---
title: Samples
description: Runnable, clone-and-go Cratis sample applications — from a minimal console quickstart to a full-stack vertical-slice app.
---

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Reading is one thing; running real code is another. These samples live in the [Cratis Samples repository](https://github.com/Cratis/Samples) — clone them, run them, and read along with the docs. They use the same library domain the [tutorial](/chronicle/tutorial/) and [capstone](/build-a-full-app/) build, so the code and the prose reinforce each other.

```bash
git clone https://github.com/cratis/Samples.git
```

## Start small

<CardGrid>
	<Card title="Console quickstart" icon="seti:c-sharp">
		The smallest thing that exercises the whole event-sourcing loop — append events, project them into a read model, react — in a plain .NET console app.
		[Open on GitHub →](https://github.com/Cratis/Samples/tree/main/Chronicle/Quickstart/Console) · backs the [Chronicle tutorial](/chronicle/tutorial/).
	</Card>
	<Card title="ASP.NET Core quickstart" icon="seti:html">
		The same library domain wired into an ASP.NET Core web API — events and projections served over HTTP.
		[Open on GitHub →](https://github.com/Cratis/Samples/tree/main/Chronicle/Quickstart/AspNetCore)
	</Card>
</CardGrid>

## Go full-stack

<CardGrid>
	<Card title="Library — a full-stack app" icon="laptop">
		A complete vertical-slice application built with **Arc + Chronicle + Components**: Authors, Inventory, and Lending features, each a slice from command and events through projection to a React screen, with BDD specs and a `docker-compose` for Chronicle.
		[Open on GitHub →](https://github.com/Cratis/Samples/tree/main/Library) · pairs with [Build a full-stack feature](/build-a-full-app/).
	</Card>
</CardGrid>

## How to use them

1. **Run the quickstart** alongside [Get started](/chronicle/get-started/) to see the loop work.
2. **Follow the [tutorial](/chronicle/tutorial/)** with the Console sample open — it builds the same domain one concept at a time.
3. **Explore the Library app** with the [capstone walkthrough](/build-a-full-app/) to see how a real feature spans the whole stack.

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	title="Browse all samples on GitHub"
	description="The full Cratis Samples repository, with build status and the latest code."
	href="https://github.com/Cratis/Samples"
/>