dotnet-outdated/dotnet-outdated

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1694 stars · 167 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

dotnet-outdated is a .NET Core global tool that reports on outdated NuGet packages in .NET Core and .NET Standard projects and can update them. It fills the gap left by the command-line tooling, which lacks a built-in way to check for newer package versions.

Use cases

• find outdated nuget packages in my .net project from the command line
• update csproj package references to latest versions
• fail ci build when nuget packages are out of date
• list transitive dependency updates for dotnet projects
• check which nuget packages have newer versions available
• upgrade packages but stay within current major version

When to choose

• you use the .NET CLI without an IDE and want to audit or update NuGet dependencies
• you want to enforce dependency freshness in CI pipelines
• you need to update packages across a solution with include/exclude filters

When to avoid

• you already use an IDE's NuGet Package Manager and prefer a GUI
• you need dependency management for non-.NET ecosystems like npm or pip

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli developer-tools dependency-audit package-manager developer-tools version-control cross-platform cli dotnet nuget dotnet-global-tool dependency-updates csharp command-line

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