RapidStart .NET Blueprint

Production-Ready Clean Architecture Starter for Enterprise-Grade APIs

A streamlined, professional, and highly extensible .NET Clean Architecture template designed for developers who want to skip the setup phase and build production-ready APIs from day one.

This template blends enterprise architecture standards with fast developer onboarding, making it ideal for teams, freelancers, and solo engineers who value reliability, structure, and development speed.

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🔥 Why RapidStart .NET Blueprint?

Stop wasting days setting up architecture.

✅ Start Coding Immediately

Stop wasting days on bootstrapping projects. Everything is already wired, organized, and ready for feature development.

✅ Enterprise-Grade Clean Architecture

Layered, scalable, and maintainable structure trusted by engineering teams across industries.

✅ Consistency for Teams & Freelancers

Perfect for starting client projects with a clean, professional baseline.

✅ Fully Documented

Detailed explanations and examples that make onboarding smooth even for junior developers.

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🏗️ Architecture Overview

This template follows a Clean Architecture style using clear boundaries:

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                   Presentation (API)                 │
| - Controllers, Filters, Services                     |
| - Startup.cs, Program.cs                             |
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                   Application Layer                  │
│  - Domain & Events, Common, Helper                   │
│  - Interfaces, Services, Mapping                     │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                  Infrastructure Layer                │
│  - EF Core, Migrations                               │
|  - Seed Data, Design Time, Unit Of Work              |
│  - Repositories & Integrations                       │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                   Domain Layer                       │
│  - Entities, Value Objects                           │
│  - Repo Interfaces                                   │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                  Common Layer                        │
│  - Common Models, DTOs                               │
|  - Enums, Helpers, Constants                         |
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Clean boundaries. No accidental cross-references. Easy to test. Enterprise-ready.

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✨ Key Features

🧩 Generic Controller & Service Layer (CRUD-Ready)

Flexible services without forcing a fixed CRUD boilerplate.

🗃 EF Core Integration + Migrations

Database setup included — ready to run out of the box.

🧱 Clean Separation of Concerns

Improves maintainability and long-term scalability.

📦 Layered Architecture With DDD-Ready Structure

You can grow the project into more advanced domain-driven architecture over time.

📘 Full Documentation

Includes examples to guide you on implementing features correctly and consistently.

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🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/safwancicem85/dotnet-clean-architecture-template.git

2. Restore dependencies

dotnet restore

3. Apply migrations

dotnet ef database update

4. Run the API

dotnet run --project src/Presentation

Your API is now live.

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📁 Project Structure

/src
/API
/Application
/Infrastructure
/Domain
/Common
/docs
/tests

Each layer isolated. Each responsibility clear.

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🧪 Testing

Testing framework support included. Extend as needed for domain, application, and integration tests.

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📈 Ideal For:

• Freelancers delivering fast, high-quality client APIs
• Startups needing a clean and maintainable baseline
• Teams onboarding new developers
• Enterprise apps requiring long-term scalability
• Anyone who wants to avoid boilerplate setup

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⚙ Preview (Lite version)

This is preview purpose only template, find the ready template on link below

🔗 Upgrade to the Full Version

If you want a more advanced, production-enhanced version of this template — including improved documentation, best practices, extended setups, and additional patterns — you can get the full version here:

👉 RapidStart .NET Blueprint (Gumroad) RapidStart .NET Blueprint

This supports my work and helps me build more tools for the .NET community.

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⭐ Support & Contribution

If this repo helps you, please star ⭐️ the repository. Contributions, issues, and suggestions are always welcome.

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📬 Contact

For custom .NET development, freelancing, or consulting: Cicem — Engineering (Open for client projects)