# IDistributedApplicationBuilder.addProject

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.md)
- Defined on: [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`

Adds a .NET project resource

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addProject(
      name: string,
      projectPath: string,
      launchProfileOrOptions?: ProjectResourceOptions): ProjectResource;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
addProject(
    name: string,
    projectPath: string,
    launchProfileOrOptions?: ProjectResourceOptions): ProjectResource
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `projectPath` (`string`)
- `launchProfileOrOptions` ([ProjectResourceOptions](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/projectresourceoptions.md)) `optional`

## Returns

[ProjectResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/projectresource.md) `builder`

## Defined on

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md) -- `interface`