Rider

JetBrains Rider is a fast, cross-platform .NET IDE providing rich refactoring, dotTrace profiling, and first-class support for ASP.NET Core, Unity, and Unreal Engine.

When to Use

• Cross-Platform .NET / C# Development: Building high-performance ASP.NET Core web APIs, Blazor, and microservices on macOS, Linux, and Windows.
• Game Engine Engineering (Unity & Unreal): Profiling, debugging C# scripts, and integrating shaders with deep engine hooks.
• ReSharper-Powered Refactoring: Performing enterprise-scale code migrations, nullability analysis, and LINQ optimization.
• dotTrace & dotMemory Profiling: Identifying memory leaks, GC pressure, and multi-threaded execution locks.

Quick Start

1. Open Solution & Run

# Open solution via Rider CLI
rider MyProject.sln