CrestApps Orchard Core Modules

CrestApps provides a collection of open-source modules designed to enhance Orchard Core, a powerful application framework built on ASP.NET Core.

Key Focus Areas

• Modularity – Independent modules allow for seamless integration based on project requirements.
• Security – Designed following industry best practices to ensure application safety.
• Performance – Optimized for speed and efficiency to maximize Orchard Core's potential.

Module Categories

Artificial Intelligence Suite

A comprehensive set of modules for integrating AI capabilities into your Orchard Core site, including:

• AI Services – Foundation for all AI modules with profile and connection management
• AI Chat – Chat interfaces for interacting with AI models
• AI Agents – Intelligent agents that perform tasks on your site
• Data Sources – RAG/knowledge base indexing and vector search
• Documents – Document upload, text extraction, and embedding
• MCP – Model Context Protocol client and server support

AI Providers

Connect to various AI services:

• OpenAI – OpenAI-compatible providers (DeepSeek, Gemini, vLLM, etc.)
• Azure OpenAI – Azure OpenAI integration
• Azure AI Inference – GitHub models via Azure AI
• Ollama – Local model support

Omnichannel Suite

Unified communication orchestration:

• Orchestrator – Core orchestration services
• Management – Mini-CRM for contacts, campaigns, and activities
• SMS Automation – AI-driven SMS automation
• Event Grid – Azure Event Grid integration

Standard Modules

Essential CMS enhancements:

• Users – Enhanced user management
• SignalR – Real-time communication
• Roles – Enhanced role management
• Content Access Control – Role-based content restrictions
• Resources – Shared scripts and stylesheets
• Recipes – JSON-Schema support for recipes

Package Management

• Orchard Core 2.1–2.3: Use package version 1.2.x
• Orchard Core 3.0+: Use version 2.0.0-beta or newer

Stable releases are available on NuGet.org. Preview packages are available from the CrestApps CloudSmith feed.