# dotnet/cli

The .NET Core command-line (CLI) tools, used for building .NET Core apps and libraries through your development flow (compiling, NuGet package management, running, testing, ...).

Repository: https://github.com/dotnet/cli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dotnet-cli
Homepage: https://github.com/dotnet/core
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-03-06T20:45:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3988, "days_push": 1276, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3468, forks 1024 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:05.889198+00:00)

## What it is
The .NET Core command-line (CLI) tools used for building, running, testing, and managing NuGet packages for .NET Core apps and libraries. This repository has been merged into dotnet/sdk and is now read-only, with all prior releases out of support.

## Use cases
- build and compile .NET Core apps from the command line
- manage NuGet package dependencies for .NET projects
- run and test .NET Core applications via CLI
- scaffold new .NET Core projects
- restore dependencies in CI pipelines for .NET apps

## When to choose
- you need historical source or tags of the legacy .NET Core CLI tooling
- you maintain very old out-of-support .NET Core versions and must build servicing branches

## When to avoid
- you want the current .NET CLI/SDK - use dotnet/sdk instead
- you need supported, actively maintained .NET build tooling
- you are starting a new .NET project

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: cli, build-tool, package-manager, testing
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform, windows, dotnet
- tags: dotnet-cli, nuget, dotnet-sdk, merged-repo, build-tooling, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- dotnet/cli (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.889198+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:36:39.987687+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dotnet/cli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.889198+00:00, sha 4ebb030ebf17)
  - homepage: https://github.com/dotnet/core (fetched 2026-08-29T09:30:59.514468+00:00, sha 673b7e11c371)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.