The NuGet Blog

Introducing NuGetSolver: A Powerful Tool for Resolving NuGet Dependency Conflicts in Visual Studio

January 16, 2024 Jan 16, 2024 01/16/24

Erick Yondon

Managing dependencies on complex projects can be overwhelming. Developers often grapple with numerous direct and transitive dependencies across multiple projects. When different projects share dependencies with varying versions, manual conflict resolution becomes necessary, which can be tedious and error-prone, as fixing one issue may ...

Announcing NuGet.exe and NuGet Client SDK Packages Support Policy: Keeping You Informed and Secure

November 20, 2023 Nov 20, 2023 11/20/23

Kartheek Penagamuri, Jon Douglas

At NuGet, our commitment is to ensure that our users have access to the latest, most secure, and well-maintained versions of our tools and packages. With this in mind, we would like to announce the NuGet Support Policy, a set of guidelines designed to keep you informed about the status of NuGet.exe and NuGet Client SDK packages on nuget.org. ...

Announcing NuGet 6.8 – Maintaining Security with Ease

November 17, 2023 Nov 17, 2023 11/17/23

Allie Barry

NuGet 6.8 is included in Visual Studio 2022 and .NET 8.0 out of the box. You can also download NuGet 6.8 for Windows, macOS, and Linux as a standalone executable. Maintaining and understanding security status in your projects is now easier than ever in NuGet 6.8. We're happy to announce a plethora of new features to help you be aware ...

HTTPS Everywhere Update

September 19, 2023 Sep 19, 2023 09/19/23

Jon Douglas

Mistakes were made When we first published the plan for the effort of HTTPS everywhere, we wanted to get developer community feedback on the various HTTP and HTTPS scenarios that we don't have much everyday visibility of. After we published that blog, we heard you loud and clear that there was a gap. This plan needed a clear way to suppress ...

Announcing NuGet 6.7 – Keeping You Secure

August 10, 2023 Aug 10, 2023 08/10/23

Jon Douglas, Nikolche Kolev

NuGet 6.7 is included in Visual Studio 2022 and .NET 7.0 out of the box. You can also download NuGet 6.7 for Windows, macOS, and Linux as a standalone executable. Security is a chain; it's only as strong as its weakest link. That's why today, we are happy to announce that NuGet 6.7 brings a plethora of security features such as enhancements ...

The Microsoft author-signing certificate will be updated as soon as August 14th, 2023

August 3, 2023 Aug 3, 2023 08/3/23

The NuGet Team

Action required: If you validate that packages are author-signed by Microsoft using a NuGet client policy or the command, please follow these steps by August 14th, 2023 to avoid potential disruptions when installing new Microsoft packages. If you are unsure, we have outlined steps to check if you will be impacted. Microsoft uses an X.509 ...

NuGet.org Terms of Service Update on Unexpected Behavior and Hate Speech

April 13, 2023 Apr 13, 2023 04/13/23

The NuGet Team

In recent years, the .NET open source community and NuGet package registry have become increasingly important for sharing code. However, with the growth of these platforms, there has also been a rise in unexpected behavior and hate speech, which can be harmful and intimidating to many users. We have always been committed to creating a safe and...

Write a high-quality README for NuGet packages

March 2, 2023 Mar 2, 2023 03/2/23

Lynn Dai

Based on our recent customer interviews and surveys, one of the top problems that package consumers face is insufficient package documentation, such as README, changelog, examples, and API reference. On the other hand, package authors may struggle with best practices for creating a clear and concise README. Our goal is to improve the overall ...

Announcing NuGet 6.5 – The Sweetest Way to Manage Your Packages

February 28, 2023 Feb 28, 2023 02/28/23

Jon Douglas, Nikolche Kolev

NuGet 6.5 is included in Visual Studio 2022 and .NET 7.0 out of the box. You can also download NuGet 6.5 for Windows, macOS, and Linux as a standalone executable. Tired of the sour taste of managing packages? NuGet 6.5 brings a new flavor of seamless central package management, simple package source mapping management, useful JSON machine ...

Introducing Search By Target Framework on NuGet.org

February 14, 2023 Feb 14, 2023 02/14/23

Jon Douglas, Advay Tandon

Last year, we brought a new feature to improve the way you assess target framework compatibility of a NuGet package through a new "Frameworks" tab. Today, we are announcing a new feature that will allow you to search by a target framework on NuGet.org. Here’s how it looks: (image) The first thing you might notice is that there is a new...