---
title: "Wolverine as Mediator in .NET"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/wolverine-as-mediator-in-net-hf40pyim2
source_url: https://mwaseemzakir.substack.com/p/wolverine-as-mediator-in-net
type: article
source: "Waseem .NET Newsletter"
published: 2025-04-26T04:25:34.500Z
updated: 2025-04-26T04:25:47.167Z
tags: ["webdev", ".net", "nuget"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 11
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# Wolverine as Mediator in .NET

**[Waseem .NET Newsletter](https://daily.dev/sources/mwaseemzakir)** · 3 min read · 11 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

With MediatR going commercial, developers are exploring alternatives. Wolverine, a free NuGet package, offers next-generation .NET mediator and message bus capabilities. Using Wolverine involves simple naming conventions and no special interfaces, making it a streamlined choice for handling messages in .NET applications. It includes features like fluent validation and can be configured to use only core mediator services to keep applications lean and efficient.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@andersgravgaardjensen** · 0 upvotes

> Looks promising. How solid is the community behind it?

**@richezantoine** · 0 upvotes

> I really like the fact that this package is "simple" and straightforward, also the "cascading" commands feature looks like it could resolve a lot of problems developers could have when doing Event Driven with MediatR (such as not having particular orders when firing multiples events when the entities are updated).
>
> However, what I don't like about it is the fact that it resolves the handlers automatically.
>
> If I were to use it, I would probably create an interface that dictates the handlers structures (for centralized log/event managements ease of use) but I would have liked to have the...

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