Frequently Asked Questions

About Spiderly

Yes, Spiderly is completely free, and every feature that was once free will always remain free!

You can find the installation instructions here.

The prerequisites are listed in the first step of the getting-started guide.

Frontend (UI)

• TypeScript classes with strongly typed constructors
• Table view pages — records with sorting, filtering, and pagination
• Admin pages — forms for creating and editing records
• Angular reactive form validators
• API client

Backend (API)

• Partial DTO classes
• Controllers
• FluentValidation rules
• CRUD service methods — database interaction
• Object mapping configuration

Yes, Spiderly is open-source and released under the MIT License. You're free to use it in personal, commercial, or open-source projects.

In most scenarios, Spiderly is the better choice—especially if you're building a typical business or admin-style app with .NET and Angular. It's much simpler to set up, requires less boilerplate, and is completely free under the MIT license. You get full CRUD, API, Angular UI, validation, mapping, and even DTOs generated automatically from your EF Core model.

Feature	Spiderly	ABP Framework
End-to-end code generation	Yes — from EF Core to UI + API client + validation	No — you build modules manually
License & cost	Fully free (MIT)	Free + commercial tiers
Auto-sync on changes	Real-time generation on code change	Manual updates required
Tech stack	.NET + Angular (with EF Core, PrimeNG, FluentValidation, Serilog...)	Modular with flexibility (Blazor, Angular, MVC…)
OS support	Windows only	Cross-platform (Windows, Linux, macOS)

No, Spiderly is currently not compatible with Linux. We are focusing on Windows support for now, but Linux support may be added in the future.

No, Spiderly is currently not compatible with macOS. We are focusing on Windows support for now, but macOS support may be added in the future.