NuGet (pronounced "New Get")And The Winner Is, NuGet
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, primarily used for packaging and distributing software written using

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and the .NET Framework. The Outercurve Foundation initially created it under the name NuPack. Since its introduction in 2010, NuGet has evolved into a larger ecosystem of tools and services, including a

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client application, hosted package servers, and

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tools.

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

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describing its contents. Developers may create these packages with the NuGet client app and publish them in private or public repositories. NuGet was initially distributed as a

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extension. Starting with Visual Studio 2012, both

and Visual Studio for Mac can natively utilise NuGet packages. NuGet's client, nuget.exe is a

, command-line app that can both create and consume packages. MSBuild and .NET Core SDK (dotnet.exe) can use it when it is present. NuGet is also integrated with

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. It supports multiple programming languages, including: * .NET Framework packages *

packages * Native packages written in C++, with package creation aided by CoApp

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