Sample .NET Core Hosts

This repository contains sample code demonstrating how to host managed .NET Core code in a native process. These hosts bypass the usual dotnet host and launch managed code directly.

There are two samples demonstrating two different hosting interfaces for .NET Core.

1. The HostWithMscoree folder contains a sample host using the ICLRRuntimeHost2 interface from msocree.h to host .NET Core. This is the interface that was originally used to host .NET Core and it still has a few more APIs than the CoreClrHost alternative (including unsupported features like creating multiple AppDomains).
2. The HostWithCoreclrHost folder demonstrates how to host the .NET Core runtime using the newer CoreCLRHost.h API. This API is the preferred method of hosting .NET Core and is a bit simpler to use than mscoree.h.

These hosts are both small and bypass a lot of complexity (probing for assemblies in multiple locations, thorough error checking, etc.) that a real host would have. Hopefully because by remaining simple, though, they will be useful for demonstrating the core concepts of hosting managed .NET Core code in a native process.