CodeSmith Editions

There are 2 editions of CodeSmith available. Both editions are licensed per-user.

CodeSmith Standard Edition

The Standard Edition provides basic template execution via the CodeSmith Explorer GUI and console clients. It can be used to execute custom templates as well. The Standard edition is perfect for simple code generation requirements.

CodeSmith Professional Edition

The Professional Edition adds to the Standard edition features and includes the CodeSmith Studio template IDE, batch code generation, template caching, Visual Studio integration, the ability to use the CodeSmith API in custom internal applications, and merging support. From small to large complex code generation scenarios CodeSmith Professional is the perfect tool.

CodeSmith Features:

Feature	Standard Edition	Professional Edition
Execute custom templates	l	l
Extensible Metadata	l	l
SchemaExplorer schema discovery API	l	l
XML support	l	l
Sub-template support	l	l
Sample templates	l	l
Console client	l	l
CodeSmith Explorer GUI client	l	l
CodeSmith Studio IDE		l
Visual Studio integration		l
CodeSmith API		l
Template caching		l
Merging support		l