Specifications

Active version information

The active, latest version of LLBLGen Pro is v5.11, first released on December 6th, 2023.

Supported Databases

The LLBLGen Pro Designer supports the following relational databases. With every database system, the supported minimum versions and which O/R mapper framework the database is supported on is specified.

Database	Supported for O/R mapper
SQL Server 2000 or higher / Express / CE Desktop / SQL Azure	Entity Framework Core / Full, LLBLGen Pro Runtime Framework, NHibernate, Linq to SQL
MS Access 2000 or higher	LLBLGen Pro Runtime Framework
Oracle 9i or higher	Entity Framework Core, LLBLGen Pro Runtime Framework, NHibernate
PostgreSql 7.4+ or higher	Entity Framework Core / Full, LLBLGen Pro Runtime Framework, NHibernate
Firebird 1.5.x or higher	Entity Framework Core / Full, LLBLGen Pro Runtime Framework, NHibernate
IBM DB2 7.x or higher (not on AS/400 / iSeries)	Entity Framework Full, LLBLGen Pro Runtime Framework, NHibernate
MySql 4.x or higher (using DevArt MySql .NET provider)	Entity Framework Full, LLBLGen Pro Runtime Framework, NHibernate

Supported Document Databases

Additionally to relational databases, the LLBLGen Pro Designer supports through its Derived Models feature the following NoSQL document databases: RavenDB, MongoDB and Microsoft Cosmos DB (previously DocumentDB).

Supported .NET versions

.NET 4.5.x, .NET 4.6.x, .NET 4.7.x, .NET 4.8.x, .NET Standard 1.6, .NET Standard 2.0, .NET Standard 2.1., .NET 6.x, .NET 7.x, .NET 8.x

Supported O/R mapper frameworks

LLBLGen Pro Runtime Framework v5.11, Entity Framework v1-v6.x, Entity Framework Core v1-v8.x, NHibernate v4.x / v5.x, Linq to Sql

NOTE: Starting with LLBLGen Pro v5.8, NHibernate and Linq to Sql have been put in maintenance mode: no new features will be added for these frameworks.

Supported .NET output languages

Code is generated in C# or VB.NET. Generated code can be used from any .NET language. Code is fully CLS compliant and VB.NET option explicit/strict compliant.