Audience
Individuals searching for a solution for building HTTP based services on .NET
About Nancy
Welcome to Nancy, our main inspiration is the Sinatra framework for Ruby and, hence, Nancy was named after the daughter of Frank Sinatra. NancyFx is the name of the umbrella project that contains all the components. Nancy is a lightweight, low-ceremony, framework for building HTTP-based services on .NET and Mono. The goal of the framework is to stay out of the way as much as possible and provide a super-duper-happy path to all interactions. This means that everything in Nancy is setup to have sensible defaults and conventions, instead of making you jump through hoops and go through configuration hell just to get up and running. With Nancy you can go from zero to website in a matter of minutes. Nancy is built to run anywhere and we mean it. Right from the start, Nancy was designed to not have any dependencies on existing frameworks. Built with the .NET framework client profile, Nancy can be used pretty much wherever you want to.
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Pricing
Starting Price:
Free
Free Version:
Free Version available.
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Nancy
nancyfx.org
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Windows
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Training
Documentation
Support
Online
Nancy Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What kinds of users and organization types does Nancy work with?
Nancy works with these users and organization types: Mid Size Business, Small Business, Enterprise, Freelance, Nonprofit, Government, and Startup.
Q: What languages does Nancy support in their product?
Nancy supports these languages: English.
Q: What kind of support options does Nancy offer?
Nancy offers support via online.
Q: What other applications or services does Nancy integrate with?
Nancy integrates with: AppVeyor, Go, .NET, Mono, PowerShell, and Ruby.
Q: Does Nancy have an API?
Yes, Nancy has an API.
Q: What type of training does Nancy provide?
Nancy provides training in the form of documentation.
Q: How much does Nancy cost?
Pricing for Nancy starts at Free.
