--- title: Autofac Dependency Injection in ASP .NET Core 8 | daily.dev description: Autofac is a popular dependency injection container for .NET applications, offering benefits such as inversion of control, modularity, testability, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/autofac-dependency-injection-in-asp-net-core-8-aqjry9hse twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Autofac Dependency Injection in ASP .NET Core 8 | daily.dev og:description: Autofac is a popular dependency injection container for .NET applications, offering benefits such as inversion of control, modularity, testability, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/autofac-dependency-injection-in-asp-net-core-8-aqjry9hse og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/AqjrY9HSe.png og:image:alt: Autofac Dependency Injection in ASP .NET Core 8 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Autofac Dependency Injection in ASP .NET Core 8 **[C\# Corner](https://daily.dev/sources/csharpcorner)** · 4 min read · 5 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Autofac is a popular dependency injection container for .NET applications, offering benefits such as inversion of control, modularity, testability, and lifetime management. It seamlessly integrates with various .NET frameworks. This post provides an introduction to Autofac, explains the need for dependency injection, and highlights the advantages of using Autofac in ASP.NET Core applications. It also includes step-by-step instructions for setting up Autofac in an ASP.NET Core 8 application. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#aspnet](https://daily.dev/tags/aspnet), [#dependency-injection](https://daily.dev/tags/dependency-injection) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/autofac-dependency-injection-in-asp-net-core-8-aqjry9hse) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Autofac Dependency Injection in ASP .NET Core 8","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/autofac-dependency-injection-in-asp-net-core-8-aqjry9hse","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/autofac-dependency-injection-in-asp-net-core-8-aqjry9hse"},"datePublished":"2024-04-24T05:38:29.369Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T03:21:30.738Z","description":"Autofac is a popular dependency injection container for .NET applications, offering benefits such as inversion of control, modularity, testability, and...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6190abb3db4f471ee3fffa41e7769ea1?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6190abb3db4f471ee3fffa41e7769ea1?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"C# Corner","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"C# Corner","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/ada2d584df6241748fc4e71878dc70a3","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/csharpcorner"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/autofac-dependency-injection-in-asp-net-core-8-aqjry9hse","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":5},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"aspnet,dependency-injection","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"C# Corner","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/csharpcorner"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Autofac Dependency Injection in ASP .NET Core 8"}]} ```