NuGet

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NuGet
Developer(s) Microsoft, .NET Foundation
Initial release5 October 2010;14 years ago (2010-10-05)
Stable release
6.11 [1]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 13 August 2024;10 months ago (13 August 2024)
Preview release
6.12.0.83 [2]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 24 August 2024;10 months ago (24 August 2024)
Repository github.com/NuGet/Home
Written in C#
Platform .NET Framework
Type Package management system
License Apache License 2.0
Website www.nuget.org   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

NuGet (pronounced "New Get") [3] is a package manager, primarily used for packaging and distributing software written using .NET and the .NET Framework. The Outercurve Foundation initially created it under the name NuPack. [4] [5] Since its introduction in 2010, NuGet has evolved into a larger ecosystem of tools and services, including a free and open-source client application, hosted package servers, and software deployment tools. [6]

Contents

Overview

A NuGet package is a single ZIP file that bears a .nupack or .nupkg filename extension and contains .NET assemblies and their needed files, with a manifest file describing its contents. [7] Developers may create these packages with the NuGet client app and publish them in private or public repositories. [7]

NuGet was initially distributed as a Visual Studio extension. Starting with Visual Studio 2012, both Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac can natively utilise NuGet packages. NuGet's client, nuget.exe is a free and open-source, command-line app that can both create and consume packages. MSBuild and .NET Core SDK (dotnet.exe) can use it when it is present. [7] NuGet is also integrated with JetBrains Rider. [8]

It supports multiple programming languages, including:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NuGet 6.11 Release Notes". Microsoft Learn. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Release 6.12.0.83". GitHub. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  3. ↑ And The Winner Is, NuGet, haacked.com. Retrieved on 24 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Haack, Phil. "NuGet". Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  5. ↑ Haack, Phil (21 October 2010). "Changing the NuPack Project Name". OuterCurve Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  6. ↑ An Overview of the NuGet Ecosystem. CodeProject (18 August 2013). Retrieved on 6 February 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 karann-msft. "What is NuGet and what does it do?". docs.microsoft.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Consume NuGet packages". jetbrains.com. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "NuGet for C++". 26 April 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
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