Also question is, what is hangfire used for?
Hangfire is an open source library to schedule and execute background jobs in . NET applications. You'll be able to create a simple background process inside the same application pool or thread without creating separate applications.
Furthermore, how do I access the hangfire dashboard? After performing these steps, open your browser and hit the hangfire URL to see the Dashboard. By default Hangfire allows access to Dashboard pages only for local requests. In order to give appropriate rights for production use, please see the Configuring Authorization section.
Then, is hangfire free?
Hangfire is completely free even for commercial use.
How do you use hangfire?
You can install Hangfire via the NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio. Alternatively, you can also use the Package Manager Console to install the Hangfire library. The default installation of Hangfire uses SQL Server for storing scheduling information. Additionally, you can install Hangfire.