A list of tool extensions for .NET Core Command Line (dotnet CLI).
These tools can be installed by executing
dotnet tool install -g <package id>
Pro-tip: global tools do not need to be named "dotnet-*". This is only a convention used some authors as a way to indicate a package is meant to be a command line tool, and not a normal library reference.
| Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|
| dotnet-aspnet-codegenerator | @aspnet | Code generation tool for creating controllers, views, and models in ASP.NET Core projects. NuGet |
| dotnet-certes | @fszlin | CLI tool for acquire certificates via the Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) protocol (example: LetsEncrypt.org) NuGet |
| cowsay | @isaac2004 | CLI Tool that gives a a random blog post from discoverdot.net in cowsay format. NuGet |
| dotnet-dbinfo | @berkid89 | A simple cross-platform command-line tool for get useful database information (in json format). NuGet |
| dotnet-doc | @spboyer | Search docs.microsoft.com using the command line. NuGet |
| FlubuCore | @FlubuCore | Fluent Builder. A cross platform build automation tool for building projects and executing deployment scripts using C# code. Nuget |
| git-status-cli | @jerriep | A simple command-line utility to determine status of all Git repositories in a directory structure. NuGet |
| github-issues-cli | @jerriep | A simple command-line client for managing GitHub Issues. NuGet |
| dotnet-ignore | @Arasz | Global .NET Core tool that can download .gitignore file from github gitignore repository. NuGet |
| localappveyor | @joaope | .NET Core global tool which brings appveyor.yml to the center of your build process by making possible to execute its build jobs, locally. |
| dotnet-md5 | @Rwing | Just generate MD5 hash value in CLI. NuGet |
| nuke | @nuke-build | Run and setup NUKE builds with a single command on any platform 🚀 NuGet |
| NuKeeper | @AnthonySteele | Find outdated NuGet packages and apply updates to them. NuGet |
| nyancat | @nickvdyck | Nyancat 😻 in your terminal, rendered through ANSI escape sequences. A port of the orignal terminal application to make this cat run on dotnet core. 🐱🏍 Nuget |
| dotnet-outdated | @jerriep | A .NET Core global tool to display outdated NuGet packages in a project. NuGet |
| protogen | @mgravell | protobuf-net code-generation from .proto schema files |
| RendleLabs.UnpkgCli | @markrendle | Front-end package manager that uses the unpkg.com CDN as a source. No Node.js, NPM or Bower required. NuGet |
| dotnet-reportgenerator | @danielpalme | ReportGenerator converts XML reports generated by OpenCover, PartCover, dotCover, Visual Studio, NCover or Cobertura into human readable reports in various formats. NuGet |
| dotnetrsa | @stulzq | Generate rsa pkcs1, pkcs8, xml format key. Conversion between the three formats. NuGet |
| dotnet-script | @filipw @seesharper | Run C# scripts from the .NET CLI. NuGet |
| dotnet-search | @billpratt | Search for Nuget packages using the .NET Core CLI. NuGet |
| dotnet-serve | @natemcmaster | A simple command line HTTP server, not code required. NuGet |
| sleet | @emgarten | A static NuGet feed generator. NuGet |
| dotnet-sonarscanner | @SonarSource | The SonarScanner for MSBuild is the recommended way to launch a SonarQube or SonarCloud analysis for projects/solutions using dotnet command as build tool. NuGet |
| dotnet-sshdeploy | @Unosquare | A dotnet CLI command that enables quick deployments over SSH. NuGet |
| srihash-cli | @natemcmaster | Generates the SRI hash for <script> tags in browsers NuGet |
| weeknumber | @MarkusLund | Prints the current weeknumber to the command line. NuGet |
| dotnet-xdt | @nil4 | Global tool for applying XML Document Transformations to .NET configuration files, or any other XML-structured content. NuGet |
| dotnet-xscgen | @mganss | Generate XmlSerializer compatible C# classes from XML Schema files. NuGet |
These tools can only be installed by adding <DotNetCliToolReference> into your MSBuild project file.
Tools created by companies and organizations.
| Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|
| dotnet-compile-php | iolevel | Command line for Peachpie - the PHP Compiler and Runtime for .NET NuGet |
| dotnet-git-commit-hash | bitcraft Co., Ltd. | Tool that generates a C# source code file making the latest git commit hash available at runtime. NuGet |
| dotnet-lambda | Amazon | Tools to deploy AWS Lambda functions. NuGet |
| dotnet-ecs | Amazon | Tools to deploy containers to Amazon Elastic Container Service functions. NuGet |
| dotnet-eb | Amazon | Tools to deploy ASP.NET Core apps to AWS Elastic Beanstalk. NuGet |
| dotnet-nanopack | OctopusDeploy | A tool to package ASP.NET Core applications into a NanoServer VHD. NuGet |
| dotnet-proto | WhereIsMyTransport | A tool to assist with compiling and versioning Google Protobuf schema files. NuGet |
| dotnet-xunit | 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 | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|
| dotnet-ef | Microsoft | Tools for Entity Framework Core NuGet |
| dotnet-sql-cache | Microsoft | Initializes a MSSQL database with tables for use with Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlServer. NuGet |
| dotnet-user-secrets | Microsoft | Tool for adding, removing and changing user secrets for use with Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets NuGet |
| dotnet-watch | Microsoft | A .NET Core file watcher that triggers dotnet commands when a project or its files change NuGet |
Tools created by community members.
| 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-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-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-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-migrate | A runner for Fluent Migrator. NuGet |
| dotnet-mono | Run applications targeting .net full framework with mono. 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-publish-ssh | DotnetPublishSsh is a a tool to publish your .NET Core application to Linux server via SSH. NuGet |
| dotnet-retire | A dotnet CLI extension to check your project for known vulnerabilities. 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 |
These tools are not yet available on NuGet.org.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| dotnet-cake | A stand-alone .NET Core runner and host for Cake. MyGet gallery |
| dotnet-st | Storyteller is a tool for crafting executable specifications. (Requires manual installation but is available on NuGet). |
These are tools that either exists in other ecosystems or are utilities that are in high demand that the community should consider building.
| Description | node.js version | golang version | python version | other lang |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Give thanks to the open source maintainers you depend on | thanks |