NuGet (pronounced "New Get")And The Winner Is, NuGet
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initially created it under the name NuPack. Since its introduction in 2010, NuGet has evolved into a larger ecosystem of tools and services.

Overview

NuGet is a package manager for developers. It enables developers to share and consume useful code. A NuGet package is a single

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that bears a .nupack or .nupkg filename extension and contains .NET assemblies and their needed files. NuGet was initially distributed as a

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can natively utilise NuGet packages. NuGet's client, nuget.exe is a

, command-line app that can both create and consume packages.

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SDK (dotnet.exe) can use it when it is present. NuGet is also integrated with

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packages * .NET packages * Native packages written in

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, with package creation aided by CoApp

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