, and deploy with the Aspire CLI from a single AppHost.

• aspire describe

  CLI command

  aspire describe command

  Learn about the aspire describe command which displays resource details for a running Aspire AppHost, with optional continuous streaming.

• aspire destroy

  CLI command

  aspire destroy command

  Learn about the aspire destroy command and its usage. This command tears down a previously deployed Aspire environment.

• aspire do

  CLI command

  aspire do command

  Learn about the aspire do command and its usage. This command executes a specific pipeline step and its dependencies.

• aspire docs api

  CLI command

  aspire docs api command

  Learn about the aspire docs api command and its usage. This command group is used to browse, search, and retrieve Aspire API reference material from aspire.dev.

• aspire docs api get

  CLI command

  aspire docs api get command

  Learn about the aspire docs api get command and its usage. This command retrieves the full content of an Aspire API reference entry from aspire.dev.

• aspire docs api list

  CLI command

  aspire docs api list command

  Learn about the aspire docs api list command and its usage. This command browses the Aspire API reference catalog under a given scope on aspire.dev.

• aspire docs api search

  CLI command

  aspire docs api search command

  Learn about the aspire docs api search command and its usage. This command searches Aspire API reference documentation by keyword on aspire.dev.

• aspire docs

  CLI command

  aspire docs command

  Learn about the aspire docs command and its usage. This command is used to browse and search Aspire documentation from aspire.dev.

• aspire docs get

  CLI command

  aspire docs get command

  Learn about the aspire docs get command and its usage. This command retrieves the full content of an Aspire documentation page by its slug.

• Blog

  Aspire Docs in Your Terminal (and Your AI’s Brain)

  Aspire 13.2 ships aspire docs, a CLI for browsing, searching, and reading official aspire.dev docs from your terminal, with the same source of truth available to AI skills and automation.

  Apr 2, 2026
• aspire docs list

  CLI command

  aspire docs list command

  Learn about the aspire docs list command and its usage. This command lists all available Aspire documentation pages from aspire.dev.

• aspire docs search

  CLI command

  aspire docs search command

  Learn about the aspire docs search command and its usage. This command searches Aspire documentation using relevance-ranked keyword and phrase queries.

• aspire doctor

  CLI command

  aspire doctor command

  Learn about the aspire doctor command and its usage. This command diagnoses Aspire environment issues and verifies setup.

• Guide

  Aspire documentation home

  Browse the official Aspire documentation: get started with C# and TypeScript AppHosts, model distributed apps, deploy to Azure and Kubernetes, and observe in the dashboard.

• YouTube

  Aspire Documented with Copilot

  Automatically generate living documentation from Aspire AppHost definitions using GitHub Copilot.
• aspire export

  CLI command

  aspire export command

  Learn about the aspire export command and its usage. This command exports telemetry and resource data to a zip file.

• Blog

  Aspire for JavaScript developers

  Aspire 13 brings comprehensive JavaScript and TypeScript support to cloud-native development, enabling you to orchestrate Node.js applications, Vite frontends, and JavaScript services alongside your .NET projects with unified tooling and seamless integration.

  Jan 12, 2026
• Blog

  Aspire in VS Code: the 13.4 developer loop

  Aspire 13.4 brings more of the local development loop into VS Code: AppHost CodeLens actions, live resource state, dashboard shortcuts, typed resource command prompts, TypeScript AppHost support, and multi-language debugging.

  Jun 16, 2026
• aspire init

  CLI command

  aspire init command

  Learn about the aspire init command and how it uses the aspireify agent skill to wire up Aspire support in an existing codebase.

• Guide

  Aspire Integrations

  Connect your distributed applications to 150+ services — databases, caches, messaging, cloud platforms, and more — with a single line in your AppHost.

• Blog

  Aspire Integrations, Batteries Included

  Aspire provides a batteries included approach through integrations

  Dec 11, 2025
• Guide

  Aspire Live 📺

  Watch Aspire live on YouTube and Twitch — the embeds light up automatically when we go live.

• aspire logs

  CLI command

  aspire logs command

  Learn about the aspire logs command and its usage. This command displays logs from resources in a running apphost.

• aspire ls

  CLI command

  aspire ls command

  Learn about the aspire ls command which discovers and lists AppHost project candidates in the current directory and its subdirectories.

• aspire mcp call

  CLI command

  aspire mcp call command

  Learn about the aspire mcp call command and its usage. This command calls an MCP tool on a running resource.

• aspire mcp

  CLI command

  aspire mcp command

  Learn about the aspire mcp command and its usage. This command interacts with MCP tools exposed by Aspire resources.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Aspire MCP server for application observability

  Give coding agents MCP tools for application logs, distributed traces, and resource health. Configure optional runtime access alongside Aspire CLI skills.

• aspire mcp tools

  CLI command

  aspire mcp tools command

  Learn about the aspire mcp tools command and its usage. This command lists MCP tools exposed by running resources.

• SampleLanguages: C#

  Aspire metrics sample app

  This is a simple .NET app that shows off collecting metrics with OpenTelemetry and exporting them to Prometheus and Grafana for reporting. The instrumented app is a small web UI that emits OpenTelemetry metrics. Click around it — the Weather feed and the Auth Required flow —…

• Blog

  Aspire Multi-Repo Microservices – Windows 365 Integration Journey

  How Windows 365 extends Aspire to streamline multi-repo microservice development using microservice resources, emulators, automated seed data, and cloud-based end-to-end validation.

  Nov 17, 2025
• Blog

  Aspire Multi-repo Rollout at Scale with Agentic AI

  This is part 2 blog of the windows 365 integration journey with Aspire. This blog focus to show how Windows 365 scaled Aspire adoption with reliability patterns and an agentic AI rollout system across 50+ repos.

  Jun 4, 2026
• aspire new

  CLI command

  aspire new command

  Learn about the aspire new command and its usage. This command creates new Aspire projects or solutions.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Aspire on Azure: security best practices

  Harden Aspire deployments to Azure with private networking, managed identities, secret stores, Key Vault references, and policy guardrails for production workloads.

• Twitch

  Aspire on Twitch

  Watch the official Aspire Twitch channel for live streams with the team.
• YouTube

  Aspire on YouTube

  Explore videos and live streams on the official Aspire YouTube channel.
• SampleLanguages: C#

  Aspire Orleans sample app

  This is a simple .NET app that shows how to use Orleans with Aspire orchestration. The voting frontend lets you create a poll, share its link, and vote on it. Vote totals are tracked by an Orleans grain and update in real time across every connected viewer. It supports both l…

• aspire otel

  CLI command

  aspire otel command

  Learn about the aspire otel command and its usage. This command is used to view OpenTelemetry data (logs, spans, traces) from a running apphost.

• aspire otel logs

  CLI command

  aspire otel logs command

  Learn about the aspire otel logs command and its usage. This command views structured logs from the Dashboard telemetry API.

• aspire otel spans

  CLI command

  aspire otel spans command

  Learn about the aspire otel spans command and its usage. This command views spans from the Dashboard telemetry API.

• aspire otel traces

  CLI command

  aspire otel traces command

  Learn about the aspire otel traces command and its usage. This command views traces from the Dashboard telemetry API.

• aspire ps

  CLI command

  aspire ps command

  Learn about the aspire ps command which lists all running Aspire AppHost processes with their process IDs and dashboard URLs.

• aspire publish

  CLI command

  aspire publish command

  Learn about the aspire publish command and its usage. This command invokes resource publishers declared by the apphost to serialize resources to disk.

• Reference

  Aspire Reference

  Comprehensive reference documentation for Aspire — CLI tools, APIs, and command-line reference materials.

• aspire resource

  CLI command

  aspire resource command

  Learn about the aspire resource command and its usage. This command executes a command on a resource in a running apphost.

• aspire resources

  CLI command

  aspire resources command

  Learn about the aspire resources command alias and migrate to the primary aspire describe command.

• aspire restore

  CLI command

  aspire restore command

  Learn about the aspire restore command and its usage. This command restores dependencies and generates SDK code for an apphost.

• aspire run

  CLI command

  aspire run command

  Learn about the aspire run command, which builds and runs an Aspire AppHost project locally and streams logs and telemetry to your terminal.

• GuideLanguages: C#

  Aspire SDK for distributed apps

  Learn how the Aspire SDK simplifies orchestrating Aspire applications — packaging, project references, source generators, and how the SDK plugs into AppHost projects.

• Guide

  Aspire SDK templates for new apps

  Learn about the Aspire SDK templates — Starter app, AppHost, ServiceDefaults — and how to use them to scaffold new C# or TypeScript Aspire applications quickly.

• aspire secret

  CLI command

  aspire secret command

  Learn about the aspire secret command and its usage. This command is used to manage user secrets for an Aspire AppHost.

• aspire secret delete

  CLI command

  aspire secret delete command

  Learn about the aspire secret delete command and its usage. This command deletes a user secret for an Aspire AppHost.

• aspire secret get

  CLI command

  aspire secret get command

  Learn about the aspire secret get command and its usage. This command retrieves a user secret value for an Aspire AppHost.

• aspire secret list

  CLI command

  aspire secret list command

  Learn about the aspire secret list command and its usage. This command lists all user secrets for an Aspire AppHost.

• aspire secret path

  CLI command

  aspire secret path command

  Learn about the aspire secret path command and its usage. This command shows the file path where user secrets are stored for an Aspire AppHost.

• aspire secret set

  CLI command

  aspire secret set command

  Learn about the aspire secret set command and its usage. This command sets a user secret value for an Aspire AppHost.

• SampleLanguages: C#

  Aspire Shop

  Browse a product catalog served by the Catalog service and add items to a cart held by the Basket service. Built with Aspire. The app consists of four .NET services: AspireShop.Frontend: This is an ASP.NET Core Blazor app that displays a paginated catalog of products and allo…

• Guide

  Aspire skills

  Learn how Aspire skills teach AI coding agents to initialize, operate, observe, deploy, and wire Aspire apps.

• aspire start

  CLI command

  aspire start command

  Learn about the aspire start command and its usage. This command starts an AppHost in the background.

• aspire stop

  CLI command

  aspire stop command

  Learn about the aspire stop command, which gracefully stops a running Aspire AppHost process so resources are torn down in the correct order.

• aspire terminal attach

  CLI command

  aspire terminal attach command

  Learn about the aspire terminal attach command, which connects your local terminal to a resource's interactive PTY session exposed using WithTerminal.

• aspire terminal

  CLI command

  aspire terminal command

  Use aspire terminal to list and attach to interactive resource terminals, or play tape files to automate shell and REPL checks.

• aspire terminal ps

  CLI command

  aspire terminal ps command

  Learn about the aspire terminal ps command, which lists every WithTerminal-enabled resource in the connected AppHost with grid size, attached peers, and per-replica health.

• aspire terminal tape

  CLI command

  aspire terminal tape command

  Use the aspire terminal tape command group to play tape files against existing resource terminals and automate repeatable shell or REPL checks.

• aspire terminal tape play

  CLI command

  aspire terminal tape play command

  Play a tape against a running Aspire resource terminal, select a replica, configure a timeout, and capture final or per-command text screens.

• GuideLanguages: C#

  Aspire troubleshooting guide

  Solutions to common problems when getting started with Aspire — Docker issues, port conflicts, certificate trust, dashboard authentication, and dev container quirks.

• Glossary

  Aspire Type System

  A portable contract that exposes Aspire's .NET hosting APIs to supported guest languages through generated SDKs.

• YouTube

  Aspire Unplugged with David and Maddy

  Informal conversation about Aspire's vision, design decisions, and future direction.
• aspire update

  CLI command

  aspire update command

  Learn about the aspire update command and its usage. This command helps you keep your Aspire projects current by automatically detecting and updating outdated packages and templates.

• Guide

  Aspire Visual Studio Code extension

  Use the Aspire Visual Studio Code extension to create, configure, run, and deploy Aspire applications — with integrated CLI, dashboards, and AI-assisted workflows.

• aspire wait

  CLI command

  aspire wait command

  Learn about the aspire wait command which blocks until a named resource reaches a target status, with a configurable timeout.

• Integration

  Aspire.Hosting.AgentFramework.DevUI

  Microsoft Agent Framework DevUI support for Aspire.
• Integration

  Aspire.Hosting.Azure.FrontDoor

  Azure Front Door resource types for Aspire.
• Integration

  Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Provisioning.Generators

  Source generators for creating bounded polyglot proxies over Azure Provisioning SDKs.
• Integration

  Aspire.Hosting.Blazor

  Blazor WebAssembly hosting support for Aspire.
• Integration

  Aspire.Hosting.Browsers

  Browser support for Aspire hosting.
• Integration

  Aspire.Hosting.ClickHouse

  ClickHouse hosting support for Aspire. Adds ClickHouse container resources, databases, volumes, and health checks to the Aspire app model.
• Integration

  Aspire.Hosting.CodeGeneration.Go

  Package Description
• Integration

  Aspire.Hosting.CodeGeneration.Java

  Package Description
• Integration

  Aspire.Hosting.CodeGeneration.Python

  Package Description
• Integration

  Aspire.Hosting.CodeGeneration.Rust

  Package Description
• Integration

  Aspire.Hosting.CodeGeneration.TypeScript

  Package Description
• Integration

  Aspire.Hosting.DocumentDB

  DocumentDB support for Aspire. Provides extension methods and resource definitions for an Aspire AppHost to configure a DocumentDB resource.
• Integration

  Aspire.Hosting.EntityFrameworkCore

  Entity Framework Core migration management support for Aspire.
• Integration

  Aspire.Hosting.Integration.Analyzers

  Analyzers for Aspire hosting integration authors.
• Integration

  Aspire.MongoDB.EntityFrameworkCore

  A MongoDB provider for Entity Framework Core that integrates with Aspire, including connection pooling, health checks, logging, and telemetry.
• Integration

  Aspire.TypeSystem

  Aspire Type System (ATS) APIs for Aspire polyglot support.
• YouTube

  AspiriFridays - Bingo Deployment, Rogue Edition

  A rogue edition of deployment challenges with the Bingo app.
• YouTube

  AspiriFridays - Bitwarden

  Welcome to the first ever AspiriFriday! Join David Fowler, Damian Edwards, and Maddy Montaquila while they try to Aspireify (aka add Aspire to) your apps, live on stream!
• YouTube

  AspiriFridays - Ed Keilholz (Hex Master)

  David, Damian, and Maddy join Eduard Keilholz (hexmaster) to further Aspirify his app on a lively Friday stream.
• YouTube

  AspiriFridays - Excalidraw

  The Aspire team adds Aspire to Excalidraw.
• YouTube

  AspiriFridays - GitHub Codespaces with Thomas Mahlberg

  The team joins Thomas Mahlberg to explore Aspire with GitHub Codespaces.
• YouTube

  AspiriFridays - Halloween Edition

  A special Halloween edition of AspiriFridays.
• YouTube

  AspiriFridays - Hanselman gets Aspirified

  The team joins Scott Hanselman to Aspirify his application.
• YouTube

  AspiriFridays - James Montemagno + Feedback Flow

  Damian and Maddy join James Montemagno to add Aspire to his Feedback Flow app.
• YouTube

  AspiriFridays - Joe Guadagno

  Join Maddy, Damian, and David for the 3rd AspiriFriday where Microsoft MVP and Realtime Technologies VP Joseph Guadagno will be adding Aspire to his personal broadcast site.
• YouTube

  AspiriFridays - Maddy vs Deployment

  Join Maddy as she tackles Aspire deployment challenges.
• YouTube

  AspiriFridays - Maddy vs Deployment Pt 2: The Proxies Strike Back

  Maddy continues her deployment journey with proxy configurations.
• YouTube

  AspiriFridays - Oisin and ProjectCommander

  The Aspire team joins Oisin to add Aspire to ProjectCommander.
• YouTube

  AspiriFridays - Sean from SCT Software

  David, Damian, and Maddy join Sean Killeen from SCT Software to Aspireify his production code.
• YouTube

  AspiriFridays - Tommaso Stocchi and Jerry Nixon with Data API Builder

  Maddy and Damian join special guests Tommaso Stocchi and Jerry Nixon to Aspirify the Azure Data API Builder after a summer break.
• YouTube

  AspiriFridays - Updating Samples to 13

  The team works on updating Aspire samples to version 13.
• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Automate resource terminals with tape files

  Run repeatable shell and REPL checks with aspire terminal tape play, wait for application output, and record terminal screens as text.

• GuideLanguages: C#

  Automate terminals from your AppHost

  Use TerminalService to send input, wait for output, and inspect terminal screens from AppHost code, with bounded waits and explicit ownership.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  AWS integrations overview

  Learn how Aspire connects to AWS with shared SDK configuration, CloudFormation and CDK resources, DynamoDB Local, and Lambda development tools.

• Integration

  Azure App Service runtime configuration

  Learn how apps deployed to Azure App Service via Aspire consume injected connection strings and resource references at runtime.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Azure Application Insights

  Learn how to use the Azure Application Insights hosting integration to add application performance monitoring and telemetry to your Aspire application.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Azure Connector Namespace hosting integration

  Model Azure Connector Namespace connections, managed MCP servers, operation allow-lists, and access policies in C# and TypeScript Aspire AppHosts.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Azure Container App Jobs

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure Container App Jobs hosting integration to deploy worker services as scheduled and event-driven jobs in Azure Container Apps.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Azure Container Registry integration overview

  Use the Aspire Azure Container Registry hosting and client integrations to provision registries, push images during deployment, and pull them at runtime from your apps.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Azure Data Lake Storage

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure Data Lake Storage integration to connect to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 for big data analytics workloads.

• Integration

  Azure Database for PostgreSQL integrations overview

  Use the Aspire Azure Database for PostgreSQL hosting and client integrations to provision flexible servers, configure firewalls, and connect from C# and TypeScript apps.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Azure Front Door

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure Front Door hosting integration to put a global edge in front of your application's backends.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Python, TypeScript

  Azure Functions runtime configuration

  Learn how Azure Functions code reads Aspire-injected environment variables to wire up triggers and bindings in .NET, TypeScript/JavaScript, and Python.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Azure integrations overview

  Learn how to model, configure, and deploy Azure resources in Aspire applications using Azure hosting and client integrations.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) integration

  Learn how to add Azure Kubernetes Service deployment support to your Aspire application using the Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Kubernetes hosting integration.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Azure Log Analytics

  Learn how to use the Azure Log Analytics hosting integration to add Log Analytics workspaces to your Aspire application for centralized logging and monitoring.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Azure Virtual Network

  Learn how to use the Azure Virtual Network integration to configure virtual networks, subnets, NAT gateways, network security groups, private endpoints, and network security perimeters.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Blazor WebAssembly integration

  Enable browser telemetry for Blazor WebAssembly apps with Aspire's Blazor hosting, gateway proxying, and client service defaults.

• GuideLanguages: JavaScript

  Browser app configuration

  Configure generic JavaScript browser apps to send OpenTelemetry data to the Aspire dashboard with OTLP HTTP exporters.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Browser logs

  Learn how to capture and configure browser console logs in Aspire using the BrowserLogs resource.

• GuideLanguages: C#

  Build custom Aspire resources

  Learn how to create custom resource types for the Aspire AppHost to model your application's unique services, containers, executables, and external dependencies.

• QuickstartLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Build your first Aspire app

  Build your first Aspire app from scratch with either a C# or TypeScript AppHost — add resources, run the dashboard, and explore telemetry in a few minutes.

• GuideLanguages: C#

  Building custom deployment pipelines

  Build container images from your Aspire resources and create custom deployment pipelines — extend publishing, target new platforms, and integrate with existing CD tools.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Bun integration

  Learn how to use the Aspire.Hosting.JavaScript Bun hosting APIs to orchestrate Bun applications alongside other resources in the Aspire app host.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  C# file-based apps

  Learn how to use the Aspire C# file-based apps hosting integration to run single .cs files without a project file alongside your other AppHost resources.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  C# launch profiles

  Learn how Aspire integrates with .NET launch profiles for C# AppHosts and service projects.

• GuideLanguages: C#

  C# Service Defaults

  Learn how the Aspire ServiceDefaults project for C# apps wires up OpenTelemetry, health checks, service discovery, and resilience defaults across your services.

• Blog

  Celebrating Community Contributions in Aspire 13

  Celebrates Aspire 13.0 community contributions, highlighting key PRs that improved App Service, Kusto workflows, dashboards, and cross-language support.

  Nov 25, 2025
• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Certificate configuration

  Configure HTTPS endpoints and certificate trust for Aspire resources to enable secure local development, container-to-container TLS, and trusted browser connections.

• Guide

  CI/CD overview

  Use the Aspire CLI as the source of truth in CI/CD and design workflows around environments, parameters, secrets, container registries, and reproducible deployments.

• Glossary

  Client integration

  An integration used inside an application to configure a service client, often with dependency injection, health checks, and telemetry.

• YouTube

  Cloud-Native Development Simplified

  Overview of Aspire features for building cloud-native applications with service discovery and telemetry.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Bitwarden.SecretManager

  An Aspire client integration for Bitwarden Secrets Manager.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.DuckDB.NET.Data

  An Aspire client integration for the DuckDB.NET.Data package.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.ActiveMQ

  An Aspire hosting package for hosting ActiveMQ.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Adminer

  An Aspire hosting integration for the Adminer database management container.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Extensions

  Azure extensions support for Aspire.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Bitwarden.SecretManager

  An Aspire hosting integration for Bitwarden Secrets Manager.
• IntegrationLanguages: JavaScript

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Bun

  An Aspire integration for hosting Bun apps. DEPRECATED: Use Aspire.Hosting.JavaScript and builder.AddBunApp(...) instead. This package will be removed in a future release.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.DbGate

  An Aspire hosting integration for the DbGate database management container.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Dbx

  An Aspire hosting integration for the Dbx database management container.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.DuckDB

  An Aspire hosting integration for providing a DuckDB database connection.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Elasticsearch.Extensions

  An Aspire hosting integration for extending Elasticsearch resources with additional management tooling.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Flyway

  An Aspire integration for Flyway database migration tool.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Kind

  An Aspire hosting integration for Kind that manages local Kind clusters for development with Docker or Podman.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Listmonk

  listmonk support for Aspire.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Logto

  Aspire hosting extensions for Logto (includes PostgreSQL and Redis integration).
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.McpInspector

  An Aspire hosting integration to run the MCP Inspector against a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Minio

  An Aspire hosting integration for MinIO. DEPRECATED: The MinIO OSS project has been archived and is no longer maintained. This integration is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Mosquitto

  An Aspire hosting package for hosting the Mosquitto MQTT broker.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Ngrok

  An Aspire integration for exposing hosted applications via secure, public URLs using ngrok.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.OpenTelemetryCollector

  An Aspire hosting integration to add an OpenTelemetry Collector into the OTLP pipeline.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.PapercutSmtp

  An Aspire component leveraging Papercut SMTP container.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Posta

  An Aspire hosting integration for Posta.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.RedPanda

  An Aspire hosting package for the Redpanda Kafka-compatible streaming platform.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.RustFs

  An Aspire hosting integration for the RustFS S3-compatible object storage container.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.SeaweedFS

  Provides extension methods and resource definitions for the Aspire AppHost to support running SeaweedFS containers with an S3-compatible API.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Sftp

  Aspire hosting integration for the atmoz SFTP container image.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Solr

  An Aspire hosting integration for Apache Solr.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Squad

  An Aspire hosting integration for Squad AI-agent teams. Models a .squad/ workspace as a first-class Aspire resource that auto-discovers the team roster and exposes it via WithReference for downstream services.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.StableDiffusionCpp

  An Aspire hosting integration for the stable-diffusion.cpp image generation server.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Stripe

  An Aspire integration for the Stripe CLI for local webhook forwarding and testing.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Umami

  Umami support for Aspire.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Zitadel

  An Aspire hosting integration for the ZITADEL identity and access management container.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Logto.Client

  An Aspire client integration for Logto that registers OpenID Connect (OIDC) or JWT authentication services in the dependency injection container.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Minio.Client

  An Aspire client integration for MinIO. DEPRECATED: The MinIO OSS project has been archived and is no longer maintained. This integration is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Posta

  An Aspire client integration for the Posta email delivery platform.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.SeaweedFS.Client

  An Aspire client integration for SeaweedFS using the AWSSDK.S3 client.
• Integration

  CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Sftp

  An SFTP client that integrates with Aspire, including health checks, logging, and telemetry.
• ASPIRE006

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Error ASPIRE006

  Learn what causes Aspire compiler error ASPIRE006 — invalid AppHost resource names — and how to fix the issue by following Aspire naming constraints and conventions.

• ASPIRE007

  Diagnostic

  Compiler Error ASPIRE007

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIRE007 — the project is missing a required Aspire.AppHost.Sdk with a version of at least 9.0.0.

• ASPIRE008

  Diagnostic

  Compiler Error ASPIRE008

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIRE008 — the project requires GenerateAssemblyInfo to be enabled for the AppHost to function correctly.

• ASPIRE009

  Diagnostic

  Compiler Error ASPIRE009

  Learn what causes Aspire compiler error ASPIRE009 — the AppHost is configured to use the Aspire CLI bundle, but the bundle could not be resolved — and how to fix it.

• ASPIRE011

  Diagnostic

  Compiler Error ASPIRE011

  Learn what causes Aspire compiler error ASPIRE011 when Dnx or DnxPinned mode can't find the dnx command, and how to correct it.

• ASPIREACADOMAINS001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Error ASPIREACADOMAINS001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIREACADOMAINS001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREACAEXPRESS001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Error ASPIREACAEXPRESS001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIREACAEXPRESS001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREACANAMING002

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Error ASPIREACANAMING002

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIREACANAMING002 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREAZURE001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Error ASPIREAZURE001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIREAZURE001 — publishers are for evaluation purposes only and are subject to change or removal in future updates.

• ASPIREAZURE002

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Error ASPIREAZURE002

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIREAZURE002 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly. Resolve or suppress it to keep your Aspire build.

• ASPIREAZURE003

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Error ASPIREAZURE003

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIREAZURE003 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly. Resolve or suppress it to keep your Aspire build.

• ASPIREBROWSERLOGS001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Error ASPIREBROWSERLOGS001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIREBROWSERLOGS001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIRECOMPUTE001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Error ASPIRECOMPUTE001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIRECOMPUTE001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIRECOSMOSDB001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Error ASPIRECOSMOSDB001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIRECOSMOSDB001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIRECSHARPAPPS001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Error ASPIRECSHARPAPPS001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIRECSHARPAPPS001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREEXPORT001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Error ASPIREEXPORT001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIREEXPORT001 — a method marked with [AspireExport] must be static — and how to fix it in your AppHost.

• ASPIREEXPORT002

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Error ASPIREEXPORT002

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIREEXPORT002 — the export ID format is invalid and must be a valid identifier.

• ASPIREEXPORT003

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Error ASPIREEXPORT003

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIREEXPORT003 — the return type of an [AspireExport] method is not ATS-compatible.

• ASPIREEXPORT004

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Error ASPIREEXPORT004

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIREEXPORT004 — a parameter type in an [AspireExport] method is not ATS-compatible.

• ASPIREEXPORT015

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Error ASPIREEXPORT015

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIREEXPORT015 — AspireExport Description is compatibility metadata — and how to fix it.

• ASPIREHOSTINGPYTHON001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Error ASPIREHOSTINGPYTHON001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIREHOSTINGPYTHON001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREPERSISTENCE001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Error ASPIREPERSISTENCE001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIREPERSISTENCE001 and how to suppress it when using experimental resource lifetime APIs.

• ASPIREPIPELINES001

  Diagnostic

  Compiler Error ASPIREPIPELINES001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIREPIPELINES001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREPIPELINES002

  Diagnostic

  Compiler Error ASPIREPIPELINES002

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIREPIPELINES002 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREPIPELINES003

  Diagnostic

  Compiler Error ASPIREPIPELINES003

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIREPIPELINES003 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREPROXYENDPOINTS001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Error ASPIREPROXYENDPOINTS001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIREPROXYENDPOINTS001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREPUBLISHERS001

  Diagnostic

  Compiler Error ASPIREPUBLISHERS001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler error ASPIREPUBLISHERS001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIRE001

  Diagnostic

  Compiler Warning ASPIRE001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIRE001 — the code language isn't fully supported by Aspire — and how to fix it in your AppHost.

• ASPIRE002

  Diagnostic

  Compiler Warning ASPIRE002

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIRE002 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly. Resolve or suppress it to keep your Aspire build.

• ASPIRE003

  Diagnostic

  Compiler Warning ASPIRE003

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIRE003 — this project requires Visual Studio version '17.10' or higher to work properly.

• ASPIRE004

  Diagnostic

  Compiler Warning ASPIRE004

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIRE004 — project is referenced by an Aspire Host project, but it is not an executable.

• ASPIRE010

  Diagnostic

  Compiler Warning ASPIRE010

  Learn what causes Aspire compiler warning ASPIRE010 — the AppHost has opted out of the Aspire CLI bundle — and how to enable or suppress it.

• ASPIREACANAMING001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREACANAMING001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREACANAMING001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREBLAZOR001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREBLAZOR001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREBLAZOR001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIRECERTIFICATES001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIRECERTIFICATES001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIRECERTIFICATES001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIRECOMMAND001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIRECOMMAND001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIRECOMMAND001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIRECOMPUTE002

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIRECOMPUTE002

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIRECOMPUTE002 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIRECOMPUTE003

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIRECOMPUTE003

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIRECOMPUTE003 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIRECONTAINERRUNTIME001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIRECONTAINERRUNTIME001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIRECONTAINERRUNTIME001 — the container runtime APIs are experimental and subject to change.

• ASPIRECONTAINERSHELLEXECUTION001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIRECONTAINERSHELLEXECUTION001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIRECONTAINERSHELLEXECUTION001 — the container shell execution property is experimental and subject to change.

• ASPIREDOCKERFILEBUILDER001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Compiler Warning ASPIREDOCKERFILEBUILDER001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREDOCKERFILEBUILDER001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREDOTNETPROJECT001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREDOTNETPROJECT001

  Learn why Aspire 13.6 removed ASPIREDOTNETPROJECT001 from the prerelease Dotnet and Blazor hosting packages while their APIs remain unstable.

• ASPIREDOTNETTOOL001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREDOTNETTOOL001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREDOTNETTOOL001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREDURABLETASK001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREDURABLETASK001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREDURABLETASK001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREEXPORT005

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREEXPORT005

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREEXPORT005 — an [AspireUnion] attribute requires at least 2 types — and how to fix it in your AppHost.

• ASPIREEXPORT006

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREEXPORT006

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREEXPORT006 — a type in an [AspireUnion] attribute is not ATS-compatible — and how to fix it in your AppHost.

• ASPIREEXPORT007

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREEXPORT007

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREEXPORT007 — duplicate export ID detected for the same target type — and how to fix it in your AppHost.

• ASPIREEXPORT008

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREEXPORT008

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREEXPORT008 — a public extension method on an exported type is missing [AspireExport] or [AspireExportIgnore].

• ASPIREEXPORT009

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREEXPORT009

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREEXPORT009 — the export name may collide with names from other integrations.

• ASPIREEXPORT010

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREEXPORT010

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREEXPORT010 — a synchronous callback parameter is invoked inline and may deadlock in multi-language app hosts.

• ASPIREEXPORT013

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREEXPORT013

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREEXPORT013 — a polyglot capability ID is defined by multiple exports in the same assembly.

• ASPIREEXPORT016

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREEXPORT016

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREEXPORT016 — a get-only mutable collection on an AspireDto — and how to fix it.

• ASPIREEXTENSION001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREEXTENSION001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREEXTENSION001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREFILESYSTEM001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREFILESYSTEM001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREFILESYSTEM001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREINTERACTION001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREINTERACTION001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREINTERACTION001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREJAVASCRIPT001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREJAVASCRIPT001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREJAVASCRIPT001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREMCP001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREMCP001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREMCP001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly. Resolve or suppress it to keep your Aspire build.

• ASPIREPIPELINES004

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREPIPELINES004

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREPIPELINES004 — the pipeline output service APIs are experimental and subject to change.

• ASPIREPOSTGRES001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREPOSTGRES001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREPOSTGRES001 — the PostgreSQL MCP integration APIs are experimental and subject to change.

• ASPIREPROBES001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREPROBES001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREPROBES001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREPROCESSCOMMAND001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREPROCESSCOMMAND001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREPROCESSCOMMAND001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREPROJECTS001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREPROJECTS001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREPROJECTS001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIRERADIUS003

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIRERADIUS003

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIRERADIUS003 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIRERADIUS004

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIRERADIUS004

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIRERADIUS004 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIRERADIUS006

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIRERADIUS006

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIRERADIUS006 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIRERADIUS057

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIRERADIUS057

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIRERADIUS057 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIRETERMINAL001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIRETERMINAL001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIRETERMINAL001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• ASPIREUSERSECRETS001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREUSERSECRETS001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREUSERSECRETS001 — the user secrets manager APIs are experimental and subject to change.

• ASPIREWATCH001

  DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Compiler Warning ASPIREWATCH001

  Learn what causes the Aspire compiler warning ASPIREWATCH001 and how to fix it so your AppHost builds cleanly.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Compose Azure infrastructure with Bicep helpers

  Use Aspire's Bicep helpers to compose deployment-time values, customize Azure Storage and Key Vault, and map each helper to the Azure Provisioning SDK.

• Glossary

  Compute environment

  A resource representing a deployment target that contributes pipeline steps for compatible application resources.

• CLI reference

  Configuration settings

  Learn about Aspire CLI configuration, the rooted aspire.config.json file, and the settings surfaced by aspire config list --all.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Configure Azure Container Apps environments

  Learn how to configure Azure Container Apps environment settings, scaling rules, and ingress for Aspire AppHost projects deployed to Azure.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Configure Gateway API on AKS

  Expose Aspire services on AKS using Kubernetes Gateway API with Application Gateway for Containers — routing, TLS, and per-resource gateway annotations.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Configure Ingress on AKS

  Configure Kubernetes Ingress on AKS with Application Gateway for Containers and automatic TLS — route Aspire services, manage hostnames, and harden public exposure.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Configure PowerShell scripts in the AppHost

  Configure PowerShell runspace pools, scripts, arguments, dependencies, dashboard actions, and lifecycle behavior in Aspire.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Configure resource lifetimes in Aspire

  Learn how session, persistent, resource-scoped, and parent-process lifetimes, plus explicit start, control Aspire containers, executables, and projects.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Configure SQL Database Projects in AppHost

  Reference the SQL Database Projects AppHost APIs for deploying DACPAC files, project outputs, and package schemas to SQL Server.

• SampleLanguages: C#

  Configuring health checks & running the ASP.NET Core HealthChecksUI container with Aspire

  This sample demonstrates configuring ASP.NET Core Health Checks and running the ASP.NET Core HealthChecksUI container with Aspire. The sample is based on the Aspire Starter App project template and thus consists of a frontend web app that communicates with a backend ASP.NET C…

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect Aspire apps to Dapr sidecars

  Use Aspire-injected Dapr HTTP and gRPC endpoints from C#, TypeScript, Python, and Go apps with the official Dapr SDKs.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect Aspire apps to Data API Builder

  Resolve Data API Builder through Aspire service discovery and call its REST or GraphQL endpoints from C#, TypeScript, Python, and Go.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect Aspire apps to LavinMQ

  Use LavinMQ connection properties from C#, TypeScript, Python, and Go apps with RabbitMQ-compatible AMQP 0-9-1 clients.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Python, TypeScript

  Connect Blazor apps and APIs

  Learn which service discovery connection properties Aspire exposes for Blazor resources and how to wire Blazor apps to APIs through your AppHost.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Apache Kafka

  Learn how to connect to Apache Kafka from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Azure AI Foundry

  Learn how to connect to Azure AI Foundry from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Azure AI Inference

  Learn how to connect to Azure AI Inference from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Azure AI Search

  Learn how to connect to Azure AI Search from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Azure App Configuration

  Learn how to connect to Azure App Configuration from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Azure Blob Storage

  Learn how to connect to Azure Blob Storage from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Azure Cache for Redis

  Learn how to connect to Azure Cache for Redis from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Azure Cosmos DB

  Learn how to connect to Azure Cosmos DB from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  Connect to Azure Cosmos DB with EF Core

  Learn how to register a DbContext for Azure Cosmos DB in C# consuming apps using the Aspire EF Core Azure Cosmos DB client integration.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Azure Database for PostgreSQL

  Learn how to connect to Azure Database for PostgreSQL from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Azure Event Hubs

  Learn how to connect to Azure Event Hubs from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Azure Key Vault

  Learn how to connect to Azure Key Vault from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Azure OpenAI

  Learn how to connect to Azure OpenAI from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  Connect to Azure PostgreSQL with EF Core

  Learn how to connect to Azure PostgreSQL from C# consuming apps in an Aspire solution using Entity Framework Core.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Azure Queue Storage

  Learn how to connect to Azure Queue Storage from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Azure Service Bus

  Learn how to connect to Azure Service Bus from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Azure SignalR Service

  Learn how to connect to Azure SignalR Service from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Azure SQL Database

  Learn how to connect to Azure SQL Database from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  Connect to Azure SQL with EF Core

  Learn how to connect to an Azure SQL database from a C# consuming app in an Aspire solution using the Entity Framework Core client integration.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Azure Table Storage

  Learn how to connect to Azure Table Storage from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Azure Web PubSub

  Learn how to connect to Azure Web PubSub from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to ClickHouse

  Learn how to connect to ClickHouse from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution in your Aspire AppHost.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Elasticsearch

  Learn how to connect to Elasticsearch from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to flagd

  Learn how to connect to flagd from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Garnet

  Learn how to connect to Garnet from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to GitHub Models

  Learn how to connect to the GitHub Models API from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to GO Feature Flag

  Learn how to connect to a GO Feature Flag relay proxy from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Java, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Java apps

  Learn how other apps call your Java apps through Aspire, and how Spring Boot, Quarkus, and plain Java apps read the URLs and connection details that Aspire injects.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to KurrentDB

  Learn how to connect to KurrentDB from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Mailpit

  Learn how to connect to Mailpit from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Meilisearch

  Learn how to connect to Meilisearch from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution in your Aspire AppHost.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Milvus

  Learn how to connect to Milvus from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to MongoDB

  Learn how to connect to MongoDB from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to MySQL

  Learn how to connect to MySQL from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  Connect to MySQL with EF Core

  Learn how to register an EF Core DbContext for MySQL from a C# consuming app in an Aspire solution, including connection properties, configuration, health checks, and telemetry.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to NATS

  Learn how to connect to NATS from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Ollama

  Learn how to connect to Ollama from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to OpenAI

  Learn how to connect to the OpenAI API from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  Connect to Oracle with EF Core

  Learn how to use the Aspire Oracle Entity Framework Core client integration to connect to an Oracle database from a C# consuming app in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to PostgreSQL

  Learn how to connect to PostgreSQL from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution in your Aspire AppHost.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  Connect to PostgreSQL with EF Core

  Learn how to connect a .NET consuming app to a PostgreSQL database using the Aspire PostgreSQL Entity Framework Core client integration.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Qdrant

  Learn how to connect to Qdrant from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to RabbitMQ

  Learn how to connect to RabbitMQ from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to RavenDB

  Learn how to connect to RavenDB from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Redis

  Learn how to connect to Redis from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  Connect to Redis distributed caching

  Learn how to register IDistributedCache backed by Redis in a consuming C# app using the Aspire.StackExchange.Redis.DistributedCaching client integration.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  Connect to Redis output caching

  Learn how to register an ASP.NET Core OutputCacheStore backed by Redis using Aspire.StackExchange.Redis.OutputCaching — including configuration, health checks, telemetry, and usage with the [OutputCache] attribute.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, Rust, TypeScript

  Connect to Rust apps

  Learn how other apps call your Rust apps through Aspire, and how Rust apps read the URLs and connection details that Aspire injects and send telemetry to the dashboard.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Seq

  Learn how to connect to Seq from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to SQL Server

  Learn how to connect to SQL Server from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution in your Aspire AppHost.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  Connect to SQL Server (EF Core)

  Learn how to connect to SQL Server from C# consuming apps using Entity Framework Core in an Aspire solution in your Aspire AppHost.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to SQLite

  Learn how to connect to SQLite from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to SurrealDB

  Learn how to connect to SurrealDB from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Connect to Valkey

  Learn how to connect to Valkey from C#, Go, Python, and TypeScript consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• Glossary

  Connection string

  A formatted value containing the address and options a client needs to connect to a database, cache, or similar service.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Container files

  Inject files and directories into Aspire container resources at development and publish time using WithContainerFiles, with options for source paths and permissions.

• Container images

  Container images

  A complete reference of every container image used by Aspire hosting integrations — grouped by category, with registry, tag, and the AppHost API that introduces each.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Container networking

  Learn how the Aspire DCP container tunnel enables reliable container-to-host and container-to-container networking in development, including ports and service discovery.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Container registry configuration

  Configure container registries for Aspire — generic registries, Docker Hub, Azure Container Registry, GitHub Container Registry, and per-resource image tagging.

• GuideLanguages: C#, JavaScript, TypeScript

  Contributor guide for aspire.dev

  Learn how to contribute to aspire.dev: clone the repo, run the docs site locally, write Starlight MDX, follow the style guide, and open a pull request.

• TutorialLanguages: C#

  Create custom client integrations

  Learn how to create a custom Aspire client integration for an existing containerized application in your Aspire AppHost.

• TutorialLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Create custom hosting integrations

  Learn how to create a custom Aspire hosting integration for an existing containerized application in your Aspire AppHost.

• GuideLanguages: C#

  Create ephemeral terminals from your AppHost

  Use TerminalService to launch interactive processes, display docked terminals, and manage their lifetime independently of resources in your AppHost.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Custom HTTP commands

  Create custom HTTP commands in Aspire to invoke service endpoints from the dashboard and CLI — refresh caches, run admin actions, and integrate with internal tools.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Custom resource commands

  Create custom resource commands in Aspire to add buttons and actions to the dashboard — refresh data, run scripts, and trigger workflows directly from the resource graph.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Customize Azure resources

  Learn how to customize Azure resource provisioning, existing resources, role assignments, naming, and outputs in Aspire.

• Glossary

  DAG

  A directed acyclic graph: nodes connected by directional edges, with no path that loops back to its starting node.

• SampleLanguages: C#

  Database migrations with Entity Framework Core sample app

  This sample demonstrates how to use Entity Framework Core's migrations feature with Aspire. The sample has three important projects: DatabaseMigrations.ApiService - A web app that uses the database. DatabaseMigrations.MigrationService - A background worker app that applies mi…

• Guide

  Debug app failures with AI coding agents

  Investigate a local request failure using the same application logs, traces, and resource health in the Aspire dashboard and coding-agent CLI or MCP tools.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  Default Azure credential

  Learn about the default credential behavior in Aspire Azure client integrations and how to customize it in your Aspire AppHost.

• Glossary

  Deferred evaluation

  Resolving or computing a value only when the information needed to produce it is available.

• GuideLanguages: C#

  Define custom resource URLs

  Create custom resource URLs in Aspire so the dashboard, MCP server, and AI coding agents can deep-link to admin tools, health endpoints, and external dashboards.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Deploy Aspire applications with Radius

  Publish Aspire apps to Radius, understand recipe-backed connection values and credentials, and resolve deployment and publish diagnostics.

• GuideLanguages: C#, JavaScript, TypeScript

  Deploy JavaScript apps

  Learn the main production deployment models for JavaScript app resources in Aspire — Next.js, Vite, SSR frameworks, container images, and CDN-fronted hosting targets.

• Guide

  Deploy to Azure

  Learn how Azure deployment works in Aspire, the shared prerequisites, and how to choose between Azure App Service, Container Apps, and AKS for production workloads.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Deploy to Azure App Service

  Deploy Aspire applications to Azure App Service with the aspire deploy command — plans, containers, configuration, slot deployments, and CI/CD integration.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Deploy to Azure Container Apps

  Deploy Aspire applications to Azure Container Apps with the aspire deploy command — environments, revisions, scaling, ingress, and secret-backed configuration.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Deploy to Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

  Deploy Aspire compute resources to Azure Container Apps Sandboxes with aspire deploy — sandbox groups, tiers, auto-suspend, endpoint access, and identity.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Deploy to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

  Deploy your Aspire application to Azure Kubernetes Service with full provisioning of AKS clusters, container registries, ingress, identity, and observability.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Deploy to Docker Compose

  Publish and deploy your Aspire application using Docker Compose with Docker or Podman — generate compose files, build images, and orchestrate multi-service production runs.

• Guide

  Deploy to Kubernetes

  Deploy Aspire applications to Kubernetes — whether you manage your own cluster or use Azure Kubernetes Service, Helm-based publishing, and CI/CD integrations.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Deploy to Kubernetes clusters

  Publish and deploy your Aspire application to an existing Kubernetes cluster using Helm — generated charts, values overrides, secrets, and release management workflows.

• TutorialLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Deploy your first Aspire app

  Deploy your first Aspire application end to end — choose a target (Azure, Kubernetes, or Docker Compose), publish artifacts, and run aspire deploy from a C# or TypeScript AppHost.

• Glossary

  Deployment pipeline

  A dependency-aware set of steps that builds, publishes, or deploys resources from the Aspire application model.

• Guide

  Deployment state caching

  Learn how the aspire deploy command manages deployment state through cached configuration files — keys, invalidation, and per-environment override behavior.

• Quickstart

  Dev Containers in Visual Studio Code

  Use Aspire with Visual Studio Code Dev Containers to build and run multi-language apps in a reproducible environment with the CLI and dashboard ready.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Dev Tunnels integration

  Learn how to use the Dev Tunnels integration for exposing local web services to the internet in your Aspire AppHost.

• DiagnosticLanguages: C#

  Diagnostics overview

  Learn about the diagnostics tools and features available in Aspire — analyzers, compiler errors, the dashboard, structured telemetry, and troubleshooting workflows.

• GuideLanguages: C#

  Display interactive terminals in dialogs

  Use PromptTerminalAsync to display interactive tools in dashboard dialogs, coordinate cancellation, and manage terminal and interaction lifetimes.

• Glossary

  Distributed application

  An application whose parts communicate across process or network boundaries, rather than running as a single unit.

• Blog

  Distributed multi-agent systems with Aspire and Microsoft Agent Framework

  Learn how Aspire, Microsoft Agent Framework, and Microsoft Foundry model, run, observe, and publish a distributed multi-agent AlpineAI ski resort demo.

  Jun 9, 2026
• Guide

  Docker Compose to Aspire AppHost reference

  Quick reference for converting Docker Compose YAML syntax to Aspire AppHost API calls — services, networks, volumes, environment variables, and health checks.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Docker integration

  Learn how to use the Aspire Docker hosting integration to deploy your app with Docker Compose.

• Integration

  EF Core Azure Cosmos DB integrations overview

  Use the Aspire Entity Framework Core Azure Cosmos DB integrations to model your DbContext, provision a Cosmos DB account, and connect from C# apps with health checks.

• Integration

  EF Core Azure PostgreSQL integrations overview

  Use the Aspire EF Core Azure PostgreSQL hosting and client integrations to provision flexible servers and connect from your C# DbContext with resilience and telemetry.

• Glossary

  Emulator pattern

  Replaces a supported cloud resource with a local emulator for development while keeping the resource in the application model.

• Guide

  Enable browser telemetry

  Enable browser telemetry in the Aspire dashboard to capture client-side OpenTelemetry logs, traces, and metrics from front-end JavaScript apps.

• Glossary

  Endpoint

  A named network access point on a resource, describing how clients can reach it through a scheme, host, and port.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  Entity Framework Core integrations overview

  Learn how Aspire Entity Framework Core integrations simplify pooled DbContext registration, health checks, tracing, and connection resiliency for SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Cosmos DB, and MongoDB.

• Glossary

  Environment variable

  A process-level name and value used to pass configuration, endpoints, and connection information to an application.

• GuideLanguages: C#, JavaScript, Python

  Environment variables

  Learn how Aspire generates environment variable names for connection strings, endpoints, service discovery, and resource properties.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Environments

  Use Aspire environments to configure your application for development, staging, and production — parameters, secrets, container tags, and per-environment overrides.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Example app lifecycle workflow

  Follow a worked example that uses GitHub Actions to publish Aspire artifacts and Docker Compose to deploy — a complete deployment lifecycle from commit to production.

• GuideLanguages: C#

  Examples

  Explore complete, runnable examples that demonstrate Aspire's resource model — custom container resources, connection strings, health checks, and event subscriptions.

• Glossary

  Existing resource pattern

  Connects an application to a dependency that already exists instead of creating and managing a new instance.

• Guide

  Explore the Aspire dashboard with the Starter app

  Explore Aspire dashboard features — resource graph, console logs, traces, metrics, and the GenAI visualizer — using the Aspire Starter app as a guided tour.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Expose services with Ingress and Gateway API

  Learn how to expose your Aspire application services to external traffic using Kubernetes Ingress or Gateway API resources.

• YouTube

  Extending and Customizing Aspire

  David Fowler and Damian Edwards show how to build custom integrations and resource types.
• GuideLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  External parameters

  Express secrets, connection strings, and configuration as Aspire external parameters that flow into resources at run, publish, and deploy time across environments.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Floci integration

  Learn how to use the Aspire Floci hosting integration to emulate AWS, Azure, and GCP services locally in your development environment.

• Blog

  Free Your Terminal with Detached Mode in Aspire 13.2

  Aspire 13.2 brings detached mode to the CLI. Run your AppHost in the background, free your terminal, and let coding agents start, inspect, and manage your app without blocking.

  Apr 16, 2026
• Guide

  Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

  Answers to common questions about Aspire — the AppHost, dashboard, integrations, TypeScript support, deployment targets, telemetry, and licensing for production apps.

• Integration

  Get started with Azure AI Search integrations

  Learn how the Aspire Azure AI Search integrations provision an Azure AI Search resource and wire the .NET client for vector and full-text search.

• Integration

  Get started with Azure App Configuration integrations

  Understand why you use the Aspire Azure App Configuration integrations and how they fit together in your Aspire AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with Blazor hosting

  Learn what the Aspire Blazor hosting integration is, why to use it, and how to model and connect Blazor WebAssembly apps in your AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with Dapr and Aspire

  Learn how Aspire models Dapr sidecars and components, then connects C#, TypeScript, Python, and Go apps through Dapr SDKs.

• Integration

  Get started with Data API Builder

  Learn how Aspire hosts Data API Builder, connects it to databases, and exposes REST or GraphQL APIs to C#, TypeScript, Python, and Go.

• QuickstartLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Get started with Deno and Aspire

  Run Deno applications with Aspire, model them as AppHost resources, and configure their local development environment.

• Integration

  Get started with GO Feature Flag integrations

  Learn how Aspire hosts a GO Feature Flag relay proxy and connects C#, TypeScript, Python, and Go apps through OpenFeature providers.

• Integration

  Get started with LavinMQ and Aspire

  Learn how Aspire hosts LavinMQ and connects C#, TypeScript, Python, and Go apps with RabbitMQ-compatible AMQP 0-9-1 clients.

• Integration

  Get started with Redis distributed caching

  Understand why you use the Aspire Redis distributed caching integration and how it fits together in your Aspire AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with Redis output caching

  Understand why you use the Aspire Redis output caching integration and how it fits together in your Aspire AppHost.

• QuickstartLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Get started with SQL Database Projects

  Learn how Aspire deploys a SQL Database Project DACPAC to a SQL Server database during local development and testing.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  Get started with the .NET / C# app integration

  Understand how the Aspire Dotnet hosting integration runs C# projects and file-based apps by path from your AppHost and how to choose the right setup path.

• Integration

  Get started with the Apache Kafka integrations

  Learn how the Aspire Apache Kafka integrations host a Kafka broker resource and wire the .NET producer and consumer clients into your AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with the Azure AI Foundry integrations

  Understand why you use the Aspire Azure AI Foundry integrations and how they fit together in your Aspire AppHost.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  Get started with the Azure AI Inference integrations

  Understand why you use the Aspire Azure AI Inference integrations and how they fit together in your Aspire AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with the Azure App Service integration

  Learn how the Aspire Azure App Service integration deploys your Aspire AppHost resources to Azure App Service using the Azure provisioning model.

• Integration

  Get started with the Azure Blob Storage integrations

  Understand why you use the Aspire Azure Blob Storage integrations and how they fit together in your Aspire AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with the Azure Cache for Redis integrations

  Understand why you use the Aspire Azure Cache for Redis integrations and how they fit together in your Aspire AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with the Azure Cosmos DB integrations

  Learn how the Aspire Azure Cosmos DB integrations provision an Azure Cosmos DB account resource and wire the .NET client into your AppHost projects.

• Integration

  Get started with the Azure Event Hubs integrations

  Understand why you use the Aspire Azure Event Hubs integrations and how they fit together in your Aspire AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with the Azure Functions integration

  Learn how the Aspire Azure Functions integration runs an Azure Functions worker resource locally and orchestrates it alongside the rest of your AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with the Azure Key Vault integrations

  Learn how the Aspire Azure Key Vault integrations provision an Azure Key Vault resource and wire the .NET secret client into your AppHost projects.

• Integration

  Get started with the Azure OpenAI integrations

  Learn how the Aspire Azure OpenAI integrations provision an Azure OpenAI resource and wire the .NET client to call chat and embedding models.

• Integration

  Get started with the Azure Queue Storage integrations

  Understand why you use the Aspire Azure Queue Storage integrations and how they fit together in your Aspire AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with the Azure Service Bus integrations

  Understand why you use the Aspire Azure Service Bus integrations and how they fit together in your Aspire AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with the Azure SignalR Service integration

  Understand why you use the Aspire Azure SignalR Service integration and how it fits together in your Aspire AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with the Azure SQL Database integrations

  Understand why you use the Aspire Azure SQL Database integrations and how they fit together in your Aspire AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with the Azure SQL EF Core integrations

  Understand why you use the Aspire Azure SQL EF Core integrations and how they fit together in your Aspire AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with the Azure Table Storage integrations

  Understand why you use the Aspire Azure Table Storage integrations and how they fit together in your Aspire AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with the Azure Web PubSub integrations

  Understand why you use the Aspire Azure Web PubSub integrations and how they fit together in your Aspire AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with the ClickHouse integrations

  Learn how the Aspire ClickHouse integrations host a ClickHouse analytics database resource and configure the .NET client for fast OLAP queries.

• Integration

  Get started with the Elasticsearch integrations

  Learn how the Aspire Elasticsearch integrations provision an Elasticsearch resource and configure the .NET client for search and analytics workloads.

• Integration

  Get started with the flagd integration

  Use the Aspire flagd hosting integration to run a feature flag server, share its connection details, and connect with OpenFeature clients.

• Integration

  Get started with the Garnet integrations

  Learn how the Aspire Garnet integrations provision a Garnet cache resource and wire the StackExchange.Redis-compatible client into your AppHost.

• IntegrationLanguages: Go

  Get started with the Go integration

  Understand how the Aspire Go hosting integration runs Go apps from your AppHost and how to choose the right setup path.

• QuickstartLanguages: C#, JavaScript, TypeScript

  Get started with the Grafana k6 integration

  Model Grafana k6 load tests as Aspire resources, run scripts in containers, and inspect their health, logs, and endpoints.

• QuickstartLanguages: Java

  Get started with the Java integration

  Run Spring Boot, Quarkus, and other Java apps from your Aspire AppHost with Maven or Gradle builds, OpenTelemetry, debugging, and generated Dockerfiles.

• Integration

  Get started with the KurrentDB integrations

  Learn how the Aspire KurrentDB integrations host a KurrentDB event store resource and connect the .NET client to your Aspire AppHost projects.

• Integration

  Get started with the Mailpit integrations

  Learn how the Aspire Mailpit integrations run a Mailpit SMTP test server resource locally so your AppHost can capture and inspect outgoing email.

• Integration

  Get started with the Meilisearch integrations

  Learn how the Aspire Meilisearch integrations run a Meilisearch search engine resource and wire the typed .NET client into your AppHost projects.

• Integration

  Get started with the Milvus integrations

  Learn how the Aspire Milvus integrations provision a Milvus vector database resource and wire your .NET client for similarity search.

• Integration

  Get started with the MongoDB integrations

  Learn how the Aspire MongoDB integrations provision a MongoDB container resource and configure the .NET client driver for your AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with the MySQL EF Core integration

  Understand why you use the Aspire MySQL Pomelo Entity Framework Core integration and how it fits together in your Aspire AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with the MySQL integrations

  Use the Aspire MySQL hosting and client integrations to spin up MySQL containers, share connections from C# and TypeScript apps, and add health checks and tracing.

• Integration

  Get started with the NATS integrations

  Use the Aspire NATS hosting and client integrations to spin up NATS servers locally, share credentials, and connect from C# and TypeScript apps with health checks.

• Integration

  Get started with the Ollama integrations

  Learn how the Aspire Ollama integrations run an Ollama LLM resource locally and wire the OllamaSharp .NET client into your AppHost projects.

• Integration

  Get started with the OpenAI integrations

  Learn how the Aspire OpenAI integrations register an OpenAI resource, manage your API key, and wire the .NET client into your AppHost projects.

• Integration

  Get started with the Oracle EF Core integrations

  Learn how the Aspire Oracle EF Core integrations host an Oracle database resource and register the Entity Framework Core DbContext for your AppHost.

• QuickstartLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Get started with the Perl hosting integration

  Run Perl scripts, APIs, modules, and executables in Aspire with local dependencies, dashboard visibility, and container publishing.

• Integration

  Get started with the PostgreSQL EF Core integrations

  Understand why you use the Aspire PostgreSQL EF Core integrations and how they fit together in your Aspire AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with the PostgreSQL integrations

  Understand how the Aspire PostgreSQL integrations fit together — model a database resource in your AppHost, then connect to it from any consuming app.

• QuickstartLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Get started with the PowerShell integration

  Use the Community Toolkit PowerShell integration to run managed scripts, model dependencies, and monitor their lifecycle in Aspire.

• Integration

  Get started with the Qdrant integrations

  Learn how the Aspire Qdrant integrations host a Qdrant vector database resource and connect your .NET client for semantic search workloads.

• Integration

  Get started with the RabbitMQ integrations

  Learn how the Aspire RabbitMQ integrations provision a RabbitMQ broker resource and wire the .NET client for queues, exchanges, and consumers.

• Integration

  Get started with the RavenDB integrations

  Learn how the Aspire RavenDB integrations host a RavenDB document database resource and wire the .NET document store client into your app.

• Integration

  Get started with the Redis integrations

  Use the Aspire Redis hosting and client integrations to spin up Redis containers, share connections from C# and TypeScript apps, and add health checks and tracing.

• QuickstartLanguages: Rust

  Get started with the Rust integration

  Run Rust apps from your Aspire AppHost with Cargo, service discovery, OpenTelemetry, trusted development certificates, debugging, and generated Dockerfiles.

• Integration

  Get started with the Seq integrations

  Use the Aspire Seq hosting and client integrations to run Seq locally, ship logs from C# and TypeScript apps, and explore structured events with built-in dashboards.

• Integration

  Get started with the SQL Server integrations

  Learn how the Aspire SQL Server integrations provision a SQL Server container resource and configure the .NET client connection from your AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with the SQLite integrations

  Learn how the Aspire SQLite integrations register a file-backed SQLite database resource and wire your .NET client with one AppHost call.

• Integration

  Get started with the SurrealDB integrations

  Learn how the Aspire SurrealDB integrations provision a SurrealDB multi-model database resource and wire the .NET client into your AppHost.

• Integration

  Get started with the Valkey integrations

  Learn how the Aspire Valkey integrations host a Valkey cache resource and configure the StackExchange.Redis-compatible client for your AppHost.

• SampleLanguages: Go, TypeScript

  Go API with In-Memory Storage

  REST API built with Go and chi router, using in-memory storage with thread-safe operations. Opening the running app in a browser lands on a themed Scalar API reference—a polished, Go-cyan developer portal generated from the service's OpenAPI 3.1 document—while API…

• Glossary

  Health check

  A probe that reports whether a service or dependency is functioning, with separate roles for orchestration and application endpoints.

• GuideLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Health checks

  Add health checks to Aspire resources to gate startup, surface readiness in the dashboard, and tie WaitFor / WaitForCompletion behavior to real application signals.

• Glossary

  Heterogeneous DAG

  A dependency graph containing different kinds of nodes, such as application projects, containers, cloud resources, and parameters.

• Glossary

  Hoisting

  In resource publishing, preserving an unresolved value for substitution at a later deployment or runtime stage.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Host external executables in Aspire

  Host external executable applications in your Aspire AppHost using AddExecutable — model CLI tools, daemons, and language runtimes alongside containers and projects.

• Glossary

  Hosting and client relationship

  The division between modeling a dependency in the AppHost and connecting to that dependency inside an application.

• Glossary

  Hosting integration

  An Aspire integration that adds and configures resources in the AppHost application model.

• Guide

  Hot Reload and watch

  Learn how hot reload works in Aspire and how aspire watch rebuilds and restarts resources automatically when project files change during development.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  How Aspire deployment works

  Learn how Aspire deployment works — targets add pipeline steps, commands enter the pipeline, and components compose into a publishable artifact for any environment.

• Blog

  How Azure Chaos Studio ships with hermetic Aspire end-to-end tests

  Learn how the Azure Chaos Studio team uses Aspire.Hosting.Testing to run hermetic, per-PR end-to-end tests across four services — with emulators, stubs, and no shared environments.

  May 28, 2026
• SampleLanguages: C#

  Image Gallery

  The app consists of two services: ImageGallery.Frontend: This is a Blazor app that displays a for uploading of images, showing thumbnails of images in a grid. ImageGallery.Functions: This is an Azure Function triggered by the arrival of a new blob using a Functions Blob Trigge…

• SampleLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Image Gallery with Event-Triggered Azure Container Apps Jobs

  Lumina media library, light theme Lumina media library, dark theme Upload images to Azure Blob Storage with queue-triggered thumbnail generation. Demonstrates event-driven Container Apps Jobs with queue-based autoscaling, managed identity authentication, and Azure SQL free ti…

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Inner-loop networking overview

  Learn how Aspire handles inner-loop networking, endpoints, and service discovery — and how to consume them from your app code and integrations during development.

• Guide

  Install Aspire CLI

  Install the Aspire CLI with package managers or install scripts, then verify your setup with aspire --version before building distributed apps.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Install external Helm charts

  Learn how to install external Helm charts alongside your Aspire application during Kubernetes deployment using AddHelmChart.

• CLI reference

  Install script

  Learn about the aspire-install scripts to install the Aspire CLI. Use the Aspire CLI to create, run, and manage Aspire solutions.

• SampleLanguages: C#, JavaScript, Python

  Integrating a FastAPI (Python) app within an Aspire application

  This sample demonstrates integrating a FastAPI (Python) app and a JavaScript frontend using Aspire. The sample consists of two apps: app: This is a simple FastAPI-based Python app that returns randomly generated weather forecast data. frontend: This is a Vite-based React app…

• SampleLanguages: C#, JavaScript, TypeScript

  Integrating Angular, React, and Vue with Aspire

  This sample demonstrates using the Aspire JavaScript hosting integration to configure and run client-side applications. The app consists of five services: AspireJavaScript.MinimalApi: This is an HTTP API that returns randomly generated weather forecast data. AspireJavaScript.…

• Integration

  Integrations gallery

  Explore the Aspire gallery of integrations and extensions to enhance your Aspire solution.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Interaction service

  Use the Aspire interaction service to prompt users for input, request confirmation, and display messages from AppHost extensions, integrations, and custom resources.

• Glossary

  IResourceAnnotation

  The .NET interface for typed metadata attached to an Aspire resource to describe configuration or behavior.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  JavaScript monorepo hosting extensions

  Add Nx and Turborepo workspaces to Aspire with Community Toolkit decorators for package managers, child apps, and mapped ports.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  k3s integration

  Learn how to run a k3s Kubernetes cluster as part of your Aspire AppHost using the CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.K3s hosting integration.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Keycloak integration

  Learn how to use the Keycloak integration, which includes both hosting and client integrations.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Kubernetes integration

  Learn how to add Kubernetes deployment support to your Aspire application using the Aspire.Hosting.Kubernetes hosting integration.

• Guide

  Languages & runtimes

  Learn how Aspire works across AppHost languages, app languages, and runtime ecosystems — and find the right starting point for C#, TypeScript, Python, Java, and more.

• Guide

  Legacy deployment manifest format

  Learn when the legacy Aspire deployment manifest still matters and why most deployments should treat it as an intermediate artifact for tooling and migration support.

• Glossary

  Lifecycle events

  Signals emitted at application or resource lifecycle stages so handlers can participate in orchestration.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Local Azure provisioning

  Learn how to automatically provision Azure resources during local development with Aspire in your Aspire AppHost.

• SampleLanguages: C#, JavaScript, TypeScript

  MailDev and MailKit custom integrations

  This sample demonstrates how to build custom Aspire hosting and client integrations with Aspire 13.5. The runnable AppHost is written in TypeScript and consumes the C# hosting integration through the Aspire Type System (ATS).

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Manage Azure role assignments

  Learn how to configure Azure role-based access control (RBAC) for Aspire AppHost projects so resources get the minimum permissions they need.

• GuideLanguages: C#

  Manage the AppHost in tests

  Manage the Aspire AppHost lifecycle in your tests — start, dispose, and configure DistributedApplicationTestingBuilder for fast, repeatable integration runs.

• CLI reference

  Microsoft-collected CLI telemetry

  Learn what telemetry the Aspire CLI collects, how the data is used to improve the product, and how to opt out using environment variables or CLI configuration.

• Guide

  Microsoft-collected dashboard telemetry

  Learn what telemetry the Aspire dashboard sends to Microsoft, how the data is used to improve the product, and how to opt out in standalone and AppHost deployments.

• Integration

  Migrate Aspire apps from GitHub Models

  Learn how to migrate Aspire apps from the discontinued GitHub Models integration to Microsoft Foundry for continued AI model access.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Migrate from Docker Compose to Aspire

  Compare Aspire and Docker Compose for local development, service discovery, and observability. Map Compose services and dependencies to TypeScript or C# AppHosts.

• Blog

  Migrating from Microsoft Learn to aspire.dev

  Learn how we migrated all Aspire docs from Learn to the new website aspire.dev learn

  Nov 20, 2025
• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  MongoDB EF Core client integration

  Learn how to use the MongoDB EF Core client integration to interact with MongoDB instances in your Aspire AppHost.

• Integration

  MongoDB EF Core integrations overview

  Use the Aspire MongoDB Entity Framework Core integrations to host a Mongo container, share a connection string, and bind a C# DbContext with health checks and tracing.

• Guide

  Multi-language architecture

  Understand how Aspire uses a guest/host architecture, ATS, SDK generation, and local token-based auth to support TypeScript AppHosts.

• GuideLanguages: C#, Go, TypeScript

  Multi-language integrations

  Annotate Aspire hosting integrations so they work with TypeScript AppHosts and the generated SDK, while preparing exports for future AppHost languages.

• Blog

  New Aspire database integrations

  Aspire 13.2 brings MongoDB Entity Framework Core and Azure Data Lake Storage integrations, plus quality-of-life improvements to existing database clients.

  Apr 14, 2026
• SampleLanguages: JavaScript, TypeScript

  Node.js Express + Redis + Vite Frontend

  Visit counter with Express backend, Redis caching, and React TypeScript frontend using YARP.

• TutorialLanguages: JavaScript

  Node.js OpenTelemetry with the Aspire dashboard

  View JavaScript and Node.js telemetry in a local Aspire dashboard. Instrument an Express app and export OpenTelemetry traces and metrics over OTLP.

• SampleLanguages: JavaScript, TypeScript

  Node.js weather explorer with Aspire

  An interactive weather map backed by an Express + OpenTelemetry API that reads live data from the Open-Meteo external service, all orchestrated by a TypeScript AppHost (apphost.mts). The sample consists of two apps: api: A TypeScript Express API run directly with tsx. It retu…

• Glossary

  OpenTelemetry

  A standard and ecosystem for collecting and exporting logs, traces, and metrics from instrumented applications.

• Guide

  OpenTelemetry and distributed tracing in Aspire

  Correlate application logs, distributed traces, and metrics across local services. Learn how Aspire receives OpenTelemetry and makes it available to coding agents.

• Glossary

  OpenTelemetry Protocol

  The protocol used to transmit telemetry such as logs, traces, and metrics from instrumented apps to a receiver.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Orleans integration

  Learn how to use the Aspire Orleans Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure an Orleans cluster in your Aspire solution.

• Glossary

  Parameter

  A resource representing an external configuration value, such as a secret or setting that varies between environments.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Persist Aspire data with volumes and binds

  Configure Aspire resources to persist data across restarts using container volumes and bind mounts for databases, caches, message brokers, and stateful integrations.

• SampleLanguages: C#

  Persistent Volume

  This sample demonstrates how to configure a SQL Server container to use a persistent volume in Aspire, so that the data is persisted across app launches. This method can be used to persist data across instances of other container types configured in Aspire apps too, e.g. Postg…

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Persistent volumes on Kubernetes

  Model durable storage as first-class persistent volume resources in your Aspire AppHost, then bind them to Kubernetes workloads with a storage class, capacity, and access modes.

• Blog

  Pipe dreams to pipeline realities: an Aspire Pipelines story

  A deep dive into the evolution of Aspire Pipelines from basic callbacks in version 9.4 to the sophisticated pipeline execution model in Aspire 13, covering deployment orchestration, concurrency, and state management.

  Dec 3, 2025
• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Pipelines and app topology

  Learn how Aspire's unified app topology works across development and production environments — pipelines, targets, and the resource graph that drives every deployment.

• Glossary

  Polyglot

  Describes an application or toolchain that uses multiple programming languages, with Aspire coordinating its resources.

• SampleLanguages: JavaScript, Python, TypeScript

  Polyglot Task Queue

  Distributed task processing with Python, C#, and Node.js workers using RabbitMQ and end-to-end OpenTelemetry tracing.

• Guide

  Prerequisites

  Install the prerequisites for Aspire development — .NET SDK, container runtime, IDE extensions, and the Aspire CLI, with platform-specific guidance for every target.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Project resources

  Learn how to add .NET projects as resources in your Aspire AppHost — with examples for both AppHost.cs (C#) and apphost.mts (TypeScript).

• Glossary

  Publish mode

  The AppHost execution mode that produces deployment artifacts from the application model using configured deployment integrations.

• Glossary

  Publisher

  A component that interprets the application model and emits deployment artifacts for a particular target or format.

• SampleLanguages: C#, Python, TypeScript

  Python FastAPI + PostgreSQL Sample

  FastAPI REST API with PostgreSQL database using Aspire Python support. This sample demonstrates Aspire 13's polyglot platform support for Python applications, showcasing a simple CRUD API built with FastAPI and PostgreSQL. It also ships a bespoke, on-brand Scalar API referen…

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Python, TypeScript

  Python integration

  Add Python apps, modules, and ASGI services to an Aspire AppHost and orchestrate them alongside your other resources with full service discovery, environment injection, and debugging support.

• Blog

  Python is First Class in Aspire 13

  Aspire 13 introduces first-class Python support with dedicated APIs for hosting Python applications, modules, and ASGI web apps alongside your .NET services.

  Dec 8, 2025
• SampleLanguages: Python, TypeScript

  Python OpenAI Agent Sample

  [!NOTE] The screenshots above show a deterministic, stubbed conversation captured for documentation. Live OpenAI responses require your own API key (see below) and were not exercised when these images were generated. Python FastAPI AI agent with OpenAI integration demonstrati…

• TutorialLanguages: Python

  Python OpenTelemetry with the Aspire dashboard

  Send Python FastAPI logs, traces, and metrics to a local Aspire dashboard. Configure OpenTelemetry and OTLP exporters without running an AppHost.

• SampleLanguages: Python, TypeScript

  Python Script Sample

  Simple Python script demonstrating Aspire's Python integration with automatic virtual environment management. This sample shows how Aspire 13's Python support automatically manages Python applications, including virtual environment creation and dependency installation.

• SampleLanguages: Python, TypeScript

  RAG Document Q&A with Svelte

  The uploaded document list, answer, and cited passages shown above are illustrative — an OpenAI API key is required for live embeddings and answers. The empty-document and upload error states are captured against the real backend. Upload documents and ask questions using Retr…

• Glossary

  ReferenceExpression

  A structured expression that combines text and resource value references without resolving those references too early.

• Glossary

  Resource

  A building block in the Aspire application model, such as a service, container, executable, cloud resource, or parameter.

• GuideLanguages: C#

  Resource annotations

  Learn how Aspire annotations work, how the AppHost composes built-in annotations, and how to create custom annotations to extend the resource model in your apps.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Resource API Patterns

  Discover common API resource patterns in Aspire, including how to add and configure resources, use annotations, and compose hosting and client integrations.

• Glossary

  Resource command

  A named operation attached to a resource that lets a developer trigger work such as clearing a cache or seeding data.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Resource Hierarchies

  Model parent-child resource relationships in Aspire to express ownership, lifecycle containment, and dashboard grouping for distributed application topologies.

• Glossary

  Resource lifetime

  The policy that determines when Aspire starts, retains, or disposes of a container, executable, or project resource.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Resource MCP servers

  Expose MCP tools from Aspire resources and interact with them using the Aspire CLI — connect AI coding agents to databases, caches, and custom application surfaces.

• GuideLanguages: C#

  Resource Model

  Learn how Aspire's resource model represents distributed apps as a directed acyclic graph of services, containers, executables, and integrations in the AppHost.

• GuideLanguages: C#

  Resource Publishing

  Learn how Aspire publishes resource manifests as JSON for deployment tooling, including manifest annotations, value providers, and structured field expressions.

• Glossary

  ResourceNotificationService

  An AppHost service that publishes resource state snapshots for observers such as the dashboard and orchestration.

• ASPIREATS001

  Diagnostic

  Retired compiler warning ASPIREATS001

  ASPIREATS001 was removed in Aspire 13.4 when TypeScript AppHosts became generally available. Learn what to do if you still see this warning.

• Glossary

  Run mode

  The AppHost execution mode used to orchestrate an application's resources during local development.

• Blog

  Running Multiple Instances of an Aspire AppHost Without Port Conflicts

  Aspire 13.2 introduces isolated mode, letting you run multiple instances of the same AppHost in parallel without port conflicts. Learn how the –isolated flag solves development and testing workflows.

  Apr 9, 2026
• Reference

  Samples

  Explore Aspire sample projects — fully functional apps demonstrating real-world patterns, integrations, and best practices.

• Blog

  Scaling AI Agents with Aspire: The Missing Isolation Layer for Parallel Development

  Scaling AI agent development with Aspire and Git worktrees by solving port conflicts through automatic port allocation scripts and an MCP proxy layer that enables parallel AI agents to orchestrate and debug complete distributed systems simultaneously.

  Jan 8, 2026
• CLI reference

  Search and filter telemetry data in the Aspire CLI

  Learn how to use the --search option to filter logs, traces, and spans in the Aspire CLI.

• TutorialLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Secure communication between integrations

  Learn how to secure communication between Aspire hosting and client integrations with HTTPS, mutual TLS, secret-backed parameters, and managed identities in production.

• Blog

  Securing Aspire Apps with Microsoft Entra ID

  Learn to secure Aspire distributed applications with Microsoft Entra ID authentication. Use AI skills with GitHub Copilot for a 5-minute setup, or follow the detailed guide to understand JWT Bearer protection, OIDC sign-in, and automatic token handling.

  Feb 5, 2026
• Blog

  Securing Azure apps with Aspire enterprise networking

  Network security has a funny way of showing up late. You start with a web app, an API, storage, and Key Vault. The app works. The demo works. Everyone is happy. Then the production checklist shows up: Can storage and secrets be taken off the public internet? Can this app run i…

  May 14, 2026
• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  Seed data in a database using Aspire

  Learn how to seed database data in Aspire projects using SQL scripts or Entity Framework Core during app startup.

• Glossary

  Service defaults

  Shared .NET application setup for telemetry, health checks, service discovery, and HTTP resilience that you explicitly opt into.

• GuideLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  Service discovery

  Understand essential Aspire service discovery concepts — endpoints, URIs, HttpClient resolution, and how service references flow from the AppHost into your app code.

• Glossary

  Service discovery

  Resolves logical service names to configured endpoints so clients do not need hard-coded network addresses.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up .NET / C# apps in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Dotnet hosting integration to add C# projects and file-based C# apps by path in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Apache Kafka in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Apache Kafka Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a Kafka resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure AI Foundry in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure AI Foundry hosting integration to orchestrate and configure Foundry resources in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure AI Inference in the AppHost

  Register an existing Azure AI Inference endpoint in your AppHost as a named connection string that any consuming app can reference.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure AI Search in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure AI Search Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure an Azure AI Search resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure App Configuration in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure App Configuration Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure an App Configuration store in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure App Service in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure App Service Hosting integration to provision an App Service environment and deploy compute resources from your AppHost.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure Blob Storage in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure Blob Storage Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure Azure Storage and blob resources in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure Cache for Redis in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure Cache for Redis Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a managed Redis cache in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure Container Registry in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure Container Registry Hosting integration to provision, configure, and manage an Azure Container Registry resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure Cosmos DB in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure Cosmos DB hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a Cosmos DB account, databases, and containers in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure Cosmos DB in the AppHost (EF Core)

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure Cosmos DB Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a Cosmos DB account for EF Core consuming apps in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure Data Explorer in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure Data Explorer (Kusto) hosting integration to orchestrate and configure Kusto clusters and databases in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure Database for PostgreSQL in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure PostgreSQL Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure an Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure Event Hubs in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure Event Hubs Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure an Event Hubs namespace in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure Functions in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure Functions Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure an Azure Functions project resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure Key Vault in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure Key Vault Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure an Azure Key Vault resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure OpenAI in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure OpenAI hosting integration to provision and configure Azure OpenAI resources in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure Queue Storage in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure Queue Storage Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure an Azure Queue Storage resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure Service Bus in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure Service Bus Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure an Azure Service Bus namespace in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure SignalR Service in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure SignalR Service hosting integration to orchestrate and configure an Azure SignalR Service resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure SQL Database in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure SQL Database hosting integration to orchestrate and configure an Azure SQL Database resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure SQL in the AppHost (EF Core)

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure SQL Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure Azure SQL server and database resources in your Aspire AppHost project.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure Table Storage in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure Table Storage hosting integration to orchestrate and configure Azure Table Storage in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Azure Web PubSub in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Azure Web PubSub hosting integration to orchestrate and configure an Azure Web PubSub resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Blazor hosting in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Blazor hosting integration APIs to model Blazor WebAssembly projects and a Blazor Gateway in your AppHost.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  Set up ClickHouse in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire ClickHouse Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a ClickHouse database in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Dapr resources in the AppHost

  Install the Community Toolkit Dapr hosting integration and configure sidecars, state stores, pub/sub, metadata, and Azure deployment.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Data API Builder in the AppHost

  Install the Data API Builder hosting integration, mount configuration files, reference databases, customize the image, and inspect health.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Deno apps in the AppHost

  Configure Deno script and task resources, permissions, endpoints, health checks, package installation, and publishing behavior in Aspire.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Elasticsearch in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Elasticsearch Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure an Elasticsearch instance in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up flagd in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire flagd hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a flagd resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Garnet in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Garnet Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a Garnet resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up GitHub Models in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire GitHub Models hosting integration to orchestrate and configure GitHub Model resources in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, TypeScript

  Set up Go apps in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Go hosting integration to orchestrate and configure Go applications in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up GO Feature Flag in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire GO Feature Flag Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a GO Feature Flag relay proxy resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Grafana k6 in the Aspire AppHost

  Configure the Community Toolkit k6 resource in Aspire, including scripts, browser testing, endpoints, health checks, and OpenTelemetry.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Java, TypeScript

  Set up Java apps in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Java hosting integration to model Spring Boot, Quarkus, and other Java apps, prebuilt JARs, and container images in your AppHost.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, JavaScript, TypeScript

  Set up JavaScript apps in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire JavaScript hosting integration to orchestrate and configure JavaScript and TypeScript applications in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up KurrentDB in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire KurrentDB Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a KurrentDB resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up LavinMQ in the Aspire AppHost

  Install the Community Toolkit LavinMQ hosting integration, configure broker ports, persist data, and open the management endpoint.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Mailpit in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Mailpit Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a Mailpit resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Meilisearch in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Meilisearch Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a Meilisearch resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Milvus in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Milvus Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure Milvus vector databases in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up MongoDB in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire MongoDB Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a MongoDB database in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up MySQL in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire MySQL Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a MySQL database in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up NATS in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire NATS Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a NATS resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Ollama in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Ollama hosting integration to orchestrate and configure Ollama models in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up OpenAI in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire OpenAI hosting integration to orchestrate and configure OpenAI resources in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  Set up Oracle in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Oracle Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure an Oracle database in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Perl apps in the Aspire AppHost

  Configure Perl application resources in Aspire, including entrypoints, package managers, local libraries, endpoints, environment, and publishing.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up PostgreSQL in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire PostgreSQL Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a PostgreSQL database in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Qdrant in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Qdrant Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a Qdrant vector database in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up RabbitMQ in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire RabbitMQ Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a RabbitMQ resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up RavenDB in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire RavenDB Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a RavenDB database in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Redis distributed caching in the AppHost

  Learn how to add a Redis resource to your AppHost for use with the Redis distributed caching client integration.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Redis in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Redis Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a Redis resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Redis output caching in the AppHost

  Learn how to install the Aspire Redis hosting integration and declare a Redis resource in your AppHost for use with ASP.NET Core output caching.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Rust, TypeScript

  Set up Rust apps in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Rust hosting integration to run Cargo apps in your AppHost, configure Cargo options, debug Rust apps, and publish them as container images.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Seq in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Seq hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a Seq resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up SQL Server in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire SQL Server Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a SQL Server database in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up SQLite in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire SQLite Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a SQLite database resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up SurrealDB in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire SurrealDB Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a SurrealDB resource in an Aspire solution.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Set up Valkey in the AppHost

  Learn how to use the Aspire Valkey Hosting integration to orchestrate and configure a Valkey resource in an Aspire solution.

• Integration

  SQL Server EF Core integrations overview

  Use the Aspire SQL Server Entity Framework Core hosting and client integrations to provision SQL Server, share a connection, and wire up your C# DbContext seamlessly.

• Guide

  Standalone Aspire dashboard as an OTLP viewer

  Run a local OpenTelemetry viewer without an AppHost. Send OTLP logs, traces, and metrics from Python, Node.js, or another instrumented app to the Aspire dashboard.

• SampleLanguages: C#

  Standalone Aspire dashboard sample app

  View telemetry from any app in the Aspire dashboard. The dashboard supports running standalone, and apps configured with an OpenTelemetry SDK can send it data. This sample is a .NET console app that downloads data from NuGet. The app sends telemetry to the Aspire dashboard wh…

• YouTube

  Taking .NET out of Aspire

  Learn how to orchestrate Python and Node.js apps with Aspire.
• YouTube

  Taming Service Dependencies with Aspire

  Simplify managing databases, message queues, and APIs with Aspire for local development.
• GuideLanguages: C#

  Telemetry after deployment

  Understand how telemetry and the Aspire dashboard work after you deploy your app, and how to configure production-grade observability.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Test TUI and shell apps using WithTerminal

  Configure interactive resource terminals with WithTerminal, choose initial dimensions, and attach from the Aspire dashboard, CLI, or VS Code.

• GuideLanguages: C#

  Testing in CI/CD pipelines

  Run Aspire integration tests reliably in CI/CD — GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, container runtimes, port allocation, and managing flaky distributed application tests.

• GuideLanguages: C#

  Testing overview

  Write integration tests for your Aspire applications using the Aspire.Hosting.Testing package — spin up the AppHost, resolve resources, and verify end-to-end behavior.

• Guide

  Translation guide for aspire.dev

  Learn how to translate aspire.dev pages: set up your locale, run Lunaria locally, follow the style guide, and open localization pull requests for the Aspire docs.

• Guide

  Troubleshoot the Aspire dashboard

  Diagnose and resolve common Aspire dashboard issues including connection errors between the dashboard and the AppHost resource service.

• Blog

  TypeScript AppHost in Aspire 13.2: same app model, different syntax

  Aspire 13.2 enables TypeScript developers to define AppHosts directly in TypeScript, with the same streamlined Aspire application model.

  Mar 26, 2026
• GuideLanguages: TypeScript

  TypeScript AppHost project structure

  Learn the files and configuration that make up a TypeScript AppHost project — entry point, package manifest, dependencies, and how the AppHost runs Aspire resources.

• Guide

  Understanding resources

  Learn about Aspire's resource model and how to work with different types of resources — projects, containers, executables, integrations, parameters, and connections.

• Guide

  Upgrade Aspire to the latest version

  Learn how to upgrade an existing Aspire app: update the Aspire CLI, run aspire update, refresh NuGet packages, and review breaking changes for each release.

• Guide

  Use AI coding agents with Aspire observability

  Set up Aspire skills so coding agents can inspect application logs, traces, and resource health, diagnose local failures, and verify fixes with runtime evidence.

• Quickstart

  Use Aspire with GitHub Codespaces

  Use Aspire in GitHub Codespaces to build multi-language apps with a preconfigured Dev Container, automatic port forwarding, and dashboard links.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Use Azure Container Registry at deploy time

  Learn how Azure Container Registry is consumed as a publish target during deployment, including registry outputs and integration with your deployment pipeline.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Use community extensions for MongoDB hosting

  Decorate official Aspire MongoDB resources with Community Toolkit DbGate and dbx management interfaces for local development.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Use community extensions for MySQL hosting

  Decorate official Aspire MySQL resources with Community Toolkit Adminer, DbGate, and dbx management interfaces.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Use community extensions for PostgreSQL hosting

  Decorate official Aspire PostgreSQL resources with Community Toolkit management interfaces and Flyway migration commands.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Use community extensions for Redis hosting

  Extend the functionality of your Redis hosting with community-built extensions, including management UIs like DbGate.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Use community extensions for SQL Server hosting

  Decorate official Aspire SQL Server resources with Community Toolkit Adminer, DbGate, and dbx management interfaces.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Use existing azd workflows

  Learn the Aspire-specific compatibility details that still matter when you keep an existing Azure Developer CLI (azd) workflow — manifest handoff, hooks, and parameters.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  Use interactive terminals in the dashboard

  Use resource terminals and built-in database REPLs in the Aspire dashboard, work with the terminal dock, and manage terminal sessions.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  User-assigned managed identity

  Learn how to configure user-assigned managed identities for Aspire AppHost resources so deployed apps authenticate to Azure without secrets.

• SampleLanguages: JavaScript, Python, TypeScript

  Vite React + FastAPI

  Todo app with React frontend and Python FastAPI backend using YARP for unified routing.

• Glossary

  WaitFor

  Delays a resource's startup until a dependency is running and its configured health checks pass.

• Glossary

  WaitForCompletion

  Delays startup until a dependency exits with the expected exit code, rather than only waiting for it to run.

• Glossary

  WaitForStart

  Delays startup until a dependency reaches the running state, without waiting for its health checks.

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, Go, Python, TypeScript

  What are Aspire integrations?

  Aspire integrations overview page, showcasing how Aspire works with various tools and platforms in your Aspire AppHost.

• GuideLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  What is Aspire?

  Learn how Aspire helps you compose, debug, and deploy distributed apps with a code-first, agent-ready AppHost across C#, TypeScript, Python, JavaScript, and Java.

• Guide

  What is the AppHost?

  Learn how the Aspire AppHost defines your application's architecture — services, containers, executables, and integrations, modeled with C# or TypeScript code.

• Release notesLanguages: C#, Python

  What's new in Aspire 13

  Explore Aspire 13.0: multi-language app development with first-class Python and JavaScript support, container-based builds, aspire do pipelines, and VS Code extension.

  Nov 11, 2025
• Release notesLanguages: C#

  What's new in Aspire 13.1

  Explore Aspire 13.1: comprehensive MCP support for AI coding agents, CLI channel persistence, dashboard improvements, Azure Managed Redis, and container registry updates.

  Dec 17, 2025
• Release notesLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  What's new in Aspire 13.2

  Aspire 13.2 is here with new CLI commands, TypeScript AppHost support, and new and improved integrations.

  Mar 23, 2026
• Release notesLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  What's new in Aspire 13.3

  Explore Aspire 13.3: aspire destroy, Helm-based Kubernetes deploy, browser screenshot capture, JavaScript publishing, default container tunnel, and Azure updates.

  May 7, 2026
• Blog

  What’s New in Aspire 13.3

  Aspire 13.3 is here with the Aspireify skill, command results, browser logs, Kubernetes and AKS deployment, and more.

  May 7, 2026
• 13.4

  Release notesLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  What's new in Aspire 13.4

  Explore Aspire 13.4: GA TypeScript AppHost, new Go, Blazor WebAssembly, and Bun hosting integrations, richer Kubernetes and AKS deployment APIs, AI agent readiness, process resource commands, CLI integration discovery, and dashboard updates.

  Jun 1, 2026
• Release notesLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  What's new in Aspire 13.5

  Explore Aspire 13.5 updates for interactive AppHosts, TypeScript GA, the CLI, dashboard, Visual Studio Code, and cloud deployment.

  Aug 18, 2026
• Release notesLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  What's new in Aspire 13.6

  Explore Aspire 13.6 dashboard run history, first-party Java and Rust hosting, portable volume paths, CLI workflows, deployment, and integration updates.

  Sep 29, 2026
• Release notesLanguages: C#

  What's new in Aspire 9.0

  Explore Aspire 9.0: ANSI console log formatting, browser telemetry, waiting-for-resource health gates, persistent containers, Redis Insight, and Azure Functions support.

  Nov 12, 2024
• Release notesLanguages: C#

  What's new in Aspire 9.1

  Explore Aspire 9.1: parent and child resource grouping, dashboard language picker, telemetry filtering, console log downloads, and resource detail enhancements.

  Feb 25, 2025
• Release notesLanguages: C#

  What's new in Aspire 9.2

  Explore Aspire 9.2: dashboard cardinality limits, UTC console logs, telemetry pause, resource icons, and broader app-host and integrations updates across the stack.

  Apr 10, 2025
• Release notesLanguages: C#

  What's new in Aspire 9.3

  Explore Aspire 9.3: GitHub Copilot in the dashboard, dashboard context menu, metric warnings, traces for uninstrumented resources, and dashboard filtering updates.

  May 19, 2025
• Release notesLanguages: C#

  What's new in Aspire 9.4

  Explore Aspire 9.4: dashboard interaction service, hidden resources, connection-string display, tracing peers, console log wrapping, and parameter authoring updates.

  Jul 29, 2025
• Release notesLanguages: C#

  What's new in Aspire 9.5

  Explore Aspire 9.5: combined console logs view, GenAI trace visualizer, trace details, aspire update, richer property grids, and a refreshed dashboard.

  Sep 25, 2025
• YouTube

  Windows 365 Meets Aspire

  Boost multi-repo microservice productivity with Aspire extensions for simplified onboarding.
• Glossary

  WithAnnotation

  A C# resource-builder extension method that attaches typed annotation metadata to a resource.

• Glossary

  WithReference

  Supplies a consuming resource with connection strings or service endpoint configuration from another resource.

• SampleLanguages: C#

  Working with client apps in an Aspire application

  This sample demonstrates working with client apps such as WinForms, WPF, etc., in an Aspire app, such that the client app is launched along with the AppHost project, can resolve services via service discovery, and logs, traces, and metrics are sent via OpenTelemetry to the das…

• SampleLanguages: C#, Go

  Working with container-built resources in an Aspire application

  This sample demonstrates integrating applications into an Aspire app via Dockerfiles and container-based builds. This is especially helpful to integrate applications written in languages that Aspire does not have a native integration for, or to reduce the prerequisites require…

• SampleLanguages: C#

  Working with database containers in an Aspire application

  This sample demonstrates working with database containers in an Aspire app, using the features of the underlying container image to modify the default database created during container startup. This is especially helpful when not using an ORM like Entity Framework Core that ca…

• IntegrationLanguages: C#

  WPF and Windows Forms with Aspire

  Learn how to orchestrate WPF and Windows Forms desktop applications alongside Aspire-managed backend services during local development.

• TutorialLanguages: C#

  Write your first test

  Test your Aspire solutions using xUnit.net, NUnit, or MSTest — wire up DistributedApplicationTestingBuilder, start the AppHost, and assert on resources from your tests.

• SampleLanguages: C#

  Writing custom resources for Aspire hosting integrations

  This sample demonstrates how to write custom resources for Aspire hosting integrations. This is useful when you want to integrate something into the Aspire development experience as a resource that isn't an executable or container. Custom resources can particpate in the Aspire…

• IntegrationLanguages: C#, TypeScript

  YARP integration

  Learn how to use the YARP (Yet Another Reverse Proxy) integration for reverse proxy functionality.

• SampleLanguages: TypeScript

  YARP Serving Static Files

  YARP reverse proxy serving a Vite frontend with dual-mode operation (dev HMR + production static files).

• Blog

  Your dev loop is full of tribal knowledge

  Aspire turns a team’s scattered tribal knowledge into an explicit, incrementally-adoptable app model that humans, scripts, and AI agents can all use.

  May 20, 2026

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