Our Story
Dedicated to saving developers from repetitive code.
Our Mission
At PostSharp Technologies, we build software tools that enable C# developers to write concise, clean, and maintainable code through code generation and analysis. We are a small team of passionate developers, with all core members coding from childhood and holding degrees in computer science or engineering.
Our company's ethos is deeply rooted in engineering principles. We, as engineers, prioritize safety and scalability in our designs, understanding that our frameworks often serve large teams tasked with long-term product maintenance. Beyond the realm of engineering, we've embraced concepts from both the academic world, including aspect-oriented programming and static analysis. These ideas have been skillfully reimagined for modern C# and .NET.
Our unique approach has helped numerous solo developers and large organizations alike overcome the challenges of code maintenance and scalability. For example, we have been proud to partner for more than a decade with one of the most prominent healthcare imaging device vendors. Thanks to PostSharp, they could avoid writing a six-digit number of lines of code, resulting in significant cost savings and a shorter time to market.
As a privately owned company with sole ownership, we do not rely on venture capital or loans. Profitable since 2010, we rely entirely on the revenue generated from the sale of licenses, providing us with financial stability and independence from short-term investor objectives. This approach makes us a dependable partner for large and long-term projects, allowing our customers to focus on their core business objectives with peace of mind.
Origins
The PostSharp story began in 2004, when Gaël Fraiteur, worn down by the monotony of writing boilerplate code at a telecom company, created PostSharp as an open-source side project.
With a passion for programming that began in childhood and led to the development of his first commercial application at age 13, Gaël's vision to build aspect-oriented software providing .NET developers with the same productivity benefits enjoyed by the Java community became a reality in 2008 with the release of PostSharp 1.0. He established PostSharp Technologies to carry the project, and the same team has been building and supporting meta-programming tools for .NET ever since.
Gaël FraiteurFounder
Twenty years, one idea
- 2004
The Birth of an Idea
Feeling bored both at work and at home, Gaël creates PostSharp as an open-source side project. His vision? To create a platform for post-processing of .NET assemblies during compilation.
- 2006
First Revenues
The first consulting revenues were earned from PostSharp. Gaël toured Europe as a successful open-source project leader. These were the sweet days of fame with still limited responsibilities.
- 2008
PostSharp 1.0
Gaël dedicated three days per week to PostSharp, which remained free and open-source.
PostSharp 1.0 RTM was released after four years of work.
- 2009
PostSharp Technologies
The open-source project outgrew Gaël's ability to maintain it in his spare time.
He established PostSharp Technologies and commenced work on a commercial version.
- 2010
PostSharp 2.0
PostSharp 2.0, the first commercial version, was released.
The company became profitable immediately and hired its first marketing professional.
- 2013
The First Hire
After numerous trials and errors, we successfully hired a developer: Alex.
PostSharp 3.0 was released, introducing pattern libraries.
- 2014
Team Assembled
With a team of seven and efficient processes, Gaël can finally take a vacation without his notebook.
PostSharp 4.0 introduces threading models, a true innovation in OOP.
- 2015
The Standard for AOP in .NET
Aspect-oriented programming was at its height in the .NET world, and PostSharp had become its de-facto standard implementation.
The paradigm eventually went out of fashion. The codebases built on it did not: many are still in production, and still receiving new PostSharp releases.
- 2016
Reader's Choice
PostSharp is recognized in the Visual Studio Magazine Reader's Choice Awards, in the Software Design, Frameworks, and Modeling Tools category.
It is the start of a run: readers vote for PostSharp in every edition from 2016 to 2025.
- 2018
Highest-Rated Extension
Visual Studio Magazine found PostSharp to be the only major Visual Studio extension with a perfect 5.0 rating: 295 reviews, close to 358,000 installs. It held the top rating for the next six years.
Gaël is still hoping to experience boredom again, someday.
- 2020
Work Starts on Metalama
Microsoft has released Roslyn source generators, opening new doors for meta-programming. After some hesitation, we have seized the opportunity and started work on Metalama, bringing our aspect-oriented approach to the Roslyn compiler.
- 2023
First Stable Release of Metalama
In May 2023, the first stable release of Metalama was launched.
- 2025
Metalama Goes Open Source
The core framework of Metalama, the large majority of the codebase, is released under the MIT license. The Visual Studio tooling and select extension packages remain commercial, free for individuals and teams of up to 3 developers.
Readers vote for PostSharp again in the Visual Studio Magazine Reader's Choice Awards — the ninth edition in a row, twenty-one years after the first line was written.