Best ORM:

• ADO.NET
• Dapper
• Entity Framework | Entity Framework Core

10 ORM and Data Tier Management Tools for Visual Studio

https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2015/11/01/management-tools-for-visual-studio.aspx

Others

https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack.OrmLite

https://github.com/tumtumtum/Shaolinq

https://github.com/Jeralane/models_library

https://github.com/jonwagner/Insight.Database

OKHOSTING.Sql

https://github.com/okhosting/OKHOSTING.ORM

Flexible, simple, feature complete, multi-database, multi-platform ORM. Works with any class, any naming convention, and most used databases.

Dapper

https://github.com/StackExchange/Dapper

Dapper - a simple object mapper for .Net

Why LINQ beats SQL?

https://www.reddit.com/r/coding/comments/40yx8p/why_linq_beats_sql/