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# [Using Razor Outside of Web](https://denace.dev/using-razor-outside-of-web?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Repurposing the Razor Templating Engine to Generate HTML in a Console Application

Feb 1, 2024 · 7 min read · denace.dev  
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[Denis Ekart](https://hashnode.com/@devmenace)

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[John Zabroski](https://hashnode.com/@johnzabroski)

[May 5, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/using-razor-outside-of-web/65c1525e417b96cdb95bc0c7/comment/681937334a40c3f332008a2e)

It's worth noting that HtmlRenderer is a very heavyweight component and includes everything required to render Razor Components (Blazor Components). If you just need something simpler, you can use RazorSlices. It won't have tag helpers (and view components), but you may not need all that other stuff. For background, I used to be the maintainer of RazorLight, which was the most popular Razor renderer many years ago. I stopped support around .NET 6 as Microsoft was making it progressively more difficult to have Razor function standalone, and I was no longer actively doing web development.