A list of project-only tools. Unlike global tools, these tools can only be installed
by adding <DotNetCliToolReference> into your MSBuild project file, and are only available in the project folder.
<ItemGroup>
<DotNetCliToolReference Include="package id" Version="version" />
</ItemGroup>To use them, run dotnet restore. After restore is done, these tools are available as new subcommands of dotnet when you execute the
command from the project directory.
Pro-tip: these tools must be named dotnet-something. Global tools, on the other hand, do not need this prefix.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| dotnet-autover | A tool to auto update build version for your project. NuGet |
| dotnet-bolt | Tools for Bolt, a lean and lightweight WCF alternative library based on ASP.NET Core. NuGet |
| dotnet-bundle | BundlerMinifier.Core let's you configure bundling and minification of JS, CSS and HTML files. NuGet |
| dotnet-clean | DotNet.Cleaner.Tools is a tool for cleaning projects NuGet |
| dotnet-commands | A tool that allows you to use any executable as a .NET CLI Command, with special treatment for .NET Core apps. Follow these instructions to install. |
| dotnet-compile-php | Command line for Peachpie - the PHP Compiler and Runtime for .NET NuGet |
| dotnet-csproj-to-2017 | Tool for converting a pre VS2017 csproj file to the new package format. NuGet |
| dotnet-dbupdate | A tool for managing scripts to backup and update MySQL and MSSQL databases NuGet |
| dotnet-docxml2md | A tool to converter .NET XML documentation into Markdown NuGet |
| dotnet-eb | Tools to deploy ASP.NET Core apps to AWS Elastic Beanstalk. NuGet |
| dotnet-ecs | Tools to deploy containers to Amazon Elastic Container Service functions. NuGet |
| dotnet-fake-cli | F# make tool for running build.fsx files. NuGet |
| dotnet-fb | FluentBehave is a simple framework to generate C# code base on Gherkin feature files. NuGet |
| dotnet-flubu | Fluent Builder. A cross platform build automation tool for building projects and executing deployment scripts using C# code. Nuget |
| dotnet-fssrgen | F# String Response Generator NuGet |
| dotnet-gen | A code generator for dotnet projects NuGet |
| dotnet-git-commit-hash | Tool that generates a C# source code file making the latest git commit hash available at runtime. NuGet |
| dotnet-gitversion | Uses conventions to derive a SemVer product version from a GitFlow or GitHub based repository. NuGet |
| dotnet-globwatch | GlobWatch is a .NET Core file system watcher that runs commands on changes. NuGet |
| dotnet-gplex | Tools for dotnet core based on Gardens Point LEX version 1.2.2 NuGet |
| dotnet-gppg | Adaptation of Gardens Point Parser Generator version 1.5.2 for dotnet core NuGet |
| dotnet-imgopt | ImageOptimize is a tool for image optimization. NuGet |
| dotnet-lambda | Tools to deploy AWS Lambda functions. NuGet |
| dotnet-migrate | A runner for Fluent Migrator. NuGet |
| dotnet-mono | Run applications targeting .net full framework with mono. NuGet |
| dotnet-nanopack | A tool to package ASP.NET Core applications into a NanoServer VHD. NuGet |
| dotnet-nswag | Tools for NSwag, a Swagger 2.0 API for .NET, Web API, TypeScript. NuGet |
| dotnet-outdated | DotNetOutdated is a tool to check for outdated .NET Core dependencies. NuGet |
| dotnet-project-version | ProjectVersioning.DotNet.Cli is a project version generator tool NuGet |
| dotnet-prop | dotnet-cli tool for managing properties in netcore projects based on MSBuild. NuGet |
| dotnet-proto | A tool to assist with compiling and versioning Google Protobuf schema files. NuGet |
| dotnet-publish-ssh | DotnetPublishSsh is a a tool to publish your .NET Core application to Linux server via SSH. NuGet |
| dotnet-swashbuckle | Swashbuckle extensions to add examples and security requirements in the generated Swagger file. NuGet |
| dotnet-tinify | A tool for squashing PNG and JPEG files using the TinyPNG API. NuGet |
| dotnet-transform-xdt | XDT (XML Document Transform) publish tool for transforming XML files at publishing time. NuGet |
| dotnet-tsd | Typescript.Definitions.Tools is a helper library to generate typescript definition files and typescript files from c# code. NuGet |
| dotnet-tt | T4 (Text Template Transformation Toolkit) for .NET Core |
| dotnet-unpkg | A tool to install front-end packages from unpkg.com with no need for Node.js/NPM/Yarn/whatever. NuGet |
| dotnet-web-compile | A tool to compile client web files (e.g. SCSS, TS, etc). NuGet |
| dotnet-xunit | A command-line runner for xunit. NuGet |
Special mention These tools area available as packages for .NET Core CLI 1.x or 2.0. In the 2.1 CLI, these were made part of the CLI and do not need to be specially installed. See aspnet/Announcements#290.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| dotnet-ef | Tools for Entity Framework Core NuGet |
| dotnet-sql-cache | Initializes a MSSQL database with tables for use with Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlServer. NuGet |
| dotnet-user-secrets | Tool for adding, removing and changing user secrets for use with Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets NuGet |
| dotnet-watch | A .NET Core file watcher that triggers dotnet commands when a project or its files change NuGet |