MiniProfiler for .NET

To use MiniProfiler in a .NET Core Console application, you must install the MiniProfiler.AspNetCore NuGet package, as there is no dedicated package for standalone Console applications. This package includes all necessary dependencies.

Install-Package MiniProfiler.AspNetCore -IncludePrerelease

By default, MiniProfiler stores results in memory. To persist results in a database, install the appropriate provider package and assign it to MiniProfiler.Settings.Storage.

Example: Using SQL Server

1. Install the MiniProfiler.Providers.SqlServer NuGet package.
2. Configure the storage in your application startup code:

MiniProfiler.Settings.Storage = new SqlServerStorage(ConnectionString);

To profile Entity Framework Core queries using MiniProfiler, you must install the MiniProfiler.EntityFrameworkCore NuGet package and register it in your application's service configuration. This allows MiniProfiler to intercept and record EF Core database commands.

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddMiniProfiler()
            .AddEntityFramework();
}

To use MiniProfiler in an ASP.NET Core application, install the MiniProfiler.AspNetCore.Mvc NuGet package. This package includes all necessary dependencies.

You can install it via the NuGet UI or using the Package Manager Console.

Install-Package MiniProfiler.AspNetCore.Mvc -IncludePrerelease

To use MiniProfiler v4, your project must meet the following minimum requirements:

• Framework: .NET 4.6.1 or above, or .NET Standard 1.5 or above.
• Note: .NET 4.6.1+ is strictly required to support the async features implemented in version 4.

If your environment is older than .NET 4.6.1, you must use MiniProfiler v3.x.

In MiniProfiler V4, RenderIncludes() has changed from a static method to an instance method.

To fix this, call it on the MiniProfiler.Current instance instead of the static class.

To use MiniProfiler in an ASP.NET MVC 5 application, install the MiniProfiler.Mvc5 NuGet package. This package includes all necessary dependencies.

You can install it via the NuGet UI or using the Package Manager Console:

Install-Package MiniProfiler.Mvc5 -IncludePrerelease

To use MiniProfiler in a .NET Console application, install the MiniProfiler NuGet package. This package includes all necessary dependencies.

You can install it via the NuGet UI or using the Package Manager Console.

Install-Package MiniProfiler -IncludePrerelease

MiniProfiler is modular. Choose the package that matches your application type:

ASP.NET Core (.NET Standard 2.0+)

• Core functionality: MiniProfiler.AspNetCore
• MVC Integration: MiniProfiler.AspNetCore.Mvc

ASP.NET Full Framework

• Core functionality: MiniProfiler
• MVC 5 Integration: MiniProfiler.Mvc5

To enable profiling, you must call MiniProfilerEF6.Initialize() in your application startup logic. This must be called before any Entity Framework operations occur in your application. Ensure you include the StackExchange.Profiling.EntityFramework6 namespace.

using StackExchange.Profiling.EntityFramework6;

// ...

protected void Application_Start()
{
    MiniProfilerEF6.Initialize();
}