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With the April release of C# Dev Kit, you can now manage your NuGet packages directly from Visual Studio Code using the new commands in the command palette. To add a NuGet package to your project, use the command “NuGet: Add NuGet Package”. If you have more than one project in your solution, you will be asked to select which project you want to ad...

Action required: If you validate that packages are repository signed by NuGet.org using a NuGet client policy, command, or the command, please follow these steps by April 8th, 2024 to avoid potential disruptions when installing new NuGet.org packages. If you are unsure, we have outlined steps to check if you will be impacted. Since 2018, NuGet.o...

Last year, we introduced search by target frameworks on NuGet.org, allowing you to filter your search results based on the framework(s) that a package targets. We received plenty of great feedback from you on how to make the filters more effective, and we are excited to announce that we are adding new search options that will now allow you to filte...

NuGet 6.9 is included in Visual Studio 2022 and .NET 8.0 out of the box. You can also download NuGet 6.9 for Windows, macOS, and Linux as a standalone executable. In NuGet 6.9, we introduce some exciting new features and bug fixes, such as an improved multi-targeting experience in Visual Studio and support for the 'dotnet search' command. For more...

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 inadvertently...

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. Why W...

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 potential vul...

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 the ev...

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 to pac...

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 certific...