LiteBus

A lightweight, high-performance mediator for building clean, scalable, and testable .NET applications with CQS and DDD.

For detailed documentation and examples, please visit the Wiki.

LiteBus is an in-process mediator designed from the ground up for modern .NET. It helps you implement Command Query Separation (CQS) and Domain-Driven Design (DDD) patterns by providing a clean, decoupled architecture for your application's business logic.

Why Choose LiteBus?

• CQS & DDD First-Class Citizens: Enforces clean architecture with distinct, semantic contracts like ICommand<TResult>, IQuery<TResult>, and IEvent. You can even publish pure POCO domain events without coupling your model to the framework.

• Optimized for High Performance: Minimizes runtime overhead by discovering and caching handler metadata at startup. Handlers are resolved lazily from your DI container, and large datasets are handled efficiently with IAsyncEnumerable<T> streaming via IStreamQuery<T>.

• Granular Pipeline Customization: Go beyond simple behaviors with a full pipeline of pre-handlers, post-handlers, and error handlers. Filter handlers by context using [HandlerTag] attributes and dynamic predicates.

• Advanced Event Concurrency: Take full control over your event processing. Configure Sequential or Parallel execution for both priority groups and for handlers within the same group, allowing you to fine-tune your application's throughput and determinism.

• DI-Agnostic & Resilient: Decoupled from any specific DI container, with first-class support for Microsoft DI and Autofac. It also includes a built-in Durable Command Inbox for guaranteed, at-least-once execution of critical commands.

Quick Example

Here’s how to define and handle a command to create a new product.

1. Define the Command

A command is a simple object representing a request. This one returns the Guid of the new product.

public sealed record CreateProductCommand(string Name, decimal Price) : ICommand<Guid>;

2. Implement the Handler

The handler contains the business logic to process the command.

public sealed class CreateProductCommandHandler : ICommandHandler<CreateProductCommand, Guid>
{
    private readonly IProductRepository _repository;

    public CreateProductCommandHandler(IProductRepository repository) => _repository = repository;

    public async Task<Guid> HandleAsync(CreateProductCommand command, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
        var product = new Product(command.Name, command.Price);
        await _repository.AddAsync(product, cancellationToken);
        return product.Id;
    }
}

3. Configure and Use

Register LiteBus in Program.cs and inject ICommandMediator to send your command.

// In Program.cs
builder.Services.AddLiteBus(liteBus =>
{
    // This registers the Command Module and scans the assembly for handlers.
    // The core MessageModule is included automatically.
    liteBus.AddCommandModule(module =>
    {
        module.RegisterFromAssembly(typeof(Program).Assembly);
    });
});

// In your API Controller
[ApiController]
public class ProductsController : ControllerBase
{
    private readonly ICommandMediator _commandMediator;

    public ProductsController(ICommandMediator commandMediator) => _commandMediator = commandMediator;

    [HttpPost]
    public async Task<IActionResult> Create(CreateProductCommand command)
    {
        var productId = await _commandMediator.SendAsync(command);
        return CreatedAtAction(nameof(GetById), new { id = productId }, productId);
    }
}

Installation

The recommended way to get started is by installing the extension package for your DI container and the modules you need.

For Microsoft Dependency Injection

dotnet add package LiteBus.Commands.Extensions.Microsoft.DependencyInjection
dotnet add package LiteBus.Queries.Extensions.Microsoft.DependencyInjection
dotnet add package LiteBus.Events.Extensions.Microsoft.DependencyInjection

Documentation

For comprehensive guides, advanced features, and best practices, please visit the LiteBus Wiki.

Key pages include:

• Getting Started: A detailed walkthrough for new users.
• v4.0 Migration Guide: A critical guide for upgrading from v3.
• Advanced Concepts: Learn about the Execution Context, Handler Filtering, and more.
• Durable Command Inbox: A guide to guaranteed command processing.

Available Packages

The LiteBus ecosystem is split into several packages so you can install only what you need.

Core Modules & Abstractions

Package	Version
LiteBus.Commands
LiteBus.Commands.Abstractions
LiteBus.Queries
LiteBus.Queries.Abstractions
LiteBus.Events
LiteBus.Events.Abstractions
LiteBus.Messaging
LiteBus.Messaging.Abstractions

Runtime & DI Extensions

Package	Version
LiteBus.Runtime
LiteBus.Runtime.Abstractions
LiteBus.Commands.Extensions.Microsoft.DependencyInjection
LiteBus.Commands.Extensions.Autofac
LiteBus.Commands.Extensions.Microsoft.Hosting
(Query and Event extensions follow the same pattern)

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

LiteBus is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.