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# Other .NET Connectors

Some other ADO.NET connectors are:

## MySQL Connector/NET

[MySQL Connector/NET](https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/) should generally work with MariaDB.

## dotConnect for MySQL

[dotConnect for MySQL](https://www.devart.com/dotconnect/mysql/) is a free ADO.NET data provider that supports MariaDB.

* It seamlessly integrates with Visual Studio 2008-2017.
* It supports .NET Framework 2.0-4.7, and .NET Core 1.x and 2.0
* The Commercial edition additionally provides ORM support: Entity Framework v1-v6 and Entity Framework Core, NHibernate, LinqConnect; bundled ORM visual designer tool and many other features.

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