Which C# driver to use for Mongo?

Question

I am starting a new project using Mongo and was wondering what the general consensus is on which C# driver to use?

I am leaning towards NoRM ( here ) or the official driver ( here ).

Any suggestions or opinions on which to use and what to consider when deciding?

I realize there are other questions on this topic but they are somewhat dated.

Answer 1

Use mongodb c# driver. Because official mongodb c# driver is well tested, contains all latest features of mongodb and supported by community.

Linq? Do you think it's a real problem? I guess no. I found jira bug for linq support, but is without votes.. In additional i've using official mongodb c# driver at all my projects and it work very well even without linq.

So, my opinion is that no need to think, need just use official mongodb c# driver.

Answer 2

NoRM has some cool features, but it is not actively maintained any more. Sure that may change but I would rather go with the one that is being actively developed.

I switched my application over to the officlal C# driver and its been great - its been updated to take advantage of all the new features of 1.8 and will continue to be upgraded to take advantage of new MongoDB features as they come out.