ardalis/SmartEnum

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A base class for quickly and easily creating strongly typed enum replacements in C#.

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Forks: 184
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 76

Dominant language: C#
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Mar 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 14, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: No code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted good first issue
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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76 open issues indexed

Published NuGets are not strongly-named assemblies Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#52 · 8 comments · 3 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Doesn't seem to have support for Flags Enums Open

enhancement good first issue help wanted

ardalis/SmartEnum#59 · 8 comments · 3 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Static Property "List" always returns all derived SmartEnum of root class Open

bug

ardalis/SmartEnum#61 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Ensure that swagger documentation shows the serialized type. Open

enhancement good first issue question

ardalis/SmartEnum#66 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
How about a HasFlag() extension method just like a regular enum? Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#67 · 13 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
System.Text.Json support? Open

enhancement good first issue help wanted

ardalis/SmartEnum#71 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
SmartEnum and Dapper Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#72 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Display Benchmark Results Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#73 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Remove Net452 and just build as NetStandard? Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#77 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Update SmartEnum.MessagePack to work with latest version Open

good first issue help wanted

ardalis/SmartEnum#79 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Add MongoDb serialization Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#88 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
FronValue not working when value is a custom object Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#90 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Use IDistributed Cache inside Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#91 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
SmartEnum with Swashbuckle doesn't show list of values like an enum Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#92 · 10 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Resolving SmartEnum values from multiple assemblies Open

enhancement good first issue help wanted

ardalis/SmartEnum#93 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Create Ardalis.SmartEnum.Swashbuckle Package Open

help wanted

ardalis/SmartEnum#94 · 3 comments · 9 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
parameterless constructor Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#103 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Feature Request: Support non-reflection based FromValue/FromName methods Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#104 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Cannot use to decorate attributes Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#105 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Allow to include private/internal members in GetAllOptions() Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#109 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
JsonConverter doesn't support string Value type Open

bug good first issue help wanted

ardalis/SmartEnum#111 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Not able convert the JSON value to SmartEnum from request Body in ASP.NET Core Web API application Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#115 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Could we consider this smart enum type as a value object? Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#122 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Add continuous code security and quality analysis Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#129 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Can SmartEnum support collections of enums? Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#133 · 7 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Suggest to find all the properties Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#146 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Consolidate current pipelines into a single pipeline with additional features Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#147 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Open to PR for additional doc examples? Open

docs help wanted

ardalis/SmartEnum#162 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
NewtonSoft serialiser updated but SystemtextJson was not Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#175 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Handling nullable Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#178 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[Question] What is the best way to use a 'SmartEnum' as a nullable or predefined 'default' parameter in a method? Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#184 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
The switch statement contains multiple cases with the label value Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#205 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Could the reflection algorithm fallback to properties if there are no fields? Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#209 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
The type 'SmartEnum<>' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a reference to assembly 'Ardalis.SmartEnum, Version=1.0.8.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'. BlazorApp1 112 Active Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#219 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Use SmartEnum as discriminator in various places Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#235 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Support ReadAsPropertyName and WriteAsPropertyName in System.Text.Json support Open

enhancement good first issue help wanted

ardalis/SmartEnum#242 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Add source generator Open

enhancement good first issue help wanted

ardalis/SmartEnum#259 · 7 comments · 5 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
An item with the same key has already been added. When using two sub-classes from abstract SmartEnum class. Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#274 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
EF Core 7 - Query filtering by SmartEnum Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#275 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Introduce GetAll() method Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#293 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
TryFromName Fails despite valid parameter Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#303 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Cast of non-existing Combination wrongly return the item with lowest value Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#304 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
EF Core 7 CosmosDb - Using entity with SmartEnum property causes EF Core to create entries in another container Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#338 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
SmartEnum not deserialized as path parameter Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#339 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
SmartEnum<TEnum>.List does not work if fields are not defined on TEnum Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#349 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Add source generator Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#355 · 0 comments · 5 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Why no longer support for netstandard and previous .net versions? Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#363 · 5 comments · 5 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Recommended way to force varchar / unicode=false on SmartEnum properties with EFCore Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#375 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
How to persist SmartFlagEnum in EF Core Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#379 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
GetFlagEnumValues is not safe to use Open

ardalis/SmartEnum#387 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

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