# IProjectMetadata

- Kind: `interface`
- Package: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.md)
- Version: `13.3.0`
- Namespace: `Aspire.Hosting`
- Target framework: `net8.0`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/blob/bd20f904cde09ecb9c9ae5116a6f13614bf2d7c2/src/Aspire.Hosting/IProjectMetadata.cs)
- Implements: [IResourceAnnotation](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/iresourceannotation.md)

Represents metadata about a project resource.

## Definition

```csharp
namespace Aspire.Hosting;

public interface IProjectMetadata
    : Aspire.Hosting.ApplicationModel.IResourceAnnotation
{
    // ...
}
```

## Properties

- [IsFileBasedApp](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/iprojectmetadata/properties.md#isfilebasedapp) : `bool` `virtual` `get` -- Gets a value indicating whether the project is a file-based app (a .cs file) rather than a full project (.csproj).
- [LaunchSettings](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/iprojectmetadata/properties.md#launchsettings) : [LaunchSettings?](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/launchsettings.md) `virtual` `get` -- Gets the launch settings associated with the project.
- [ProjectPath](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/iprojectmetadata/properties.md#projectpath) : `string` `abstract` `get` -- Gets the fully-qualified path to the project or file-based app file.
- [SuppressBuild](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/iprojectmetadata/properties.md#suppressbuild) : `bool` `virtual` `get` -- Gets a value indicating whether building the project before running it should be suppressed.