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 |
|---|---|
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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benchmark |
Provides a convenient way to execute your benchmark(s) from the command line interface.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g BenchmarkDotNet.Tool
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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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certdump |
CLI tool to dump the signing certificate from a Portable Executable (PE) file.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g CertDump
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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-grab |
.NET core global tool to download nuget packages in to a directory without any project. Useful when developing csx / fsx scripts
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-grab
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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-toast |
A .NET Core global tool to send custom toast notifications on Windows 10
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-toast
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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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moniker |
Moniker CLI is a tiny .NET Core Global Tool for generating fun names. The names can follow the style used in Helm for release names or in Docker for container names.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g moniker.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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orang |
Search, replace, rename and delete directories, files and its content using the power of .NET regular expressions.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g orang.dotnet.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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ssllabs-check |
Tool that will check ssllabs score api and cert expiration when provided a list of hosts.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-ssllabs-check
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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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xamarin-android-binderator |
An engine to generate Xamarin Binding projects from Maven repositories with a JSON config and razor templates.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g Xamarin.AndroidBinderator.Tool
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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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xstyler |
CLI for XAML Styler. Format your XAML source code by integrating into build scripts, git commit templates, and more. This package is built on top of the same styling engine that powers the Visual Studio plugin.
Project site: GitHub
dotnet tool install -g XamlStyler.Console
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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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