Dapper is an objectâÂÂrelational mapping (ORM) product for the Microsoft .NET platform. It provides a framework for mapping an object-oriented domain model to a traditional relational database. Its purpose is to relieve the developer from a significant portion of relational data persistence-related programming tasks. Dapper is free as open source software that is distributed under the Apache License 2.0.
Dapper was originally developed for and by Stack Overflow.
The Dapper team advertises the following features: