Is there any free ilmerge like tool out there which can merge wpf assemblies? [closed]

Question

I'm looking for a free tool to merge all of my wpf application's assemblies into a single assembly. Usually, I use ILMerge, but unfortunately, it does not support merging WPF assemblies. Are there any tools out there which can achieve that?

A commercial tool is not an option for me because the application is an open source project.

Best Regards,
Oliver Hanappi

Answer 1

I see two relevant solutions:

1. Implement your assembly resolution handling at runtime so ilmerge'd WPF assemblies do work: http://blog.mahop.net/post/Merge-WPF-Assemblies.aspx

2. Use a product that supports it out of the box (Commercial, so not an option in the case below): Merging dlls into a single .exe with wpf

Answer 2

Costura can do this.

It embeds references as resources in the target assembly. Then at run time intercepts assembly load events and serves up the resource.

https://github.com/Fody/Costura