## Gistlyn - Your C# Gist IDE in the Sky!

Gistlyn lets you create, run and share your executable C# Github Gists. 
Powered by Roslyn C# Scripting, all you need is a `main.cs` file, here's 
[Hello World](?gist=f57b06f975f53ba920985b2853cfa876): 
```csharp
var name = "World";
var greeting = $"Hello, {name}!";
```

Gists can also reference NuGet packages opening up a world of possibilities, all you need is a `packages.config` 
containing your NuGet package dependencies, here's [Hello NuGet](?gist=101d0fdb4c5fc59fe7d86825c9b43652) 
or this basic example to try something quickly:

 - [Create a New Gist](?gist=52c37e37b51a0ec92810477be34695ae) ([private](?gist=492e199fa3ec5394ef0bc1aedd3240c7))

Gistlyn has rich integration with Github where by signing in you can fork and customize existing Gists or Create and Save 
new ones. Try it out by [Signing in](/auth/github) and forking a Gist below:

 - Todo demos: [OrmLite](?gist=0cd558e817f28f77b974c44c3e12ff6f)
· [Redis](?gist=54e452bb1e86e132068a595d7e72d1a6)

### [Gistlyn Collections](?collection=457a7035675513ba1365195658a5d792)

We want Gistlyn to be a fun, open and collaborative learning tool to quickly try out C# and explore .NET libraries
so we've made it super easy to [Create Collections](?collection=457a7035675513ba1365195658a5d792)
using a built-in Markdown Editor, Live Preview, Multi Image uploads and focused
UX for linking and creating new Gists and Collections from existing templates. Collections are just Gists containing
an `index.md` Markdown document like 
<a target="_blank" href="https://gist.github.com/gistlyn/2cc6b5db6afd3ccb0d0149e55fdb3a6a">this page</a> 
that we hope will spur creation of more walk through's like:

 - [OrmLite Interactive Tour](?collection=991db51e44674ad01d3d318b24cf0934) 
 (<a target="_blank" href="https://gist.github.com/gistlyn/991db51e44674ad01d3d318b24cf0934">source</a>)

### Nothing but Gists

Unlike a traditional Web App Gistlyn doesn't have a backend database, instead all code created with Gistlyn is 
saved to 
<a target="_blank" href="https://gist.github.com/">your Github gists</a> 
which you can 
<a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/blog/122-embedded-gists">embed or link to</a>
directly. In between saves all changes in Gistlyn are persisted to localStorage, so even if you accidentally refresh 
or close your browser, you can revisit 
<a target="_blank" href="http://gistlyn.com">gistlyn.com</a> 
at any time and start right back where you left off.

### [Run Gistlyn on your Desktop](?collection=74d7b0467a197f678bb4220b2c301ac3)

Running Gistlyn on your Desktop can benefit from faster build and run times and as C# Gists 
are run locally they'll also be able to access your RDBMS and other Networked Servers in your Intranet.
Download now for [Windows, OSX and Linux](?collection=74d7b0467a197f678bb4220b2c301ac3).

More docs and features are available from Gistyn's 
<a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/ServiceStack/Gistlyn">Github repo</a>.