A list of tool extensions for .NET Core Command Line (dotnet CLI), aka '.NET Core global tools'.
Tip: 💡 Global tools do not need to be named "dotnet-*". This is only a convention used by some authors as a way to indicate a package is meant to be used as part of the
dotnetcommand line tool, and not a standalone tool or library reference.
| Command | Description |
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aistdoc |
Generates an API reference documentation for .NET and TypeScript code (based on XML Docs or TypeDoc comments) and publishes it on the web. Author: @korzh dotnet tool install -g Aistant.DocImport
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altcover |
Cross-platform code line and branch coverage tool-set for .net core/.net framework/mono Author: @SteveGilham dotnet tool install -g altcover.global
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altcover.visualizer |
Code coverage display tool to show which parts of your code _aren't_ being covered. Requires GTK+3 installed separately Author: @SteveGilham dotnet tool install -g altcover.visualizer
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as-cli |
Use Azure Storage on CLI. Download, upload, show and more on CLI
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g azure-storage-cli
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autocommit |
Automatically commit changes to git on a set interval, ending with a squash merge to the original head
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-autocommit
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aver |
Dotnet tool for reading assembly information
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g aver
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azure-boards-workitems |
Execute queries and other work item data extraction tools.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g azure-boards-workitems
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azuresigntool |
Code sign your files using an Authenticode certificate stored in Azure Key Vault
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g azuresigntool
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base64urls |
CLI tool for base64 & base64url encode/decode for URL applications.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g base64urls
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boots |
.NET global tool for bootstrapping vsix & pkg files. Just "boots https://url/to/your/package"!
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g boots
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certes |
CLI tool for acquire certificates via the Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) protocol. (example: LetsEncrypt.org)
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-certes
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cleanup |
.NET Core Global Tool for cleaning up solution, project or folder.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-cleanup
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coverlet |
Coverlet is a cross platform code coverage library for .NET Core, with support for line, branch and method coverage.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g coverlet.console
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csmin |
Fast and small utility to minify C# source. It removes whitespace and comments without altering the behaviour of the code. It is fast and small because it does not need or use Roslyn. It is also available as a library.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g CSharpMinifier
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csval |
Utility that validates a C# source for syntax errors.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g CSharpSyntaxValidator
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dacpac |
Publish .dacpac on MS SQL Server without SSDT installed
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g Dacpac.Tool
* Run dotnet dacpac publish --dacpath=C:\artifact\db\ --server=mydatabase.server.contoso.com --databasenames='client1;client2;client3;client4'
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dbtool |
Exports database data to some commonly-used formats (XML, JSON, etc.) or imports the data in those formats back to DB.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g Korzh.DbTool
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depguard |
Check your projects for use of disallowed (blacklisted) NuGet packages, including transitive references.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g depguard
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dmd5 |
Just generate MD5 hash value in CLI.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dmd5
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docker-watch |
A command line utility to notify docker mounted volumes about changes on Windows.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g docker-watch
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docs |
Search docs.microsoft.com using the command line.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-doc
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dotnet-aop |
A tool to make AOP for .cs files for your CI pipeline.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-aop
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dotnet-apim |
A cross-platform dotnet tool which streamlines the CI/CD process of deploying APIs into Azure API Management
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-apim
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dotnet-aspnet-codegenerator |
Code generation tool for creating controllers, views, and models in ASP.NET Core projects.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-aspnet-codegenerator
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dotnet-cake |
A tool to run cross platform Cake build scripts.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g Cake.Tool
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dotnet-config2json |
A simple tool to convert a web.config file to an appsettings.json file.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-config2json
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dotnet-cowsay |
CLI Tool that gives a a random blog post from discoverdot.net in cowsay format.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-cowsay
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dotnet-dbinfo |
A simple cross-platform command-line tool for get useful database information (in json format).
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-dbinfo
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dotnet-depends |
Dependency explorer for .NET.
Project site: Github
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-depends
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dotnet-eb |
Tools to deploy ASP.NET Core apps to AWS Elastic Beanstalk. Global tool started at version 3.0.0.
Project site: Github
dotnet tool install -g Amazon.ElasticBeanstalk.Tools
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dotnet-ecs |
Tools to deploy containers to Amazon Elastic Container Service functions. Global tool started at version 3.0.0.
Project site: Github
dotnet tool install -g Amazon.ECS.Tools
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dotnet-encrypto |
A tool to encrypt/decrypt folder or files using AES 256 Encryption Algorithm
Project site: Github
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-encrypto
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dotnet-fm |
FluentMigrator: Is a database migration framework for .NET much like Ruby on Rails Migrations.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g FluentMigrator.DotNet.Cli
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dotnet-format |
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-format
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dotnet-fsharplint |
Lint tool for F#.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-fsharplint
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dotnet-giio |
A .NET global tool to create useful .gitignore files for your project using gitignore.io Author: @liammoat dotnet tool install -g dotnet-giio
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dotnet-gitreleasemanager |
Tool for creating and exporting releases for software applications hosted on Github Author: @GitTools dotnet tool install -g GitReleaseManager.Tool
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dotnet-gitversion |
Easy Semantic Versioning (http://semver.org) for projects using Git.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g GitVersion.Tool
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dotnet-hash |
A simple dotnet tool to calculate hashes for the given file.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g TheBlueSky.DotNet.Tools.SwiftHash
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dotnet-ignore |
Global .NET Core tool that can download .gitignore file from github gitignore repository.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-ignore
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dotnet-imgup |
Global .NET Core tool to upload images on disk to imgur.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-imgup
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dotnet-install |
Provides capabilities for installing a .NET Core shared runtime.
Project site: Github
dotnet tool install -g QB.DotNetCoreInstaller
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dotnet-lambda |
Tools to deploy AWS Lambda functions. Global tool started at version 3.0.0.
Project site: Github
dotnet tool install -g Amazon.Lambda.Tools
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dotnet-migrate-2017 |
Tool for converting a MSBuild project file (`csproj`) to VS2017 format and beyond. Author: @hvanbakel dotnet tool install -g Project2015To2017.Migrate2017.Tool
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dotnet-namechk |
Global .NET Core tool to check for the availability of package names on NuGet
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-namechk
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dotnet-nuget-gc |
A tool for cleaning the NuGet cache.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-nuget-gc
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dotnet-obfuscar |
A .NET Core global tool to obfuscate assemblies.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g Obfuscar.GlobalTool
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dotnet-octo |
A .NET Core tool for octo.exe. This lets you install Octo onto a machine or build agent as long as you have the .NET Core 2.1.300 SDK available. Author: @OctopusDeploy Because it is common to install octo.exe in the cloud, you'll likely want to install it in a specific non-OS volume and on the version of Octopus Deploy you currently support: dotnet tool install Octopus.DotNet.Cli --tool-path /path/for/tool --version <version>
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dotnet-outdated |
A .NET Core global tool to display outdated NuGet packages in a project. Author: @jerriep dotnet tool install -g dotnet-outdated
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dotnet-pr |
.NET Core command-line (CLI) tool to open the browser in pull request mode for the code collaboration tool (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket++) connected to the current checked out branch (fetched via the git remote and/or tracking branch). Author: @johnkors dotnet tool install -g dotnet-pr
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dotnet-project-licenses |
.NET Core tool to get the licenses of a project. Author: @tomchavakis dotnet tool install -g dotnet-project-licenses
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dotnet-property |
.NET Core command-line (CLI) tool to update project properties and version numbers on build. Author: @pwelter34 dotnet tool install -g dotnet-property
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dotnet-retire |
A dotnet CLI extension to check your project for known vulnerabilities.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-retire
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dotnet-runas |
Allows to run a dotnet process under a specified user account.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-runas
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dotnet-script |
Run C# scripts from the .NET CLI.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-script
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dotnet-sdk |
Manage .NET Core SDKs.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g DotNetSdkHelpers
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dotnet-search |
Search for Nuget packages using the .NET Core CLI.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-search
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dotnet-serve |
A simple command line HTTP server, no code required.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-serve
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dotnet-server |
A configurable local http server to "mock" or fake responses from down stream services.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install --g DotNetSimpleServer
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dotnet-snow |
Avalonia-based cross-platform graphical snow demo.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-snow
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dotnet-sonarscanner |
The SonarScanner for MSBuild is the recommended way to launch a SonarQube or SonarCloud analysis for projects/solutions using dotnet command as build tool.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-sonarscanner
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dotnet-sqldb |
Using DbUp, to apply migration scripts etc. against a SQL-Server database.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-sqldb
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dotnet-sshdeploy |
A dotnet CLI command that enables quick deployments over SSH.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-sshdeploy
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dotnet-symbol |
Symbols download utility. Author: @microsoft dotnet tool install -g dotnet-symbol
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dotnet-thx |
Find authors of packages you are using in you project and visit their GitHub.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g DotnetThx
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dotnet-try |
Try.NET Global Tool: interactive in-browser documentation and workshop creator
Project site: Try .NET
dotnet tool install --global dotnet-try
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dotnet-ups |
Synchronize sln folder structure to physical folders also fixing project references.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-ups
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dotnet-version |
A simple tool to update the version number of your project. If you know of yarn version, this is that for .NET.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g DotnetVersion
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dotnet-warp |
A .NET Core global tool to pack project into single executable using Warp. Author: @Hubert-Rybak dotnet tool install -g dotnet-warp
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dotnet-xdt |
Toolbox for applying XML Document Transformations to .NET configuration files, or any other XML-structured content. Includes a .NET Core global tool, a .NET Standard library with no external dependencies, and a standalone .NET 4.6+ executable.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-xdt
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dotnetrsa |
Generate rsa pkcs1, pkcs8, xml format key. Conversion between the three formats.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnetrsa
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efg |
.NET Core command-line (CLI) tool to generate Entity Framework Core model from an existing database.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g EntityFrameworkCore.Generator
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fake |
F# MAKE 5 - A DSL FOR BUILD TASKS AND MORE.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g fake-cli
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file-sort |
A tool to organize files in folders based by date.
Project site: Github
dotnet tool install -g file-sort
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findref |
Find which assemblies in a folder whom are referencing a given assembly
Project site: Github
dotnet tool install -g findref
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flubu |
Fluent Builder. A cross platform build automation tool for building projects and executing deployment scripts using C# code.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g FlubuCore.GlobalTool
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ghi |
A simple command-line client for managing GitHub Issues.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g github-issues-cli
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giphy |
Find that giphy fast and just copy the url or markdown.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g GiphyCli
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git-browse |
Open the GitHub page or website for a repository in your browser.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g git-browse
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git-flow-version |
Create predictable and opinionated SemVer 2.0.0 version numbers for git flow repositories.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g git-flow-version
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git-istage |
A better git add -p.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g git-istage
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git-rocket-filter |
A powerful and faster version of git-filter-branch using C# Roslyn scripting to rewrite/filter commits.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g git-rocket-filter
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git-status |
A simple command-line utility to determine status of all Git repositories in a directory structure.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g git-status-cli
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gitchanges |
Generate changelogs from git history.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-gitchanges
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gitcoauth |
GitCoAuth: simple co-authorship commit line generator for Git commit messages.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-gitcoauth
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GitHubMarkdownSnippets |
A utility for merging snippets into GitHub markdown document.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g MarkdownSnippets.Tool
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gti |
Global tool for installing .Net Global tools from a tools.gti file.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g gti
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guid |
.NET Core Global Tool for creating GUIDs/UUIDs.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-guid
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html-copy-vscode |
A global tool to convert snippets copied from VS Code into plain html to paste into your blog.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g HtmlCopyVSCode
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idgen |
idgen supports the bulk generation of various types of unique identifiers.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g IdentifierGenerator
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ilspycmd |
A tool for decompiling .NET assemblies and generating portable PDBs
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g ilspycmd
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installsdk |
A global tool for downloading and installing .NET Core SDKs based on a global.json files.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g InstallSdkGlobalTool
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jitdasm |
Disassembles one or more .NET methods / types to stdout or file(s). It can also create diffable disassembly.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g JitDasm.0xd4d
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json2yaml |
A tool for converting json to yaml. Supports piping.
Project site: GitLab
dotnet tool install -g json2yaml
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kubedmc |
Navigate into your favorite Kubernetes cluster with one finger! Author: @mimetis dotnet tool install -g kubedmc
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libman |
LibMan is a tool that helps you download common libraries from the Internet to use in your web project.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g Microsoft.Web.LibraryManager.CLI
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LocalAppVeyor |
.NET Core global tool which brings appveyor.yml to the center of your build process by making possible to execute its build jobs, locally.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g localappveyor
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mddox |
A simple markdown documentation generator using reflection and XML comments.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g loxsmoke.mddox
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minimig |
A forward-only database migration tool.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g minimig
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minver-cli |
A minimalistic command line tool for versioning any Git repository using tags.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g minver-cli
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nanoff |
A .NET Core Tool to update the firmware of nanoFramework devices. It can also backup the firmware, deployment and be used in production environment.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g nanoFirmwareFlasher
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nbgv |
A .NET Core Tool that can install, read and set version information based on git history, using Nerdbank.GitVersioning.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g nbgv
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ndjson |
A dotnet cli tool for printing newline delimited json to console. Author: @fredeil dotnet tool install -g ndjson
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nuget-deploy |
Restore NuGet package if needed, and deploy it in a specified folder, by copying assemblies of the NuGet dependencies, or by generating appropriate `.deps.json` and `.runtimeconfig.json` files
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g NuGetUtils.Tool.Deploy
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nuget-exec |
Restore NuGet package if needed, and execute a method within its assembly, loading dependencies as needed on-the-fly. Custom method parameter types are also supported.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g NuGetUtils.Tool.Exec
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nuget-restore |
Restore one or more NuGet package, if needed.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g NuGetUtils.Tool.Restore
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NuGetKeyVaultSignTool |
Code sign your .nupkg files using an Authenticode certificate stored in Azure Key Vault
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g NuGetKeyVaultSignTool
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nuke |
Run and setup NUKE builds with a single command on any platform 🚀
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g Nuke.GlobalTool
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NukedBit.NRepo |
.NET Core Global Tool for simplifying repository creation with good defaults.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g NukedBit.NRepo
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NuKeeper |
Find outdated NuGet packages and apply updates to them.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g NuKeeper
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nyancat |
Nyancat 😻 in your terminal, rendered through ANSI escape sequences. A port of the original terminal application to make this cat run on dotnet core. 🐱🏍 Author: @nickvdyck dotnet tool install -g nyancat
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omnia-cli |
A cli tool for interacting with OMNIA Low-code REST API.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g Omnia.CLI
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otterkeys |
Quickly create Ed25519 key pairs for signing and verifying messages or other data.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g OtterKeys
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p2u |
Paste text content with Unix-like line terminations into Windows Terminal without extra line wrapping. Even into Cmd or Vim.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g p2u
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pbm |
Petabridge.Cmd CLI for managing Akka.NET applications and clusters
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g pbm
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protogen |
protobuf-net code-generation from .proto schema files.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g protobuf-net.Protogen
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pwsh |
PowerShell Core global tool.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g PowerShell
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recolor |
Colors regex matches on STDIN lines
Project site: Github
dotnet tool install -g recolor
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reportgenerator |
ReportGenerator converts XML reports generated by OpenCover, PartCover, dotCover, Visual Studio, NCover or Cobertura into human readable reports in various formats. Project site: GitHub dotnet tool install -g dotnet-reportgenerator-globaltool
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rider |
**Windows only** Adds a `rider` command to launch JetBrains Rider when it's installed via Toolbox.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-rider-cli
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rimraf |
rimraf as a .NET Core Global Tool.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-rimraf
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sbmgr |
Azure servicebus message manager. List, send, resend and delete messages on servicebus queues or topics
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g message-manager
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sharpfuzz |
Command line tool for SharpFuzz instrumentation.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g SharpFuzz.CommandLine
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sleet |
A static NuGet feed generator.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g Sleet
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speech |
Unofficial Azure Speech CLI - manage acoustic datasets, models, endpoints, transcriptions and more.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g AzureSpeechCLI
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srihash |
Generates the SRI hash for
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g srihash-cli
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sysinfo |
Outputs system information.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g Elemental.SysInfoTool
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t4 |
T4 text template processor.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-t4
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tcpmux |
TCP Multiplexer; provide simple routing of TCP traffic as well as SSL re-encryption and off-loading.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g TcpMux
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templateversions |
Lists all the versions of dotnet core SDKs in your user template directory and the global tools for each version.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g TemplateVersions.Tool
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todo |
The simple, powerfull and extensible Todo List app in your terminal.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g todo
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trx2junit |
Transforms XML from trx-Testresults to JUnit-Testresults / trx to JUnit XML.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g trx2junit
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tus |
A cli tool for interacting with a Tus enabled server.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g TusCli
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unpkg |
Front-end package manager that uses the unpkg.com CDN as a source. No Node.js, NPM or Bower required.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g RendleLabs.UnpkgCli
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upforgrabs |
A tool to select a random .NET Open Source project/issue tagged with "up-for-grabs","firsttimer", etc. to work on.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g upforgrabs
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versioninfo |
Display version information of .NET Core assemblies.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-versioninfo
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weeknumber |
Prints the current weeknumber to the command line.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g weeknumber
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WhiteSpaceWarrior |
Removes all the stuff you get annoyed about when you speed-read code, such as empty lines, empty comments, and short meaningles comments.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g WhiteSpaceWarrior
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xscgen |
Generate XmlSerializer compatible C# classes from XML Schema files.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-xscgen
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xunit |
Console tool for running xUnit.net tests
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g xunit-cli --add-source https://www.myget.org/F/natemcmaster/api/v3/index.json
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