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NuGet (pronounced "New Get")[https://haacked.com/archive/2010/10/29/nupack-is-now-nuget.aspx/ And The Winner Is, NuGet], haacked.com. Retrieved on 24 March 2020. 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.{{cite web

|url=http://nuget.codeplex.com/

|title=NuGet

|last=Haack

|first=Phil

|access-date=6 November 2010

|archive-date=26 December 2018

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226094333/https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=nuget

|url-status=dead

}}{{cite web

|url=http://www.outercurve.org/Blogs/EntryId/22/Changing-the-NuPack-Project-Name

|title=Changing the NuPack Project Name

|last=Haack

|first=Phil

|publisher=OuterCurve Foundation

|date=21 October 2010

|access-date=6 November 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025072857/http://www.outercurve.org/Blogs/EntryId/22/Changing-the-NuPack-Project-Name

|archive-date=25 October 2010

|url-status=dead

}} 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.[http://www.codeproject.com/Reference/628210/An-Overview-of-the-NuGet-Ecosystem An Overview of the NuGet Ecosystem]. CodeProject (18 August 2013). Retrieved on 6 February 2015.

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.{{Cite web|last=karann-msft|title=What is NuGet and what does it do?|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/what-is-nuget|access-date=2020-11-12|website=docs.microsoft.com|language=en-us}} Developers may create these packages with the NuGet client app and publish them in private or public repositories.

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. NuGet is also integrated with JetBrains Rider.{{cite web|title=Consume NuGet packages|url=https://www.jetbrains.com/help/rider/Using_NuGet.html|website=jetbrains.com|date=9 August 2022|access-date=31 March 2023}}