SmartFormat is a string composition library written in C# which is basically compatible with string.Format. More than that SmartFormat can format data with named placeholders, lists, pluralization and other smart extensions.

• .Net Framework 4.6.1 and later
• .Net Standard 2.0 and later (including .Net 5.0)

Install the NuGet package

Have a look at the SmartFormat.Net Wiki

See changelog for changes.

See the list of changes already merged into branch version/v3

We have started to work on a new version of SmartFormat.Net and would like to collect your input using GitHub Discussions.

• Improve management of extensions for better performance:
  • make named formatters obligatory instead of iterating through all formatters
  • the sequence, how extensions are loaded should not have an impact on identifying the right formatter
• Make caching of Parser.ParseFormat results the standard behavior
• Rewrite the parser
• Performance improvements
• less generated garbage
• Remove public properties/methods which should better be internal or even privat
• Code clean-up: Make use of current C# features, add missing comments
• Re-organize unit tests
• ... ?